The shock Migos set finally week’s 2023 BET Awards was one thing the tradition, and the surviving members, actually wanted. At the least in response to Offset, who defined in a latest video how his first onstage efficiency in over a 12 months with bandmate Quavo got here collectively as a tribute to their fallen third member, Takeoff.
The pair carried out their breakthrough Billboard Sizzling 100 No. 1 hit “Unhealthy and Boujee” and danced to Take’s verse from “Lodge Foyer” — from Quavo and Takeoff’s 2022 spin-off undertaking, Unc & Phew — for the group as a picture of Takeoff stuffed the display behind them. “We did a BET efficiency man it was iconic, it cleared my soul,” Offset stated within the clip of the homage to Take (born Kirshnik Khari Ball), who was gunned down at a Houston bowling alley in November.
Offset stated he and Quavo pulled the entire thing collectively in lower than 16 hours after touchdown on a flight from Paris at 9 p.m. and getting proper to work on their first efficiency collectively since Takeoff’s demise. “And we do this as a result of we some actual stars,” he defined whereas repeatedly lighting up a smoldering blunt. “We do that music. We the best group to ever contact the mic. RIP my brother Take. We did it for my brother Take. Me and Quay, stood tall, brother-to-brother… and I respect everybody for supporting [us]. It was a film, it was a vibe. We wanted that for the tradition.”
The unannounced June 25 efficiency about an hour into the published was preceded by the picture of an enormous rocket on the 2 screens behind the stage as Offset and Quavo walked into the highlight surrounded by smoke and lasers for his or her first joint efficiency in additional than a 12 months.
Try Offset’s video under.
