{"id":1111399,"date":"2021-12-12T11:43:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T16:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1111399"},"modified":"2021-12-12T11:43:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T16:43:43","slug":"travis-scott-says-he-was-unaware-of-deaths-until-after-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/travis-scott-says-he-was-unaware-of-deaths-until-after-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Scott Says He Was Unaware of Deaths Until After Show"},"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%2Ftravis-scott-says-he-was-unaware-of-deaths-until-after-show%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=1111399&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_21310172399298-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 Rapper Travis Scott said in an interview that he didn\u2019t know that fans had died at his Astroworld festival in Houston until after his performance.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FS9SvGvbSgw&amp;t=6s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">interview with TV and radio personality Charlamagne Tha God<\/a>&nbsp;posted on YouTube on Thursday, Scott described from his perspective what happened at the&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/travis-scott-entertainment-business-houston-arts-and-entertainment-b55fcf0798bca4a86139024bcfc233eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Nov. 5 festival that left 10 people dead<\/a>.<\/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>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t really until minutes before the press conference until I figured out exactly what happened. Even after the show, you\u2019re just kind of hearing things, but I didn\u2019t know the exact details until minutes before the press conference,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he paused the performance a couple of times, but he couldn\u2019t hear fans screaming for help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stopped like a couple of times just to make sure everybody was OK,\u201d said Scott. \u201cI just really go off the fans energy as a collective, you know? Call and response. I just didn\u2019t, I just didn\u2019t hear that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.446601941748\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NzUdW7Acp5\">https:\/\/t.co\/NzUdW7Acp5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1459605790474571780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Scott was the headliner and creator of the Astroworld festival, where 50,000 people were in the audience. Scott\u2019s set turned deadly as fans surged toward the stage. The youngest victim was 9-year-old Ezra Blount. The others who died ranged in age from 14 to 27. Some 300 people were injured and treated at the festival site and 25 were taken to hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 lawsuits have been filed so far in Houston and will be&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/astroworld-festival-deaths-travis-scott-entertainment-business-lifestyle-a506452f616936dbd6a8f79395831d8e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">consolidated and handled by one judge<\/a>. Scott, concert promoter Live Nation and other companies associated with the event are among those being sued. Additionally, Scott and the event organizers are the focus of a criminal investigation by Houston police. No one has been charged, and no timetable has been set for when the investigation would be completed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis Scott, his entourage, handlers, promoters, managers, hangers on and everyone else who enable him are the problem,\u201d said Tony Buzbee, an attorney representing the family of 21-year-old Axel Acosta Avila who died, in a statement provided to the AP on Thursday. \u201cEverything that Travis Scott has done or said since ten people died and hundreds of others were injured at his concert has been lawyer driven and calculated to shift blame from him to someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Scott denied that his history of encouraging fans to rush the stage or push past security contributed to the chaos at Astroworld.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPeople didn\u2019t just show up there to be harmful,\u201d said Scott. \u201cPeople showed up to have a good time and something unfortunate happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.245\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Among the eight dead at the Travis Scott &#8216;Astroworld&#8217; concert are a 14-year-old high school student and a 16-year-old girl. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cLGUizpIzy\">https:\/\/t.co\/cLGUizpIzy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1457735804051238914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Scott said he had private discussions with some of the families of the victims. He also said that he understood why some families declined his offer to pay for funeral expenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m always going to be here to want to help them,\u201d Scott said of the victims\u2019 families. \u201cI gotta continue to show up for that. I just wanted to make sure they knew that I was there for them and continue to be there for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott said that he wants to know more about what caused the deaths and be a leader in finding ways to prevent similar tragedies from happening at other live events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a responsibility to figure out what happened here. I have a responsibility to figure out the solution,\u201d said Scott.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 Rapper Travis Scott said in an interview that he didn\u2019t know that fans had died at his Astroworld festival in Houston until after his performance. 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