Migos

Migos is an American hip hop group (hip hop). Its original members are rappers (hip hop) Quavo (real name Quavious Marshall;(Quavo) born April 2, 1991), (April 2) Offset (real name Kiari Cephus; born December 14, 1991),(yeah) and Takeoff (real name Kirshnik Ball; (Takeoff) June 18, 1994 - 1 November 2022). The group was founded in 2008. Their name is short for "amigos", (amigo) which means friends in Spanish. (Spain)

Migos
Migos Veld festival 2017.jpg
Migos performing at the 2017 Veld Festival
(from left to right: Quavo, Takeoff, and Offset)
Background information
OriginLawrenceville, Georgia, U.S.
Genres
Years active2008–present
Labels
Websitemigosonline.com
Members
Past membersTakeoff

The group is managed by Coach K, (K) the former manager of Atlanta-based rappers Gucci Mane (Gucci) and Young Jeezy. (Jeezy Y)

Migos released their first album Yung Rich Nation in July 2015 on the labels Quality Control Music and 300 Entertainment. (yeah) In 2016, the group appeared in Donald Glover's comedy drama television series (drama) Atlanta. Their second album, Culture, was released in January 2017. (released) It topped the Billboard 200. (200) The group later was later signed to Motown and Capitol Records in February 2017. (later)

Their third album,(two) Culture II, was released in January 2018. (in the 18) It gave the group their second number one album in the United States. (the states)

In 2021, the group released their fourth album, (three) Culture III. It is the third and final installment of their Culture trilogy. (yeah)

On November 1, 2022, Takeoff was shot and killed in Houston, Texas.[2]

Studio albums

  • Yung Rich Nation (2015)
  • Culture (2017)
  • Culture II (2018)
  • Culture III (2021)

Compilation albums

  • Control the Streets, Volume 1 (as part of Quality Control) (2017)
  • Control the Streets, Volume 2 (as part of Quality Control) (2019)

EPs

  • Trap Symphony (2015)
  • 3 Way (2016)
  • Culture III (Offset's Way) (2021)
  • Culture III (Quavo's Way) (2021)
  • Culture III (Takeoff's Way) (2021)

Mixtapes

  • Juug Season (2011)
  • No Label (2012)
  • Y.R.N. (Young Rich N*ggas) (2013)
  • No Label 2 (2014)
  • Rich N*gga Timeline (2014)
  • Back to the Bando (2015)
  • Rich Shooters (2015)
  • Y.R.N. 2 (2016)

Collaborative mixtapes

  • Streets on Lock (with Rich the Kid) (2013)
  • Streets on Lock 2 (with Rich the Kid) (2013)
  • Lobby Runners (with PeeWee Longway, Young Thug and Rich the Kid) (2013)
  • Solid Foundation (with Quality Control) (2014)
  • World War 3D: The Green Album (with Gucci Mane) (2014)
  • Migo Lingo (with YRN Lingo) (2015)
  • Still on Lock (with Rich the Kid) (2015)
  • Streets on Lock 4 (with Rich the Kid) (2015)

Grammy Awards

Year Album/Song Category Result
2018 Culture Best Rap Album Nominated
2018 "Bad and Boujee" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) Best Rap Performance Nominated

References

  1. Smith, Troy L. (6 June 2017). "What is mumble rap? 25 essential songs from Future, Migos and more". cleveland. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. "Migos Rapper Takeoff Dead at 28, Shot in Houston". TMZ. Retrieved 2022-11-01.