{"id":1103148,"date":"2021-12-09T15:59:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T20:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1103148"},"modified":"2021-12-09T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T20:59:40","slug":"the-media-wants-to-put-it-on-me-travis-scott-speaks-on-tragedy-amid-rumors-he-asked-judge-to-dismiss-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-wants-to-put-it-on-me-travis-scott-speaks-on-tragedy-amid-rumors-he-asked-judge-to-dismiss-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Media Wants to Put It On Me\u2019 \u2014 Travis Scott Speaks On Tragedy Amid Rumors He Asked Judge to Dismiss Charges"},"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\">44<\/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%2Fthe-media-wants-to-put-it-on-me-travis-scott-speaks-on-tragedy-amid-rumors-he-asked-judge-to-dismiss-charges%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=1103148&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>Rapper Travis Scott is finally speaking out on the deadly \u201cAstroworld\u201d music festival on November 5 in Houston that killed 10, including a nine-year-old child.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The performer has been mostly silent on the tragedy for the past few weeks as lawsuits piled up. However, even as he publicly apologized during a 50-minute conversation with Charlamagne tha God, there are rumors that the rapper made a motion to dismiss all charges that were filed against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been on different types of emotions, an emotional rollercoaster,\u201d Scott told Charlemagne, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/travis-scott-astroworld-interview-1269269\/\">according to<\/a> Rolling Stone. \u201cIt gets so hard because I always feel connected to my fans, and I went through something and my fans went through something and people\u2019s parents went through something and it really hurts. It really hurts the community, it hurts the city. It\u2019s just been a lot of thoughts, a lot of feelings, a lot of grieving, and just trying to wrap my head around it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the conversation, Scott insisted he did not know fans were in trouble at any point, or he would have stopped performing. This assertion conflicts with some eyewitness accounts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t really until minutes until the press conference [after the show] that I figured out what happened. Even after the show, you\u2019re just kind of hearing things, but I didn\u2019t know the exact details\u201d Scott explained. \u201cAnd even at that moment, you\u2019re like, \u2018Wait, what?\u2019 You just went through something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott later claimed he \u201cdouble-checked\u201d to make sure everyone was OK. \u201cI got a response everyone was OK,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old performer doesn\u2019t technically take responsibility for the events that occurred at his show, and it sounds like he never will. TMZ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/12\/06\/travis-scott-request-astroworld-festival-suit-dismissed\/\">reported<\/a> that Scott motioned to have at least one specific lawsuit against him dropped and that more are forthcoming. \u201cTravis is planning to issue a similar response for every civil suit against him \u2014 and trust us, there are many,\u201d the source allegedly said, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking with Charlamagne, Scott blamed \u201cthe media\u201d for accusing him of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m the face of the festival, I\u2019m the artist, so the media wants to put it on me, but at the end of the day I don\u2019t think it\u2019s more so about that, it\u2019s more so about stepping up to figure out what the problem is,\u201d the rapper said. \u201cAnd I could take that. I could take stepping out to figure out what the problem is, I could take stepping up to figure out what the solution is so that it never happened again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rapper-travis-scott-facing-multiple-lawsuits-over-astroworld-festival-carnage\">reported<\/a> earlier that Scott is already facing at least three lawsuits from injured fans. These lawsuits also implicate co-performer Drake, promotion company Live Nation, and the concert venue, NRG Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Victims\u2019 families are unlikely to accept an apology \u2014 even a weak one \u2014 from Scott anytime soon. Many already rejected his offer to pay for funerals following the tragedy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapper Travis Scott is finally speaking out on the deadly \u201cAstroworld\u201d music festival on November 5 in Houston that killed 10, including a nine-year-old child.\u00a0The performer has been mostly silent on the tragedy for the past few weeks as lawsuits piled up. However, even as he publicly apologized during a 50-minute conversation with Charlamagne tha God, there are rumors that the rapper made a motion to dismiss all charges that were filed against him.\u201cI\u2019ve been on different types of emotions, an emotional rollercoaster,\u201d Scott told Charlemagne, according to Rolling Stone. \u201cIt gets so hard because I always feel connected to my fans, and I went through something and my fans went through something and people\u2019s parents went through something and it really hurts. It really hurts the community, it hurts the city. It\u2019s just been a lot of thoughts, a lot of feelings, a lot of grieving, and just trying to wrap my head around it.\u201dDuring the conversation, Scott insisted he did not know fans were in trouble at any point, or he would have stopped performing. This assertion conflicts with some eyewitness accounts.\u00a0\u201cIt wasn\u2019t really until minutes until the press conference [after the show] that I figured out what happened. Even after the show, you\u2019re just kind of hearing things, but I didn\u2019t know the exact details\u201d Scott explained. \u201cAnd even at that moment, you\u2019re like, \u2018Wait, what?\u2019 You just went through something.\u201dScott later claimed he \u201cdouble-checked\u201d to make sure everyone was OK. \u201cI got a response everyone was OK,\u201d he insisted.The 30-year-old performer doesn\u2019t technically take responsibility for the events that occurred at his show, and it sounds like he never will. TMZ reported that Scott motioned to have at least one specific lawsuit against him dropped and that more are forthcoming. \u201cTravis is planning to issue a similar response for every civil suit against him \u2014 and trust us, there are many,\u201d the source allegedly said, according to the outlet.While speaking with Charlamagne, Scott blamed \u201cthe media\u201d for accusing him of wrongdoing.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m the face of the festival, I\u2019m the artist, so the media wants to put it on me, but at the end of the day I don\u2019t think it\u2019s more so about that, it\u2019s more so about stepping up to figure out what the problem is,\u201d the rapper said. \u201cAnd I could take that. I could take stepping out to figure out what the problem is, I could take stepping up to figure out what the solution is so that it never happened again.\u201dThe Daily Wire reported earlier that Scott is already facing at least three lawsuits from injured fans. These lawsuits also implicate co-performer Drake, promotion company Live Nation, and the concert venue, NRG Stadium.Victims\u2019 families are unlikely to accept an apology \u2014 even a weak one \u2014 from Scott anytime soon. Many already rejected his offer to pay for funerals following the tragedy.\u00a0The 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 member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"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-1103148","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\/1103148","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\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103148\/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=1103148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}