{"id":1111656,"date":"2021-12-12T13:28:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T18:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1111656"},"modified":"2021-12-12T13:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T18:28:34","slug":"anheuser-busch-cancels-rapper-travis-scotts-hard-seltzer-following-astroworld-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anheuser-busch-cancels-rapper-travis-scotts-hard-seltzer-following-astroworld-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Anheuser-Busch Cancels Rapper Travis Scott&#039;s Hard Seltzer Following Astroworld Tragedy"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fanheuser-busch-cancels-rapper-travis-scotts-hard-seltzer-following-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=1111656&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 class=\"subheading\">Rapper Travis Scott\u2019s hard seltzer brand, Cacti, will be pulled from shelves after Anheuser-Busch said it will stop selling the product in the wake of the Astroworld Music Festival tragedy in Houston, Texas, last month, which left ten people dead.&nbsp;The rapper, however, claims it was his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter careful evaluation, we have decided to stop all production and brand development of CACTI Agave Spiked Seltzer,\u2019 Anheuser-Busch said in a statement on Friday. \u201cWe believe brand fans will understand and respect this decision.\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>The company did not specify whether the decision to cancel the drink was made due to the crowd surge that killed ten people during Scott\u2019s November 5 performance at Astroworld, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/adage.com\/article\/marketing-news-strategy\/anheuser-busch-discontinues-travis-scotts-cacti-hard-seltzer\/2387611?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_term=adage&amp;utm_content=1f21cc06-a078-47b4-b6ae-36931e1bbfc2\">report<\/a> from AdAge.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/12\/10\/travis-scott-cacti-hard-seltzer-discontinued-anheuser-busch\/\">told<\/a> TMZ that canceling the seltzer was the rapper\u2019s idea, saying that he is \u201cnot focused on business right now\u201d in the wake of the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis was clear in his interview that he is not focused on business right now and his priority is helping his community and fans heal,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cCACTI asked AB InBev to inform their wholesalers there will not be product at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_12873737\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coachellacancled1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12873737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coachellacancled1.jpg\" alt=\"INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Rapper Travis Scott performs on the Outdoor Stage during day 1 of the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 14, 2017 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk\/Getty Images for Coachella)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rapper Travis Scott performs on the Outdoor Stage during day 1 of the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 14, 2017 in Indio, California. (Christopher Polk\/Getty Images for Coachella)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A source told TMZ that Cacti isn\u2019t technically \u201cdiscontinued,\u201d but that it is more of a temporary hold with hopes that the beverage will be brought back in the future.<\/p>\n<p>One source close the rapper told TMZ that both Scott and&nbsp;Anheuser-Busch had mutually agreed to end the drink on&nbsp;November 30, saying, \u201cthis is not a cancelation or creasing of an ongoing agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cacti is not the only product of Scott\u2019s to be canceled in the wake of the fatal incident at Astroworld \u2014 which has also resulted in more than 100 lawsuits from concertgoers who say they were injured during the rapper\u2019s performance<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Nike decided to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/16\/nike-postpones-travis-scotts-air-max-1-release-after-astroworld-tragedy\/\">postpone<\/a> the release of its collaboration with Scott \u2014 the \u201cAir Max 1 x Cactus Jack\u201d \u2014 due to his performance at Astroworld.&nbsp;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 Astroworld death toll to ten.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, the 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>Additionally, a <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 tens of thousands of supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Scott broke his silence in a recent interview with&nbsp;radio host Charlamagne tha God, in which the rapper&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/12\/09\/travis-scott-breaks-silence-on-astroworld-tragedy-doesnt-take-responsibility\/\">suggested<\/a> that the media are forcing responsibility on him because he was the face of the show.<\/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>Rapper Travis Scott\u2019s hard seltzer brand, Cacti, will be pulled from shelves after Anheuser-Busch said it will stop selling the product in the wake of the Astroworld Music Festival tragedy &#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-1111656","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\/1111656","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=1111656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111656\/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=1111656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}