Jermaine Dupri Laments Migos Breakup: “They’re Better Together”

Jermaine Dupri still bemoans the breakup of Migos. The So So Def hitmaker was a guest on the BagFuel podcast, and he mentioned the impact the trio had on Atlanta and how Takeoff’s 2022 murder wounded the city.

“That hurt a lot of the city, period,” he explained. “The Migos breaking up was a bad situation for Atlanta because they was moving — and I think they’re better together anyway, me personally.”

Dupri further elaborated on how stunned he was personally when Takeoff (born Kirshnik Khari Ball) was shot and killed at a Houston bowling alley.

“It was really crazy for us. I ain’t think Atlanta ni**as was gonna die,” Dupri recalled. “An Atlanta rapper dying felt like ‘Aw damn, what the f**k is going on?’ It felt crazy to me.”

Migos broke big in the 2010s with hits like “Versace,” “Fight Night,” “Bad and Boujee” and “Stir Fry” before the group splintered in 2022, with Takeoff and Quavo seeming to distance themselves from Offset and forming as a new duo called Unc and Phew.

Less than a year after Takeoff was killed, Quavo released the album Rocket Power in dedication to his late nephew and bandmate.