For years, the question hanging over Quavo and Offset was never whether they could still make hits together. It was whether they could stand to be in the same room.
Back in 2023, the two Migos members were reportedly squaring off backstage at the Grammys, a clash Offset denied at the time. Now they’re standing side by side again, and fans have spent months wondering what flipped the switch.
This week, Quavo finally answered that question himself. And he made it clear the peace didn’t come cheap.
The 35-year-old artist opened up on the newest episode of Complex’s “Idea Generation,” released Tuesday, Sept. 29, just days before his solo album “QRÖMELIFE” drops on Oct. 2.
It helps to rewind a little bit here. Migos formed in 2008 in Lawrenceville, Georgia, with Quavo, his nephew Takeoff and their childhood friend Offset. The trio helped push Atlanta trap into the mainstream with “Bad and Boujee,” “Walk It Talk It” and three “Culture” albums.
By 2022, the cracks were public. Quavo and Takeoff released “Only Built for Infinity Links” as a duo without Offset that October. Weeks later, on Nov. 1, 2022, Takeoff, 28, was shot and killed outside 810 Billiards & Bowling in Houston after an argument over a dice game that investigators confirmed he had no role in.
So when Quavo was asked what that loss did to his relationship with Offset, he didn’t dance around it.
“It threw out all the things that I was upset about or that we had friction about,” he told Complex, adding that the loss “eased” things between them.
Speaking only for himself, he kept it simple. “It was enough for me to say, alright, cool. Whatever you’re going through, I’ll go through with you.”
Quavo said grief is even baked into his album title, explaining that the “chrome” in “QRÖMELIFE” represents how tough the experience made him. “Me losing my brother, it can’t get no tougher than that,” he said. Takeoff was technically his nephew, but the two were only three years apart and raised under the same roof.
Offset has told a similar story. In 2023, he told Hot 97 that it was Takeoff’s death, not his issues with Quavo, that ended the group. That June, the two reunited onstage for a Takeoff tribute at the BET Awards.
The real thaw came this year. By May, the pair were back in the studio. Earlier this month, Quavo told Atlanta’a V-103 that Migos is coming back for a final album and tour. “We missing the Rocket [Takeoff], so we want to make sure we honor him,” he said.
On Sunday, Sept. 27, Offset joined Quavo at his Los Angeles release party to preview “Away,” as seen in an Instagram post, their first new song together in years.
The reactions to Quavo’s latest remarks have left people sounding off on social media.
“The migos split still doesnt feel real man,” one person wrote in the comments section under an X post.
Another reflected on how messy grief can get. “You can be angry with someone, distant from them, disagree with them — and still love them deeply,” they wrote.
Not everyone was sold, though. “We’ve seen this before — it’s always a ‘bro talk’ before the next album drop,” one skeptic user posted, adding, “we’ll see how long this harmony lasts once the mics turn back on.”
Others were already looking ahead to Friday, with one fan predicting “QRÖMELIFE” “should be his magnum opus,” his greatest body of work as he reunites with Offset.
The Migos family tree has confused fans before. In 2023, Offset revealed he was never actually related to Quavo or Takeoff despite years of being called cousins. And Takeoff’s loss is still playing out in court. Then, in June, Takeoff’s father was demanding half of his wrongful death settlement.
Meanwhile, the man charged in the shooting, Patrick Xavier Clark, is set to stand trial on Nov. 9, according to Click 2 Houston. He has consistently denied firing the fatal shots.
Still, Quavo’s latest chapter isn’t only about loss. In the same sit-down, he told Complex he’s now a father to a baby girl. The short film he released for “QRÖMELIFE” on Sept. 28 moves through Migos memories and Takeoff’s death before ending with Quavo holding his daughter.
“It brings joy to me. It brings a new light. It brings a new reason why I’m doing this,” he said. The small moments hit hardest, he added, like her smile or hearing her call him dad. “To see my family love her just like me, it’s just beautiful.”
She isn’t his only child, though. That same week, Quavo told Yung Miami in a Spotify interview that he’s a father of two. “I have a boy and I have a girl,” he said, according to XXL. “It’s a blessing. I’ve been waiting for that for a minute. My dad died at four so I just want to be present all the time. I just want to be there. I want to be the man. What’s QRÖMELIFE without bringing in new life?”
He hasn’t shared either child’s name or age. But nearly four years after losing the brother he grew up with, Quavo is stepping into his new era as a father of two, with Offset back at his side.
