Quavo and Offset could be pulled into the legal fight surrounding Takeoff’s estate nearly four years after the Migos rapper was killed in Houston.
According to court documents filed by Takeoff’s mother, Titania Davenport, both surviving Migos members are potential witnesses in her dispute with Takeoff’s father, Kenneth Ball, over money from a wrongful death settlement.
The latest development adds two of the people closest to Takeoff’s career to the Takeoff estate battle, although the filings do not mean either rapper has been ordered to testify. TMZ reports that Davenport listed Quavo and Offset while arguing that the dispute should be handled in Georgia rather than Texas. According to the filing, the relevant witnesses are concentrated around the Atlanta and Athens area, and requiring them to appear in Houston would create additional travel expenses.
At the center of the fight is a confidential settlement connected to Davenport’s lawsuit against 810 Billiards & Bowling and other parties associated with the Houston property where Takeoff was fatally shot on November 1, 2022. Davenport filed the wrongful death lawsuit in 2023 and accused the venue of failing to provide adequate security. The lawsuit alleged the defendants should have anticipated heightened security needs for the private event.
The settlement amount has not been publicly disclosed, which is an important distinction in the Takeoff estate battle. Ball is seeking a substantial portion of the settlement and has argued that his status as Takeoff’s father entitles him to half. Davenport is challenging that position by focusing on the nature of each parent’s relationship with Takeoff during his lifetime.
In court documents described by TMZ, Davenport says she raised Takeoff primarily as a single mother and later depended on him financially after his music career became successful. She alleges Ball was largely absent during their son’s upbringing and “provided negligible financial support and effectively no emotional support” for Takeoff during his childhood.
Ball has taken a different position. His attorney previously argued that Ball suffered financial losses following his son’s death and had a legal right to participate in the wrongful death action. That disagreement is one reason the potential testimony of Quavo and Offset could become significant.
The Takeoff estate battle also reaches beyond the settlement because Takeoff reportedly died without a will. Takeoff was unmarried, had no children, and left an estate widely estimated at approximately $26 million. Under Georgia intestacy rules described by FindLaw, his surviving parents would be the relatives positioned to inherit when there is no spouse or child, making the absence of an estate plan especially significant to the broader probate proceedings.
The $26 million figure should not be confused with the confidential wrongful death settlement. It is a publicly reported estimate of Takeoff’s wealth rather than a court-verified inventory establishing exactly how much his probate estate was worth. The reported estate includes Takeoff’s music catalog, residual income from record sales, real property, vehicles, and other assets. Those continuing music rights are particularly important because intellectual property can continue producing revenue long after an artist’s death.
That means two pools of money have often been blended together in coverage of the Takeoff estate battle even though they are legally distinct. The reported multimillion-dollar estate concerns wealth and rights Takeoff accumulated during his lifetime, while the confidential settlement resulted from civil litigation filed after his death.
The venue question has become another major point of contention. Davenport has pushed for the allocation dispute to proceed through Georgia probate proceedings, while Ball has challenged efforts to move the decision away from Texas.
Whether Quavo or Offset actually takes the stand remains uncertain. What is clear from the court filings is that Davenport believes their potential testimony is relevant enough to raise while fighting over where the settlement dispute should be decided.
