Travis Scott breaks silence on Astroworld tragedy in first interview

Rapper Travis Scott, in his first interview since 10 people died and many were injured at his Astroworld concert, told radio and talk show host Charlamagne tha God he did not initially know concertgoers had been hurt.
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[timbarling]

The moment people stormed into the venue without tickets, the festival should have cancelled the show due to security reasons.

[jdnb]

I’m honestly surprised his attorneys let him speak about this at all.

[Katrielible]

He acknowledged the stuck ambulance in the crowd and kept going. Is he going to claim he doesnt know what an ambulance is for? Really?

[NancyMitchell]

He has a long history of telling fans to ignore security, cross barricades, and rush to the stage. I don't know if he gave those instructions at this particular concert, but folks from the back moved to the front, compressing people and making it difficult for them to breath. At one concert, he told fans to jump from a balcony. In the process of complying, some pushed a man over the railing. He's now in a wheelchair. He and his whole team knew this history and knew how young, excitable, and impressionable his fans are.

[vibrantdye]

"The interview is an hour long. I haven't been able to get through it. " I felt that..

[Riclmnopp]

Of course he was aware. There is video of the events. He is seen staring at the people being carted off in a stretcher and he continued playing for more than 30mins.

[bigblue]

An ambulance driving through the crowds with BLARING lights was a SIGN??

[mark-oclx]

He didn’t hear none of the screams yet streaming services were able to pick up the screams lmao

[katsageexe]

The crowd was chanting "stop the show", there's no excuse

[geetanjalisankar]

He ddin't know but there was an ambulance making their way through the audience?? While he also provoked others to hurt others?? He did know. He just did not think it would blow up to this extent. So it's easier to just deny it now.

[dcc-randomstorieswithmel]

He didn’t say anything, all he said was “you know” for 50mins and stuttered for the remaining 10

[Passportbros]

HE WAS VERY AWARE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.

[WweThemes]

Bruh as a man I can’t respect Travis Scott at all, if 10 people had died at my concert and even in the slightest my negligence contributed to their death, I would be apologizing, visiting injured fans, celebrating the lives of those deceased, not going around on damage control doing everything and anything and using media and his influence to try to avoid any legal accountability talking about how devastated you are, when you literally went to Dave and Busters after the event and have been caught on video hanging at a golf spot with MJ and Mark Wahlberg. If Travis Scott isn’t guilty then neither are any cult leaders.

[barefoot]

"Hey, come to my next concert and I'll pay for your funeral." Travis Scott.

[cindykarns]

He had a birds eye view of the crowd and what was going on.

[knrsmith]

Going off the fans energy? He wasn't dying when fan's were dying. He is pitiful.

[ltresbolsd]

He saw the ambulance in the crowd and didn’t think something serious is happening???

[destiny]

I dont care what this guy says he's doing the devils work

[paradiseo]

It’s interesting how in the interview, he said that he is the type of artist that stops shows for injured fans. Uhmm there was an EMERGENCY vehicle trying to make its way through HIS CROWD and he didn’t do anything besides tell people to put their middle fingers in the air. Does he not know what RED AND BLUE flashing lights mean? They weren’t there lending their lights to support him. There was an EMERGENCY!!

[jesteravrgjoe]

Let me guess? He’s going to go full Baldwin and say it wasn’t his fault. These stars are all megalomaniacs, and are unworthy of our attention.