The late Kirshnik Khari Ball, better knowns the rapper Takeoff. | Wikimedia Commons
The late Kirshnik Khari Ball, better knowns the rapper Takeoff. | Wikimedia Commons
The fourth-grade teacher of Migos rapper Takeoff describes the late artist as someone always full of life, according to a recent report by FOX 5 Atlanta.
Takeoff, whose off-stage name was Kirsnick Khari Ball, was killed earlier this month outside of 810 Billiards & Bowling in Houston following a private party. Police say two people opened fire and Takeoff was hit twice by stray bullets as an innocent bystander.
Only 28, Takeoff formed one-third of the Grammy-nominated trio Migos. He was born and raised in Gwinnett County.
"I instantly just remembered young Kirsnick full of life, energy, he was everybody's friend, like everybody loved him," Simonton Elementary School teacher Sherri Manning told FOX 5 Atlanta.
Manning, who went by Ms. Saunders at the time Takeoff was in her classroom at the Lawrenceville school, said she did not know the Migos rap star had turned into a famous musician until hearing about his shooting death in Houston, the report states.
After hearing about the rap star’s death, Manning said she dug through her pictures and found a fourth-grade class photograph of him from 2003, all while struggling to make sense of his senseless killing and focusing on her fond memories of him.
"t just saddens me that I hear about tragedies that happen with them because when I know them, they're so full of potential," Manning said.
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