Takeoff‘s father has joined the rapper’s mother in her civil lawsuit against the 810 Billiards & Bowling, the Houston venue where the ex-Migos rapper was killed back in November 2022.
AllHipHop spoke to an attorney, Brant J. Stogner, who claimed to be representing Kenneth Ball. According to the Houston-based lawyer, Ball joined the suit as an Intervenor, which is a term used to describe people or parties “who want to participate in a proceeding because they believe the proceeding, or its outcome, may affect their rights or duties,” per the Cornell University Legal Institute.
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“[Kenneth Ball], the natural parent of [Takeoff], has suffered substantial pecuniary loss both in the past and in the future. Indeed, [Ball] has suffered past and future pecuniary loss, including funeral and burial expenses, psychological and psychiatric expenses, loss of advice, loss of counsel, loss of services, loss of care, loss of maintenance, and loss of support,” Stogner said to the outlet, explaining why the late rapper (real name Kirshnick Ball)’s father had a statutory right to join the suit.
Ball and Takeoff’s mother, Titiana Davenport, are currently embroiled in a battle for their late son’s estate. As Takeoff died intestate (that is, without a will), his $26 million estate will need to be divided between his next of kin, which would be his parents. The exact details of that division, however, have yet to be determined.
Back in June, Tatiana Davenport filed a wrongful death suit against 810 Billiards & Bowling’s owners as well as the LLCs (810 Billiards & Bowling, LVA4Houston Greenstreet, Lionstone Partners, Midway Companies and Cushman & Wakefield of Texas) connected to the venue.
The lawsuit believes that the venue “failed to provide proper and adequate security for the event” and its owners “provided no screening mechanisms, no after-hour controls or security measures, and no enforcement of rules or industry standards to deter crime against their invitees.”
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TakeOff was shot and killed by a stray bullet to the head and neck area when a gunman opened fire outside the bowling alley following a dice game just shy of 3 a.m. ET on November 1, 2022.
Davenport, who is listed as the administrator of the Migos rapper’s estate, is seeking $1million in damages as a result of the lawsuit.
“Defendants breached their duty owed to Kirsnick Khari Tiquon Ball by failing to exercise ordinary care to keep the premises safe,” the lawsuit continues.
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“As a proximate and foreseeable result of Defendants’ negligence, Kirsnick Khari Tiquon Ball sustained catastrophic personal injuries, endured conscious pain and suffering, experienced mental anguish, became aware of his impending death, wrongfully died, and suffered other damages as will be proven at trial.”
