Takeoff: Drake and Justin Bieber join fans at Atlanta memorial to Migos rapper



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Thousands of fans person paid their last respects to the Migos rapper Takeoff astatine a star-studded memorial work successful Atlanta, Georgia.

Stars inclusive of Drake, Justin Bieber and Chloe Bailey were each pronounced to beryllium successful attendance astatine Friday's "party of existence" rite.

The 28-yr-vintage instrumentalist died successful a shooting astatine a bowling alley successful Houston, Texas earlier this month.

Police are nevertheless investigating and diagnostic made nary arrests.

Fans braved the rainfall to be the much oregon little 3-hour lawsuit astatine the State Farm Arena, a 21,000-potential stadium.

Relatives - including the 2 surviving participants of Migos, his uncle Quavo and his relative Offset - led with heartfelt tributes to the young artist.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Fans braved the rainfall to be Friday's "birthday solemnisation of existence" for past owed Migos rapper TakeoffImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Drake additionally seemed connected the memorial

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens gave the precocious rapper, whose existent sanction is Kirshnik Khari Ball, the town's maximum honour: the Phoenix Award.

The lawsuit additionally featured philharmonic performances from Bieber, Bailey, and gospel artists Yolanda Adams and Byron Cage.

No media go allowed wrong the venue, and telephones and signaling gadgets were additionally banned.

But successful pics and movies leaked connected societal media, Drake and others had been shown making heartfelt speeches.

Following the occasion, a motorcade was seen carrying Takeoff's framework to its precise past resting vicinity.

Image supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, Justin Bieber go amongst radical who finished onstageImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Cardi B (centre), Offset (right) and antithetic stars were successful attendanceImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens affords the town's highest honour to Takeoff's family

The rapper was killed connected 1 November via a stray slug aft an altercation broke retired astatine a idiosyncratic day enactment helium turned into attending successful Houston.

Police Chief Troy Finner, who has stated astatine slightest 40 eye-witnesses whitethorn additionally had been successful attendance, has pleaded with the assemblage to supply information.

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