Quavo

Early life

Quavious Keyate Marshall was born on April 2, 1991, in Athens, Georgia. His father died when he was five. He has an older sister, Karasha Marshall. He grew up with the other Migos members in Gwinnett County, northeast of Atlanta. Quavo attended Berkmar High School, where he was the starting quarterback during the 2009 season. Despite finishing the football season, he dropped out months before graduation.

Career

Migos was formed in 2008 by Quavo, Takeoff, and Offset; Quavo and Takeoff were directly related, with Quavo being Takeoff's uncle. Originally called Polo Club, the group changed its name to Migos. Their first mixtape, Juug Season, was released on August 25, 2011, followed by No Label on June 1, 2012. The group gained prominence in 2013 with the single "Versace," which was remixed by Drake.

Quavo's first solo lead single was "Champions. In April 2017, he appeared on The Fate of the Furious: The Album with "Go Off. He released "Ice Tray" with Lil Yachty in December 2017. On December 22, 2017, Quavo and Travis Scott released the collaborative album Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho without prior promotion; it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200.

Migos released Culture II on January 26, 2018. Quavo's debut solo album, Quavo Huncho, was released on October 12, 2018, featuring guest appearances from 21 Savage, Drake, Saweetie, Madonna, Cardi B, Lil Baby, Travis Scott, Normani, Davido, and Kid Cudi. His second album, Rocket Power (2023), peaked at number 18 and was released in memory of Takeoff.

Other ventures

Quavo made his television debut on an episode of Donald Glover's series Atlanta in 2016. He later appeared on the Fox drama Star, ABC's Black-ish, HBO's Ballers, and the second season of Narcos: Mexico. He appeared in the thriller film Savage Salvation, released on December 2, 2022, and co-starred in the gospel-choir-competition film Praise This, released on April 7, 2023. Quavo received the MVP Award at the 2018 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game after a 19-point performance. He played in the celebrity games in 2019 and 2020. He is a partial owner of the FCF Glacier Boyz in the Fan Controlled Football League.

Personal life

On April 18, 2015, Quavo was arrested at a Migos concert at Georgia Southern University and charged with possession of a Schedule II narcotic, marijuana, a firearm in a school safety zone, and possession of a firearm during a crime. He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor marijuana charges and received a 12-month suspended sentence. Quavo supported Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. He briefly dated actress Karrueche Tran in 2017 and began dating Saweetie in September 2018; the relationship ended in March 2021, with Saweetie alleging infidelity.

Video footage later surfaced of a physical altercation between the pair from 2020. In May 2020, Quavo announced he had graduated from high school after dropping out 11 years earlier. In December 2021, he was sued for alleged involvement in an assault on a limo driver. Quavo witnessed Takeoff's murder on November 1, 2022, in Houston, Texas, after an argument over a dice game; Takeoff was struck by a stray bullet.

Following this, Quavo became outspoken about gun violence prevention, meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris in September 2023. In March 2024, he launched the Spark Grants initiative, awarding ten organizations $10,000 each to reduce gun violence in Atlanta.