50 Cent has taken to Instagram to offer some advice to Quavo on how to handle a potential posthumous album from TakeOff, who was tragically gunned down earlier this week. In a post on Wednesday, the rapper shared tips on how to go about keeping the Atlanta native’s legacy alive if there was a separate album to follow from TakeOff, whose real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball.
“This is really how it goes @QuavoStuntin you have to position this Album correctly for Take Offs Legacy, go make a couple changes and address everything all artist make the best music out of painful moments,” he wrote in his caption, followed by “R.I.P to Pop Smoke R.I.P to TakeOff.”
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The caption was accompanied by a video of Pop Smoke’s ex-manager Steven Victor remembering a chat he had with 50 Cent after Pop’s murder back in February 2020. At the time, Victor said he was urged not to let his emotions and depressed state stop him from keeping Pop’s legacy going by putting out Pop’s posthumously album, “Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon.”
“50 was like, ‘Yo, you’re being selfish. You can’t let your emotions or you being in this depressed state stop you from executing what plans you guys had. Because three weeks ago you guys were in my office talking about taking over the world,’” Victor expressed while recounting his conversation with the New Yorker after Pop had died.
“He passed away, but who’s gonna keep his legacy going? Who’s gonna make sure his music comes out so he can take care of his family? He was like, ‘That’s on you. I get you’re sad, but this ain’t the time for that … You gotta finish [his album]. You gotta see this through.’”
As we previously reported, TakeOff was shot and killed in Houston following a scuffle that erupted outside 810 Billiard and Bowling. A coroner’s report has since revealed that the Migos rapper ended up being hit multiple times, per the medical examiner’s office, who says the primary cause of death was “penetrating gunshot wounds of head and torso into arm.”
I paid tribute to Takeoff last night in Finland it was lit 🔥GLG🚦GreenLightGang 🌏tour let’s get it! pic.twitter.com/IDlXQoE8g3
— 50cent (@50cent) November 2, 2022
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At least 10 bullets were fired during the altercation on Monday, with TMZ confirming that Quavo’s assistant, Joshua “Wash” Washington was also hurt during the incident. The outlet’s sources say he was rushed to a local hospital to be treated for his injuries, but, fortunately, his wound was non life-threatening and he was expected to make a speedy recovery.
The other person hit was a 24-year-old female who was also taken to a hospital. She, too, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.