Former Migos rapper Offset wounded in shooting

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The rapper Offset of defunct hip-hop group Migos is in the hospital after being shot near a casino in Florida, media reports said.A spokesperson for the 34-year-old musician told celebrity news outlet TMZ he was stable and being closely monitored at a hospital in Hollywood, Florida.A Seminole Police Department spokesman confirmed a shooting in the vicinity Monday evening to AFP but declined to identity the victim.Offset is best known as member of Migos, an Atlanta-based rap trio that exploded on the national stage but ceased performing in 2022, when bandmate Takeoff was fatally shot in Houston, Texas at the age of 28.Migos soared to prominence off their viral 2013 song Versace, which Drake remixed, and later recorded Walk It Talk It with the Canadian superstar rapper.Their 2016 song Bad and Boujee was a number one hit.Offset, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, was married to the chart-topping rapper Cardi B and the couple, who split up in 2024, have three children.He was smiling and interacting with fans at the Florida casino moments before he was shot, TMZ said.