At a soccer stadium in England, a human crush in 1989 led to nearly 100 deaths. In 1979, 11 people died in a scramble to enter a Cincinnati, Ohio, concert by The Who. No matter where the investigation ultimately leads, tragedies like the one at the Astroworld Festival have been happening for a long time. In a tweet posted Saturday, Scott said he was “absolutely devastated by what took place last night.” He pledged to work “together with the Houston community to heal and support the families in need.” “That makes for some really fun shows and made for a couple of scary incidents.” “Travis Scott is legendary in the hip-hop community for his beyond high-energy performances, where he really tries to rile up the crowd,” said Noah Shachtman, editor-in-chief at Rolling Stone. The Houston-born musician founded his festival in 2018 on the heels of his chart-topping album “Astroworld,” which was led by the infectious song “Sicko Mode.” He also has a 3-year-old daughter with Kylie Jenner, who announced in September that she is pregnant with their second child. Scott is an eight-time Grammy-nominated rapper who is music’s biggest young stars. It’s not uncommon to see a lot of crowding and raging or complete wild behavior at a Travis Scott show.” With the death of punk rock, hip-hop has indeed adopted and patterned the new generation of mosh pits. “Travis Scott’s whole aesthetic is about rebellion,” said HipHopDX editor-in-chief Trent Clark, who has attended several of his performances.
Travis Scott performs on the first day of the Astroworld Music Festival on Nov. He’s often encouraged fans to bypass security and rush the stage, but none of those previous situations resulted in fatalities. People in the crowd reported lots of pushing and shoving during the performances leading up to Scott’s set - which is normal at his shows.
A sizable group of the 50,000 in attendance pushed toward the stage at NRG Park as a timer clicked down to start the performance before the chaotic scene began to ignite. Tragically, the Grammy-nominated rapper's energetic show this time turned deadly after at least eight people - between the ages of 14 and 27 - were killed during a crowd surge at his music festival in Houston on Friday evening.
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