50 Fun Facts About Migos

Takeoff, the youngest member of Migos, was related to bandmate Quavo in which way?

Takeoff was Quavo's nephew, though only three years younger, and the two were raised together in the same household.

Which rapper's 2013 remix of Versace pushed Migos onto the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time?

Drake added a verse of his own to Versace and performed it at the 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival, lifting the breakout single to number 99.

Which rapper guests on Bad and Boujee, the Migos single that topped the Hot 100 in 2017?

Lil Uzi Vert and Migos both scored their first number one with the song, which lost the top spot to Ed Sheeran's Shape of You and then won it back.

Which rapper did Offset of Migos secretly marry in 2017, a month before a public proposal on stage?

Cardi B married Offset privately on September 20, 2017, so the proposal fans saw at a Philadelphia radio concert the next month came after the wedding.

Which dance move did Migos help turn into a worldwide craze with a 2015 single named after it?

The dab went mainstream after Migos' Look at My Dab, though the group later credited fellow Atlanta rapper Skippa Da Flippa with creating the move.

Which Golden Globe winner gave Bad and Boujee a shoutout in his January 2017 acceptance speech?

Donald Glover's tribute, given while collecting an award for his series Atlanta, helped send the song to number one; Migos had guest-starred in the show months earlier.

Which Disney Channel character shares her name with Migos' 2013 follow-up single to Versace?

Hannah Montana, produced by Dun Deal, is teased briefly inside the Versace video ahead of its release as the second single from the same mixtape.

Which pop star featured Migos on her 2017 single Bon Appétit, from the album Witness?

Katy Perry and Migos performed the song together at the 2017 Met Gala three days after its release, and its video shows chefs preparing her as a dish.

Migos' Walk It Talk It video parodies which classic TV dance show, recast as Culture Ride?

Soul Train inspired the retro set, right down to a fictional host named Ron Delirious, a pun on the real show's presenter Don Cornelius.

Which hitmaker produced Migos' 2017 single Stir Fry from a beat first made for T.I. in 2008?

Pharrell Williams also appears in the Stir Fry video, gambling with the trio in a Chinese restaurant, and the song soundtracked the 2018 NBA All-Star Weekend.

Migos formed in 2008 in which Georgia city, the seat of the county where all three members grew up?

Lawrenceville sits about 25 minutes northeast of downtown Atlanta, and Offset and Takeoff were both born there.

Which Atlanta label, later home to Lil Baby and Lil Yachty, released Migos' breakout single Versace?

Quality Control Music was founded in March 2013, only months before Versace came out, and built an Atlanta headquarters with four recording studios.

In which Texas city was Takeoff fatally shot outside a bowling alley on November 1, 2022?

Houston police said Takeoff was not the intended target when gunfire broke out after a private party; his label said he was hit by a stray bullet.

Which producer, later behind the album Heroes & Villains, made the beat for Migos' Bad and Boujee?

Metro Boomin wrote the song with the group and co-producer G Koop, and his Heroes & Villains album later carried a posthumous Takeoff verse.

Quavo teamed with which rapper for the surprise 2017 joint album Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho?

Travis Scott and Quavo announced the album only a day before it came out, yet it debuted at number three and put seven tracks on the Hot 100.

Quavo is the featured guest on Congratulations, a diamond-certified hit by which artist?

Post Malone earned his first top-ten hit with Congratulations, which peaked at number eight and spent 50 weeks on the Hot 100.

Which former One Direction member's debut solo single, Strip That Down, featured Quavo of Migos?

Liam Payne wrote Strip That Down with Ed Sheeran, who also sings on it, and the single topped Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart.

Quavo is the guest rapper on Intentions, a 2020 top-five hit from which pop star's album Changes?

Justin Bieber took Intentions to number five on the Hot 100, and Quavo also turned up in the finale of his YouTube docuseries Seasons.

Quavo's first number one outside Migos came on I'm the One, a 2017 single by which producer?

DJ Khaled's I'm the One debuted at number one in both the US and the UK, and it also gave Chance the Rapper his first Hot 100 chart-topper.

Before settling on Migos, Quavo, Offset and Takeoff performed under which earlier group name?

Polo Club was dropped because the trio decided it sounded too generic, and the replacement name Migos stuck.

Which producer made the beat for Migos' Versace, having given it to Soulja Boy two years earlier?

Zaytoven, a preacher's son who learned piano and organ in church bands, appears with the trio in the Versace video, filmed at a luxurious mansion.

Quavo joined which pop icon at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest final to perform their duet Future?

Madonna recorded Future with Quavo for her album Madame X, and their Eurovision set caused controversy when two dancers wore Israeli and Palestinian flags.

Which producer's 2017 single Slide, from Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1, paired Migos with Frank Ocean?

Calvin Harris chose Slide as the lead single of his fifth album, and Pitchfork gave the song its Best New Track tag.

Which Atlanta rap veteran guests on Slippery, the third single from Migos' album Culture?

Gucci Mane returned the favor months later with I Get the Bag, which features Quavo and Takeoff and peaked at number 11, higher than Slippery itself.

Offset made the Halloween 2017 album Without Warning with a star producer and which rapper?

21 Savage and Offset put the album out on October 31, 2017, leaning into a horror-film mood, and it debuted at number four on the Billboard 200.

