{"id":1005561,"date":"2021-11-13T00:30:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T05:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1005561"},"modified":"2021-11-13T00:30:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T05:30:36","slug":"travis-scotts-lawyer-says-rapper-did-not-know-what-was-going-on-at-astroworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/travis-scotts-lawyer-says-rapper-did-not-know-what-was-going-on-at-astroworld\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Scott&#039;s Lawyer Says Rapper &#039;Did Not Know What was Going on&#039; at Astroworld"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftravis-scotts-lawyer-says-rapper-did-not-know-what-was-going-on-at-astroworld%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1005561&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP_21310172190586-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rapper Travis Scott\u2019s lawyer says his client \u201cdid not know what was going on\u201d at Astroworld Music Festival last week in Houston, Texas, where at least nine concertgoers were killed due to a crowd surge during his performance.<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s lawyer, Edwin McPherson, told <em>Good Morning America<\/em>&nbsp;on Friday that the mass casualty incident at Astroworld was&nbsp;\u201cobviously a systemic breakdown,\u201d and people need to wait for police to finish their investigation before \u201cwe start pointing fingers at anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>When asked why Scott\u2019s show \u201ccontinued to go on for another 40 minutes\u201d after&nbsp;officials declared the concert a mass casualty event, McPherson said that Scott and his crew were never made aware of that&nbsp;information until the following day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s up there trying to perform. He does not have any ability to know what\u2019s going on down below,\u201d McPherson said. \u201cTravis didn\u2019t really understand the full effect of everything until the next morning. Truly, he did not know what was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Travis Scott\u2019s attorney says rapper didn\u2019t know about deadly crowd chaos l GMA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6EJl7wzxKlA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Fans reacted to Scott\u2019s November 5 Astroworld performance by taking to social media to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/11\/watch-social-media-videos-show-chaos-at-travis-scotts-astroworld-festival-from-multiple-perspectives\/\">express their outrage<\/a>, as well as call into question the moral character of the rapper, who they say continued singing \u201cas he watched\u201d fans being injured in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>McPherson, however, argued that Scott did, in fact, stop his show on multiple occasions when he saw questionable incidents taking place in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s on a riser at one point, and he sees one boy down, and he actually asks security \u2014 stops the show \u2014 he asks security to get to that person,\u201d the rapper\u2019s lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>McPherson added that another incident, which shows what people say was an ambulance, actually \u201clooked more like a golf cart with some lights.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t&nbsp;sure what that was, but he stopped the show for that \u2014 told people to get aside if they\u2019re okay, put their hands up,\u201d&nbsp;McPherson said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.8787878787879\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is you literally encouraging the crowd to disrespect security, while they are trying to make a path for medical to pass through. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZMv6UWSkN1\">pic.twitter.com\/ZMv6UWSkN1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 s\u00ed (@sisihunni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sisihunni\/status\/1457093909507723270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McPherson added that when Scott is \u201cup on&nbsp;the stage,\u201d there are \u201cflash pods going off around him, and he has an ear monitor that has music blasting through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can\u2019t hear anything, he can\u2019t see anything,\u201d the lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Scott\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/08\/video-resurfaces-of-rapper-travis-scott-spitting-on-fan-calling-on-crowd-to-fk-him-up\/\">history<\/a> of putting on chaotic performances that involve encouraging attendees to take part in unruly behavior,&nbsp;as well as the rapper himself having previously been arrested over incidents that have taken place at his concerts,&nbsp;McPherson said Scott has \u201cgrow up a lot\u201d since then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis, as an artist, has really grown up a lot,\u201d he said. \u201cI have spoken personally to him about this, and he really didn\u2019t understand the magnitude of his power up on the stage, I think, as a young performer, and he\u2019s&nbsp;really matured over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/11\/texas-am-student-hurt-at-travis-scott-astroworld-festival-dies-now-9-fatalities-total\/\">reported<\/a> that a 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at Astroworld has died, bringing the death toll from Scott\u2019s November 5 performance to a total of nine.<\/p>\n<p>Now Scott, the entertainment venue Live Nation, and others are facing <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/11\/astroworld-lawsuit-110-plaintiffs-travis-scott-drake-live-nation-1234871896\/\">hundreds<\/a>&nbsp;of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/death-ticket-more-lawsuits-filed-over-travis-scott-concert\/\">lawsuits<\/a> filed by Astroworld attendees, including one woman who said she&nbsp;didn\u2019t know she was buying a \u201cdeath ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapper Travis Scott\u2019s lawyer says his client \u201cdid not know what was going on\u201d at Astroworld Music Festival last week in Houston, Texas, where at least nine concertgoers were killed 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