Travis Scott Needs To Make Amends For Astroworld Tragedy
Travis Scott says he needs to heal Houston after Astroworld, however wants folks to be receptive after the lethal stampede.
Travis Scott needs to heal the ache he precipitated in Houston after the Astroworld tragedy killed 10 folks in 2021.
The Houston rapper opened up concerning the lethal crowd crush throughout a sit-down with Rolling Stone. Scott turned solemn when discussing the pageant catastrophe that occurred in his hometown.
“Once I did that pageant, I used to be attempting to carry one thing to the place I’m from, and if you look again, it’s like a time that was speculated to be so fulfilling simply went mistaken,” Travis Scott stated. “I’d like to heal that within the metropolis. However I’d additionally need folks to be receptive [to it]. I don’t wish to pressure a reception.”
The Astroworld Pageant crowd surge occurred on November 5, 2021, throughout Scott’s headlining efficiency. Ten concertgoers died from compression asphyxia after being crushed within the 50,000-person crowd. The victims ranged in age from 9 to 27 years previous.
Scott faces ongoing scrutiny greater than 4 years after the tragedy. He believes folks have a distorted view of who he actually is.
“By that have, I believe, there’s a distorted view of who I’m and what I care about,” Scott defined. “Generally once I learn and even hear about a number of the s### that individuals write, I don’t even know in the event that they consider it. I believe there’s at all times been this distorted view of what I’m. And it’s my accountability simply to maintain exhibiting what it truly is.”
When requested what he would inform critics who maintain him individually accountable, Travis Scott took a distinct method. “I wouldn’t inform them something. I’d ask them,” he stated.
All 10 wrongful dying lawsuits in opposition to Scott and Dwell Nation have now been settled. The ultimate case involving nine-year-old Ezra Blount was resolved in Might 2024. Settlement phrases stay confidential underneath courtroom order.
A Houston grand jury declined to carry prison prices in opposition to Travis Scott or different organizers in June 2023. An official investigation discovered pageant staff sounded security alarms throughout the efficiency, however the message failed to achieve decision-makers.
A 56-page disaster response plan lined gun violence, bombings and terrorist threats. Nonetheless, it contained no procedures for dealing with crowd surges.
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