The government name of Cardi B’s husband Offset is Kiari Cephus. Quavious Marshall goes by Quavo in the trio while Kirsnick Ball is the real name of Takeoff. “The reason why his name is Takeoff is because he used to do everything in one take,” Quavo explained on an episode of “Hot Ones.” He explained, “[With Windows] Movie Maker, you had to record in one pass. Anybody who messed up on one ad lib or anything, we had to start it all the way over.” With Takeoff, he was usually correct on the first take but when his bandmate messed up, Ball needed to restart his verse.
Originally, Takeoff and Quavo made music together under the group name Polo Club. The group dropped a mixtape with mixed results. “I think we had one person that liked it,” Quavo told GQ about his cousin Cephus. In fact, all of the Migos trio are actually related. Offset is the cousin of Quavo, who is the uncle of Takeoff. Quavo’s nickname is closest to his real name, but he also goes by the nickname Huncho, a reference to his position as the leader of Migos.
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While Offset hasn’t revealed the origin of his stage name, Cephus explained that at home, Cardi B normally calls him Offset. He also confessed to GQ that it’s “just not a good moment when she calls me by my real name.”
