The parents of the late Migos rapper are disputing how to split up a settlement from the owners of a bowling alley where he was shot and killed.
Takeoff of Migos performs onstage during Global Citizen Live on September 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Global Citizen
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Takeoff’s parents are locked in a bitter court dispute over the division of settlement money stemming from his shocking murder.
The Migos rapper (born Kirshnik Khari Ball) was shot and killed outside a private party at a Houston bowling alley in 2022 at age 28. Titania Davenport, Takeoff’s mother and the executor of his estate, later filed a negligence lawsuit in Texas alleging the bowling alley’s operators failed to provide proper security in the “high-crime area.”
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The wrongful death case settled at the end of 2025 for a confidential sum. But the battle is not over; according to recent court papers, Takeoff’s father, Kenneth Ball, is now claiming that he’s entitled to half of Davenport’s settlement money.
Davenport’s lawyers say Ball does not deserve half because he was “largely absent from his son’s life and never financially supported his son.” They say Davenport, on the other hand, had “a close, loving, and nurturing relationship with her son for his entire lifetime.”
“Ms. Davenport cared for and raised her son from birth as a single parent,” wrote her lawyers in a June 5 court filing in Texas. “Ms. Davenport provided nearly sole financial support to her son until he became an adult. Even after her son became an adult, Ms. Davenport continued to provide assistance to Takeoff as he pursued his music career.”
Ball has not responded to these assertions directly. His own court filings argue that a jury in Texas should decide how to divide the settlement money, and that Davenport’s team is wrongly trying to “usurp” the court’s jurisdiction and move the apportionment process to probate court in Atlanta.
Lawyers for Davenport and Ball did not immediately return requests for comment on Wednesday (June 24).
Takeoff was killed in November 2022 after gunfire broke out in the vicinity of 810 Billiards & Bowling Houston, where the rapper had attended a party with his uncle and fellow Migos member Quavo. He was fatally struck in the head and torso, while two other individuals were shot but survived. Quavo was uninjured.
Authorities identified the alleged shooter as Patrick Xavier Clark and charged him with murder. Clark denies the charges, and he’s scheduled for a criminal trial in Houston in November.
