{"id":992205,"date":"2021-11-10T00:28:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T05:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=992205"},"modified":"2021-11-10T00:29:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T05:29:01","slug":"fortnite-cancels-travis-scott-after-astroworld-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fortnite-cancels-travis-scott-after-astroworld-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite Cancels Travis Scott 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\">14<\/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%2Ffortnite-cancels-travis-scott-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=992205&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\/travisscottfornite1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The online game Fortnite has canceled the Travis Scott emote from its item shop following his performance at&nbsp;Astroworld Music Festival on Friday in Houston, Texas, where at least eight people were killed.<\/p>\n<p>An emote that includes an audio snippet of Scott\u2019s track \u201cOut West\u201d was deleted from Fortnite\u2019s shop. An emote is a dance move or action that characters can perform during an online game.<\/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 game has also temporarily disabled the shop\u2019s \u201cDaily\u201d section.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s known that the \u2018Daily\u2019 section of the Item Shop has been disabled. This is intentional and the \u2018Daily\u2019 section will return with the next Item Shop refresh,\u201d Fortnite Status explained in a tweet on Sunday, two days after the&nbsp;Astroworld tragedy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4508196721311\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s known that the &#8220;Daily&#8221; section of the Item Shop has been disabled. This is intentional and the &#8220;Daily&#8221; section will return with the next Item Shop refresh. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rc6Kqh7qoW\">pic.twitter.com\/rc6Kqh7qoW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortniteStatus\/status\/1457538163262607361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In April 2020, Scott&nbsp;hosted a virtual Fortnite concert where he was digitally created into an avatar in the game, in which more than 12 million&nbsp;players tuned in.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Travis Scott and Fortnite Present: Astronomical (Full Event Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wYeFAlVC8qU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>But after Friday\u2019s fatal festival performance \u2014 for which Scott is being accused of inciting a riot and violence \u2014 outrage is at a tipping point.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/aeg-remove-travis-scott-as-a-goldenvoice-performer\">petition<\/a> to stop Scott from performing at next year\u2019s Coachella Festival has attracted thousands of supporters.&nbsp;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<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Moreover, concertgoers who say they were injured during Scott\u2019s performance at Astroworld on Friday have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/08\/travis-scott-drake-live-nation-sued-by-astroworld-concertgoers-following-deadly-festival\/\">filed lawsuits<\/a> against the rapper \u2014 and others. At least&nbsp;three lawsuits have been filed so far, two of which are seeking $1 million in damages.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Scott\u2019s live performances are known for being chaotic events,&nbsp;with concertgoers encouraged to take part in an unruly nature involving mosh pits, crowd surfing, and stage diving.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Scott was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/08\/deadly-concert-star-travis-scott-charged-in-2017-for-encouraging-fans-to-rush-the-stage\/\">charged<\/a> for encouraging fans to rush a stage. A recently resurfaced video from 2015&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/08\/video-resurfaces-of-rapper-travis-scott-spitting-on-fan-calling-on-crowd-to-fk-him-up\/\">reveals<\/a> another incident at a concert in Switzerland, in which the rapper&nbsp;spitting on a fan and repeatedly calling on the crowd to \u201cfuck him up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Openair Frauenfeld: Fan klaut Travi$ Scott die Yeezy Sneakers w\u00e4hrend seines Auftritts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u1AkBWRAp7w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet posted Saturday, Scott said he was \u201cabsolutely devastated by what took place\u201d at&nbsp;Astroworld.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana 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>The online game Fortnite has canceled the Travis Scott emote from its item shop following his performance at\u00a0Astroworld Music Festival on Friday in Houston, Texas, where at least eight people &#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-992205","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\/992205","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=992205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992205\/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=992205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}