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TakeOff and Quavo‘s mothers joined forces once again with the White House to continue combating gun violence in the name of the late Migos rapper.
On behalf of Quavo’s Rocket Foundation, Titania Davenport (Take’s mother) and Edna Maddox (Quavo’s mother and Take’s grandmother) sat down with the White House’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention Deputy Director, Greg Jackson, for ‘Turning Pain Into Purpose: A Conversation On Gun Violence,’ where they discussed the feeling of losing loved ones to gun violence, and their efforts to prevent this from happening to others.
Titania noted she believes in taking the pain to “grow and go” moving forward helping others.
In a post to Instagram following the event, Jackson said: “TakeOff should still be here, but his legacy lives on through the bravery and activism of his family!
“Proud to stand alongside his mother and grandmother, as they made their first on stage appearance, hosted by @fortunemag speaking on their loss, the @rocketfdn and the urgency to #endgunviolence.”
Over the summer, Quavo‘s character received a glowing review from Vice President Kamala Harris following their fireside chat on gun violence.
The meeting took place at the inaugural Rocket Foundation Summit in Atlanta on June 18. This was a significant date for the former Migos rapper as he honored his late nephew and groupmate TakeOff on what would have been his 30th birthday.
In a post to X after the summit, the politician wrote: “I joined @QuavoStuntin for the first-ever Rocket Foundation Summit on Gun Violence Prevention. Quavo: Thank you for your courage, leadership, and for bringing us together for this critical conversation. Together, we continue our work to save lives and keep our communities safe.”
This is not the first time Quavo and Harris have met up to tackle the aforementioned issue. In September 2023, Huncho, his mother and TakeOff’s mother visited the White House to meet with the 59-year-old to discuss the worsening issue that ultimately took TakeOff’s life.
“I feel like your calling comes at the least expected times,” Quavo told the AP following the meeting.
“You don’t think nothing is going to happen. I need to step up to the plate and hit a homerun,” he continued. “I have to do something about it, so it won’t happen to the masses — especially in our culture. I don’t want this to happen to the next person. I want to knock down these percentages.
“We need to do better with the control of guns. We need to figure out how do we keep these types of incidents from happening to people going anywhere and thinking they can hurt somebody where it shouldn’t happen.”
After their meeting, Harris took to Instagram to thank the “Walk It Talk It” hitmaker and his family members for coming to the White House.
“Thank you @quavohuncho, Edna, and Titania for using your voices to honor TakeOff’s legacy and call for action to prevent gun violence,” she said.
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