Quavious Keyate Marshall was born April 2, 1991, known professionally as Quavo in Athens, Georgia. The three members of Migos grew up together in Gwinnett County, a mostly suburban area 20–30 minutes northeast of Atlanta. Quavo attended Berkmar High School and was the starting quarterback of its football team during the 2009 season, his senior year. Berkmar went 1–9 in the 2009 season, and Quavo went 19-of-25 for 201 yards and three touchdowns for the first win of the season. Quavo previously held the record by completing 28 passes in a game back in 2009. Despite finishing the football season for his senior year, Quavo dropped out of Berkmar months before graduation.
Quavo is an American rapper. He is best known as the co-founder and frontman of hip hop group Migos, being the uncle of late member Takeoff. Outside of Migos, Quavo has been featured on several U.S. top 10 hits, including Post Malone’s “Congratulations”, which was later certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); as well as DJ Khaled’s “No Brainer” and “I’m the One”, the latter of which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2018, he released his debut solo album Quavo Huncho, which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200
On March 19, 2021, Saweetie confirmed via social media that she and Quavo are no longer in a relationship. She also mentioned on social media that Quavo had been unfaithful, writing “Presents don’t band aid scars and the love isn’t real when the intimacy is given to other women.”In late March 2021, video footage surfaced showing the pair in a physical altercation that allegedly happened in 2020.
In May 2020, Quavo announced on his Instagram account that he had graduated from high school after dropping out 11 years earlier. In December 2021, Quavo was sued for his alleged involvement in the assault of a limo driver earlier in July 2021.
Migos was formed in 2008 by Quavo and fellow rappers Takeoff and Offset. Quavo and Takeoff are directly related and were raised together by Quavo’s mother. Quavo was Takeoff’s uncle. The group was originally known as Polo Club and is from Lawrenceville, Georgia. They changed their name to “Migos” after deciding Polo Club was too generic. The group released their first full-length project, a mixtape titled Juug Season, on August 25, 2011. They followed with the mixtape No Label, on June 1, 2012.
Migos rose to prominence in 2013 after the release of their single “Versace”. The song was remixed by Canadian rapper Drake, peaking at number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 31 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Quavo had his first lead single as a solo artist with the song “Champions” featuring several other artists. The song peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100.
After the success of Migos’ second studio album Culture, which reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, Quavo was subsequently featured on several popular songs outside of Migos, including “Congratulations”, “I’m the One”, “Portland” and “No Brainer”. In an interview with GQ, Houston-based rapper Travis Scott, with whom Quavo previously worked on the Young Thug collaboration “Pick Up the Phone”, revealed he had a collaborative album with Quavo in the works.
In April 2017, Quavo was featured on The Fate of the Furious: The Album on the song “Go Off” with Lil Uzi Vert and Travis Scott. The song was eventually certified Gold by the RIAA. Quavo also released “Ice Tray” with Lil Yachty on December 14, 2017. The song peaked at number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100.
On December 21, 2017, Quavo announced that he would release Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho with Travis Scott on December 22, 2017 without any prior promotion. The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and had seven tracks chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
Quavo performing in 2018
On January 26, 2018, Migos released Culture II. Following this, Quavo announced an upcoming solo project titled Quavo Huncho to be released in October. It was supported by three singles, “Workin Me”, “Lamb Talk” and “Bubble Gum”, with “Workin Me” peaking at 52 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Quavo’s highest charting single as a solo artist. The album was released on October 12, 2018 through Capitol Records, Motown, and Quality Control Music and features guest appearances from 21 Savage, Drake, Saweetie, Madonna, Cardi B, Lil Baby, Travis Scott, Normani, Davido, and Kid Cudi.
On May 18, 2019, Quavo performed “Future” alongside Madonna at the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
On February 7, 2020, Quavo was featured on the song “Intentions” from Justin Bieber’s fifth studio album Changes. The song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. In the following year, Migos released their fourth album, Culture III.
In October 2022, a possible disbandment of Migos became the subject of speculation based on reports that Quavo’s ex-girlfriend Saweetie had slept with Offset. Following this, Quavo and Takeoff formed a super duo, Unc & Phew and went on to release a collaborative album titled Only Built for Infinity Links on October 7, 2022 without Offset’s input. During an interview with the Big Facts podcast, Quavo stated that he would like to see his and Takeoff’s career “as a duo”.
On November 1, 2022, less than a month after the release of the duo’s first album, Takeoff was shot and killed while with Quavo and others at the 810 Billiards & Bowling in Houston, Texas. Quavo was not injured during the shooting, although he reportedly fainted afterward and had to be carried to a vehicle.[56] Two other people, 24-year-old Joshua “Wash” Washington (a business associate of Quavo) and a 23-year-old woman, suffered non-life-threatening injuries during the shooting.
