Deion locks down team following rapper's death

Jackson State caput manager Deion Sanders said helium volition not let his players to permission their edifice this play erstwhile they look Texas Southern successful Houston, wherever rapper Takeoff, 28, was changeable and killed astatine a bowling alley aboriginal Tuesday morning.

Sanders said household members and friends who privation to spot players anterior to Saturday's crippled volition person to sojourn the team's hotel.

"I'm conscionable sick and bushed of the consistency of radical that are influential to you are leaving america consistently: that's our rappers," said Sanders, per video of his message. "Takeoff was murdered successful a dice crippled successful Houston, wherever we're going. So that eliminates each of ya'll leaving that hotel. Because it ain't happening until I springiness you further notice."

Along with Quavo and Offset, Takeoff, whose existent sanction was Kirshnik Khari Ball, was one-third of Migos, who've had aggregate chart-topping hits implicit the past decade, including "Bad and Boujee" and "Fight Night."

Takeoff was a sports instrumentality who joined his radical to execute with Pharrell astatine halftime of the NBA all-star crippled successful 2018. Last week, Quavo and Takeoff released their archetypal medium arsenic a duo abstracted from Offset, "Only Built for Infinity Links."

Migos had bonds with a assortment of pro athletes, particularly Atlanta Hawks prima Trae Young, who tweeted Tuesday that helium was shocked by the quality of Takeoff's killing.

Per reports, Quavo and Takeoff were astatine a bowling alley successful Houston astir 2:30 a.m. connected Tuesday erstwhile shots were fired and Takeoff was struck and killed. Houston constabulary officials told reporters that they are investigating the killing.

On Tuesday, Sanders told his players to beryllium mindful of their surroundings and relationships arsenic they hole for Saturday's roadworthy game.

Jackson State hosted ESPN's College Gameday connected Saturday anterior to a 35-0 triumph implicit Southern to bring its grounds to 8-0.

"I don't privation you each playing that foolish crippled due to the fact that you each are invaluable to your families, friends, loved ones and you're invaluable to us," helium said. "Let's deliberation astir that. Let's commune for the families."