American rapper Travis Scott revealed in an interview that he didn't find out until after his performance at the Astroworld event in Houston that fans had died.
Scott revealed what happened at the November 5 event, which left ten people dead, in a lengthy interview with TV and radio star Charlamagne Tha God, which was aired on YouTube on Thursday.
바카라śIt wasn바카라™t really until minutes before the press conference until I figured out exactly what happened. Even after the show, you바카라™re just kind of hearing things, but I didn바카라™t know the exact details until minutes before the press conference,바카라ť Scott said.
He said he halted the concert a couple of times, but he couldn바카라™t hear fans calling for help.
바카라śI stopped like a couple of times just to make sure everybody was OK,바카라ť said Scott. 바카라śI just really go off the fans energy as a collective, you know? Call and response. I just didn바카라™t, I just didn바카라™t hear that.바카라ť
Scott was the main attraction and originator of the Astroworld Festival, which drew 50,000 people. As people rushed to the stage, Scott's set became lethal. Ezra Blount, 9, was the youngest casualty. The ages of the others that died varied from 14 to 27. At the festival, 300 individuals were hurt and treated, with 25 of them being brought to hospitals.
In Houston, more than 300 cases have been filed, all of which will be combined and processed by a single court. Scott, concert promoter Live Nation, and other event-related businesses are among those being sued.
Additionally, Houston police are conducting a criminal investigation into Scott and the event organisers. No one has been charged, and no date has been set for the conclusion of the inquiry.
바카라śTravis Scott, his entourage, handlers, promoters, managers, hangers on, and everyone else who enable him are the problem,바카라ť 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. 바카라śEverything 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.바카라ť
Scott denied that his history of urging fans to rush the stage or get past security led to the chaos at Astroworld Concert during the interview.
바카라śPeople didn바카라™t just show up there to be harmful,바카라ť said Scott. 바카라śPeople showed up to have a good time and something unfortunate happened.바카라ť
Scott said he had private conversations with some of the families of the victims. He also said that he understood why some families refused his request to pay for funeral costs.
바카라śI바카라™m always going to be here to want to help them,바카라ť Scott said of the victims바카라™ families. 바카라śI 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.바카라ť
Scott stated that he wants to learn more about what caused the fatalities and be a leader in preventing such catastrophes from occurring at future live events.
바카라śI have a responsibility to figure out what happened here. I have a responsibility to figure out the solution,바카라ť said Scott.
