Travis Scott's Astroworld Music Festival Results In 8 Deaths And 300 Injuries In Texas Leading To The Rapper Being Slammed On Social Networking (Video)

November 8. 2021

Travis Scott's Astroworld concert in Houston, Texas resulted in 8 people being crushed to death and 300 injurred. Dead bodies were being passed around in front of Scott, who refused to stop the show for a long time, despite seeing people screaming in distress and some laying there lifeless. Scott is being heavily criticized for this conduct on social networking.

The youngest victim, John Hilgert, is age 14. He died from massive head injuries. 16-year-old Brianna Rodriguez also died at the concert. The remaining six victims are ages 20 to 27 (Jacob Jurinek, 20, Franco Patino, 21, Axel Acosta, 21, Madison Dubiski, 23, Budy Pena, 23 and Danish Baig, 27). My condolences to their loved ones.

Previously, Scott was arrested for inciting crowds to violence at a concert in 2017. This speaks to the safety issues present at his shows that pose a risk to the public, as he encourages fans to be aggressive via, "Mosh pits, crowd surfing and stage diving." Lawsuits have already been filed in connection with the concert deaths and injuries this past weekend.

People on social networking are slamming Scott and his girlfriend, reality star Kylie Jenner, who was also present at the show. Scott's conduct constitutes manslaughter, as he encouraged the dangerous behavior that resulted in the deaths and injuries.

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For headliner at deadly show, chaos part of popular formula

Sun, November 7, 2021, 1:05 AM·4 min read - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Travis Scott’s high-energy performances are known for being chaotic and fun-filled shows with concertgoers encouraged to take part in a raucous nature involving mosh pits, crowd surfing and stage diving. On Friday night, something went wrong.

At least eight people — between the ages of 14 and 27 — were killed during a crowd surge at the Grammy-nominated rapper’s Astroworld Festival in Houston. A sizable group of the 50,000 in attendance pushed toward the stage at NRG Park as a timer clicked down to start the performance before the chaotic scene began to ignite.

People in the crowd reported lots of pushing and shoving during the performances leading up to Scott’s set — which is normal at his shows. He’s often encouraged fans to bypass security and rush the stage, but none of those previous situations resulted in fatalities.

“Travis Scott’s whole aesthetic is about rebellion,” said HipHopDX editor-in-chief Trent Clark, who has attended several of his performances. “The shows have a lot of raging. With the death of punk rock, hip-hop has indeed adopted and patterned the new generation of mosh pits. It’s not uncommon to see a lot of crowding and raging or complete wild behavior at a Travis Scott show.”...

But with Scott getting into trouble before for the two past shows, Shachtman thinks the rapper will get a “hard second look.” In 2017, Scott was arrested after he encouraged fans to bypass security and rush the stage, leaving a security guard, a police officer and several others injured during a concert in Arkansas. In a separate incident, he was sentenced to one year of court supervision after pleading guilty to reckless conduct charges stemming from a 2015 incident in Chicago at the Lollapalooza music festival...

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