Emerging at the end of rap's mixtape era and thriving at the dawn of streaming, the swaggy, triplet-happy Atlanta rap trio Migos built up one of the most appealing catalogs of any 2010s rap act: lacing our playlists with heater after heater, topping the charts with "Bad And Boujee," and, with 2017's Culture, delivering a classic album. That legendary run eventually petered out. The various members pursued their solo careers. And then, seemingly, the Migos project came to an end with Takeoff's death in November 2022.
The two surviving members, Quavo and Offset, were fueding at the time of Takeoff's death. Both men eulogized Takeoff at his funeral, and they were supposed to reunite to pay tribute to him onstage at the Grammys in February 2023, but they reportedly got into a physical altercation backstage. A few months later, they took the stage together at the BET Awards for another Takeoff tribute. Since then, the two rappers have continued to chart their own paths, sometimes tumultuously. (Offset, for instance, was shot outside a casino back in April of this year, but is OK.) But now they're getting back together for real.
Quavo and Offset have been seen together in the studio this year, which has led to speculation about a duo version of Migos making a comeback. As Billboard points out, Quavo went on New York radio station Hot 97 on Thursday and confirmed that he and Offset are prepping a final Migos album, and they intend to tour to support it. It sounds like the project will include posthumous Takeoff verses too: "At the same time, we missing the Rocket, so we want to make sure we honor him and make sure we have the right tools to make the music sound original as if he was here."
In case that quote made you worry he's intending to use AI to replicate Takeoff's voice, Quavo also said, "We owe the fans at least the music. What he was working on and what we still had. The legacy must still go on. I don’t think he would want us to archive no music, being that I know somebody out here that’s listening to every word Take saying and moving off his lyrics."
Quavo's new Pharrell-produced solo album Qrömelife is out 10/2, and its new single "Backwards" featuring T.I. came out today.
