{"id":1019939,"date":"2021-11-16T14:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T19:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1019939"},"modified":"2021-11-16T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T19:14:26","slug":"nike-delays-release-of-travis-scott-sneaker-in-light-of-astroworld-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-delays-release-of-travis-scott-sneaker-in-light-of-astroworld-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike Delays Release Of Travis Scott Sneaker In Light Of Astroworld Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fnike-delays-release-of-travis-scott-sneaker-in-light-of-astroworld-tragedy%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=1019939&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--><p>Athletic gear giant Nike announced Monday that it is postponing the release of a planned Travis Scott shoe in a show of sensitivity to those who were killed or injured at the rapper\u2019s Astroworld music festival on November 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival, we are postponing the launch of the Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack,\u201d the company said in a statement sent out to fans via its sneaker release app, \u201cSNKRS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company had announced the Nike x Travis Scott Air Max 270 \u201cCactus Trails\u201d last year, showcasing a \u201cvintage\u201d design that featured a well-used look with what it called a \u201cback-from-the-future\u201d aesthetic. The shoe would have come in a variety of colors, with Nike\u2019s classic swoosh logo reversed.<\/p>\n<p>Ten people have now died as a result of crowds stampeding to the front of the arena during Scott\u2019s performance, the youngest, only 9 years old.<\/p>\n<p>A local fire chief has said the safety crew\u2019s inability to reach struggling concert-goers sparked panic, and security was overwhelmed by the fan surge. According to eyewitnesses, the show continued for about 40 minutes after initial reports that people were being hurt reached first responders.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/travis-scott-had-a-history-of-mocking-injured-concertgoers-before-deadly-astroworld-incident\">reported<\/a>, Scott had a history of making light of injuries at his concerts:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTO THE KID THAT DIDNT SURVIVE THE RODEO. UR A HERO IN MU BOOK,\u201d Scott wrote in a caption underneath a photo of a young man who passed out during Scott\u2019s 2015 concert with Young Thug at Webster Hall in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The photo was posted the day after the show. Just before that photo was posted, a video of Scott performing his song \u201cQuintana in NYC\u201d was posted to his page, with the caption \u201cBEFORE A KID PASS OUT,\u201d seemingly referring to the unconscious fan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Another photo posted to Instagram several weeks after showed another fan passed out at the final concert of Scott\u2019s 2015 tour. \u201cLast day of tour was tonight very wild. To that kid who blackout. Ur a hero,\u201d Scott captioned the post. Scott seemingly had a trend of calling the unconscious or injured fans \u201cheroes.\u201d Scott posted another picture in 2014, screencapped by TMZ, of a fan passed out at a show, with the simple caption, \u201cWTF.\u201d As of the publishing of the New York Post piece, the photos were still available on Scott\u2019s Instagram page. As of the<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athletic gear giant Nike announced Monday that it is postponing the release of a planned Travis Scott shoe in a show of sensitivity to those who were killed or injured at the rapper\u2019s Astroworld music festival on November 5.\u201cOut of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival, we are postponing the launch of the Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack,\u201d the company said in a statement sent out to fans via its sneaker release app, \u201cSNKRS.\u201dThe company had announced the Nike x Travis Scott Air Max 270 \u201cCactus Trails\u201d last year, showcasing a \u201cvintage\u201d design that featured a well-used look with what it called a \u201cback-from-the-future\u201d aesthetic. The shoe would have come in a variety of colors, with Nike\u2019s classic swoosh logo reversed.Ten people have now died as a result of crowds stampeding to the front of the arena during Scott\u2019s performance, the youngest, only 9 years old.A local fire chief has said the safety crew\u2019s inability to reach struggling concert-goers sparked panic, and security was overwhelmed by the fan surge. According to eyewitnesses, the show continued for about 40 minutes after initial reports that people were being hurt reached first responders.As The Daily Wire previously reported, Scott had a history of making light of injuries at his concerts:\u201cTO THE KID THAT DIDNT SURVIVE THE RODEO. UR A HERO IN MU BOOK,\u201d Scott wrote in a caption underneath a photo of a young man who passed out during Scott\u2019s 2015 concert with Young Thug at Webster Hall in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The photo was posted the day after the show. Just before that photo was posted, a video of Scott performing his song \u201cQuintana in NYC\u201d was posted to his page, with the caption \u201cBEFORE A KID PASS OUT,\u201d seemingly referring to the unconscious fan.Another photo posted to Instagram several weeks after showed another fan passed out at the final concert of Scott\u2019s 2015 tour. \u201cLast day of tour was tonight very wild. To that kid who blackout. Ur a hero,\u201d Scott captioned the post. Scott seemingly had a trend of calling the unconscious or injured fans \u201cheroes.\u201d Scott posted another picture in 2014, screencapped by TMZ, of a fan passed out at a show, with the simple caption, \u201cWTF.\u201d As of the publishing of the New York Post piece, the photos were still available on Scott\u2019s Instagram page. As of the publishing of this article, they have been removed.Scott also posted images of injured fans with captions. \u201cSHE BROKE HER HAND AND SHE DOESN\u2019T GIVE A F***!!!\u201d read one caption. \u201cIT\u2019S NOT A SHOW UNTIL SOMEONE PASS OUT,\u201d read another. Another image screencapped by the Post shows a young man smiling while bleeding from his eye, with the caption, \u201cI love u.\u201dMultiple lawsuits have already been filed against Scott, promoter Live Nation, and the venue, NRG Park. Houston police are investigating. But because the department was responsible for some crowd control duties at the festival, some are calling for an independent probe.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}