{"id":1022170,"date":"2021-11-17T04:58:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T09:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1022170"},"modified":"2021-11-17T04:58:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T09:58:59","slug":"nike-postpones-travis-scotts-air-max-1-release-after-astroworld-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-postpones-travis-scotts-air-max-1-release-after-astroworld-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike Postpones Travis Scott&#039;s Air Max 1 Release After 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\">22<\/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-postpones-travis-scotts-air-max-1-release-after-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=1022170&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\/GettyImages-1340090926-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Nike has decided to postpone the release of its collaboration with rapper Travis Scott \u2014 the \u201cAir Max 1 x Cactus Jack\u201d \u2014 due to his November 5 performance at Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, Texas, and its chaotic crowd surge which has left ten people dead.<\/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 Nike said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nike.com\/launch\/t\/snkrs-update-11-15\">statement<\/a>&nbsp;Monday.<\/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>The decision came one day after a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at the event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/15\/9-year-old-ezra-blount-dies-from-astroworld-injuries-bringing-death-toll-to-10\/\">died<\/a> from his injuries, bringing the&nbsp;Astroworld death toll to ten.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Nike is not the only company to have recently suspended its partnership with the rapper in the wake of the music festival tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the&nbsp;online game Fortnite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/09\/fortnite-cancels-travis-scott-after-astroworld-tragedy\/\">deleted<\/a> an emote that included an audio snippet of Scott\u2019s track \u201cOut West\u201d from its shop. An emote is a dance move or action that characters can perform during an online game.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/aeg-remove-travis-scott-as-a-goldenvoice-performer\">petition<\/a> to stop the rapper from performing at next year\u2019s Coachella Festival has attracted thousands of supporters. Music lover Sendero Secretos, who started the petition, claims \u201ctragic and unnecessary deaths\u201d at Astroworld occurred \u201cdue to Scott\u2019s own gross negligence and sheer lack of compassion for human life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And&nbsp;concertgoers who say they were injured during Scott\u2019s performance at Astroworld have filed lawsuits against Scott and others involved in Astroworld.<\/p>\n<p>More than&nbsp;100 lawsuits have been filed against Scott, rapper Drake \u2014 who appeared as a surprise performer alongside Scott \u2014 and the venue and entertainment company Live Nation. One lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/08\/travis-scott-drake-live-nation-sued-by-astroworld-concertgoers-following-deadly-festival\/\">accuses<\/a> the rapper of negligently inciting \u201ca riot and violence.\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=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nike has decided to postpone the release of its collaboration with rapper Travis Scott \u2014 the \u201cAir Max 1 x Cactus Jack\u201d \u2014 due to his November 5 performance at &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"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-1022170","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\/1022170","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022170\/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=1022170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}