Which wrestling legend stars in the video for a 2018 Offset single that is named after him?

Ric Flair's appearance helped the song climb from a number 71 debut to number 13, and it later featured on the WWE 2K19 soundtrack.

Which actor and comedian plays the TV host Ron Delirious in Migos' Walk It Talk It video?

Jamie Foxx presents the fictional dance show Culture Ride in the video, which was shot on Beta tape, so it tops out at 480p on YouTube.

Which Carolina Panthers star adopted a Migos-popularized dance as his touchdown celebration in 2015?

Cam Newton broke out the move against the Tennessee Titans in November 2015, crediting his 16-year-old brother for the idea, then retired it the next summer.

Before Migos, Quavo started at which position for the Berkmar High School football team?

Quarterback was Quavo's job as a senior in 2009, when Berkmar went 1–9 and he threw three touchdown passes in the team's only win.

Which 2017 Migos single featuring Nicki Minaj was released first to launch the album Culture II?

MotorSport reached number six on the Hot 100, making it only the second Migos song to crack the top ten.

Which 2015 release, featuring a guest appearance from Young Thug, was Migos' debut studio album?

Yung Rich Nation was originally titled Y.R.N.: Tha Album, and it reached number 17 on the Billboard 200 after its release slipped by several weeks.

Only Built for Infinity Links, by Quavo and Takeoff, nods to a 1995 album by which Wu-Tang rapper?

Raekwon's debut Only Built 4 Cuban Linx inspired the title, and Takeoff said the veteran rapper had given the tribute his approval.

Which Migos single arrived in May 2021 alongside the announcement of the album Culture III?

Straightenin peaked at number 23 on the Hot 100 and was the trio's first new release in almost a year.

At which 2023 ceremony did Quavo and Offset reunite on stage for a tribute to Takeoff?

The BET Awards set was their first performance together since the group's split, and it honored Takeoff almost eight months after his death.

Which Atlanta venue hosted Takeoff's public Celebration of Life, attended by over 20,000 people?

State Farm Arena filled with free-ticket holders who were barred from using their phones, and Atlanta's mayor posthumously gave Takeoff the Phoenix Award.

Which rapper announced in 2016 that he had signed Migos to a management deal with GOOD Music?

Kanye West made the claim in September 2016, yet by January 2017 the group said they had no tie to his label; he still helped produce Culture II.

Quavo teamed with which singer-songwriter for Tough, a 2024 duet critics described as country-trap?

Lana Del Rey brought Quavo on stage at Boston's Fenway Park in June 2024 to sing the duet before its release, and it became her highest Billboard Global 200 entry in over a year.

In February 2017 Migos moved to a joint venture between Capitol Records and which storied label?

Motown's name sits beside Capitol's on Culture II, the first Migos album released under the deal, which debuted at number one.

Quavo was born in which Georgia city before growing up in the suburbs northeast of Atlanta?

Athens was Quavo's birthplace, which makes him the only member of the trio not born in the group's Gwinnett County hometown.

Which music executive, a former manager of Jeezy, managed Migos and co-founded their record label?

Coach K, born Kevin Lee, started the label with Pierre Thomas in 2013, and the pair later branched out into sports management.

Which Netflix crime drama shares its name with a 2018 Migos single whose video references the show?

Narcos was the fourth single from Culture II and peaked at number 36; Quavo later made a guest appearance in the spin-off series set in Mexico.

Migos' T-Shirt video, showing the trio as fur-clad Arctic hunters, was shot near which landmark?

Lake Tahoe's snowy mountains stood in for the Arctic, and the trio matched their furs with snowmobiles, spears and Versace snow boots.

Which mixtape, released in August 2011, was the first full-length project Migos ever put out?

Juug Season came out three years after the trio formed, and its follow-up, No Label, arrived the following June.

Which R&B singer, a guest on Migos' debut album, traded diss tracks with Quavo in April 2024?

Chris Brown fired first on the deluxe edition of his album 11:11, Quavo answered a day later with Tender, and the exchange ran to four songs.

Which rapper, a guest on the album Quavo Huncho, dated Quavo from 2018 until their 2021 split?

Saweetie began dating Quavo in September 2018, a month before she appeared on his solo debut, and confirmed the breakup on social media in March 2021.

The Migos flow, a cadence brought to the mainstream by Versace, is built on which rhythmic figure?

Triplets had already driven earlier songs such as Crime Mob's Knuck If You Buck, which is why the nickname remains contentious among rap fans.

Which 2014 single from No Label 2 was Migos' highest-charting song until Bad and Boujee?

Fight Night peaked at number 69 in September 2014, a mark the trio did not beat for over two years, and Young Thug makes a cameo in its video.

Offset invested in which esports organization in 2019 and went on to appear in its YouTube videos?

FaZe Clan announced Offset's stake in August 2019, with the rapper saying he loved gaming and that esports was the future.

Offset's first top-ten hit as a soloist came as the guest on Taste, a 2018 single by which rapper?

Tyga's Taste gave Offset a top-ten hit of his own months before his debut solo album, and the song was later certified diamond by the RIAA.

Quavo plays a rapper named Ty opposite Chloe Bailey in which 2023 film about an Atlanta choir?

Praise This premiered on Peacock in April 2023 and casts Quavo as a popular Atlanta rapper who becomes the heroine's potential love interest.