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Atlanta-based trio Migos (Quavious "Quavo" Marshall, Kirshnik "Takeoff" Ball and Kiari "Offset" Cephus) established themselves with the singles Versace, off the mixtape Y.R.N. (Young Rich Niggas) (2013), and Fight Night (2014) from the mixtape No Label 2 (2014).
The mixtape Rich Nigga Timeline (2014) contained the single One Time (2015). Their early works were mostly produced by Oakland-based producer Xavier "Zaytoven" Dotson. Their debut album
Yung Rich Nation (2015), mostly produced by Toronto-based Murda Beatz (real name Shane Lindstrom) and Atlanta-based Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E. (aka Carlton Mays), was followed by the mixtape Back to the Bando (2015), mostly produced by Zaytoven again. It yielded the influential single Look at My Dab, produced by Atlanta-based rapper Drumma Boy (Christopher Gholson), that became the most popular dance of 2016.
Culture (2017) rapidly became a classic of trap rap, and not only
because of the world hit Bad and Boujee
(which topped the US charts for two months),
but also
T-shirt and
Big on Big.
The sprawling Culture II (Motown, 2018), instead, sounded like a
collection of leftovers and half-baked songs despite the singles
Motorsport and Stir Fry, despite
production by Kanye West and Pharrell Williams, despite
guests such as Nicki Minaj, 21 Savage, Cardi B and Drake.
Takeoff released the solo The Last Rocket (2018).
Migos reunited to record Culture III (2021) but then split up for good.
Takeoff and Quavo continued as a duo, releasing Only Built For Infinity Links (2022).
Offset had two children from
Cardi B, named Kulture and Wave.
Takeoff, the youngest member of the band, was shot dead in Houston in 2022 at the age of 28.
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