Travis Scott has broken his silence on the Astroworld tragedy, denying that he was to blame for the November 5th event. In an interview with Charlamagne Tha God, the rapper said about the tragedy, “It really hurts. It hurts the community, it hurts the city Houston. It’s just been a lot of thoughts, a lot feelings, a lot of grieving, and trying to wrap my head around it.”
He continued, “I’ve just been in a room for a while, a lot of thoughts. I’ve been doing this for such a long time and nothing like this ever happened… At the end of the day, these fans are your family, so you just feel like you lost something.”
Travis said that he feels responsibile to find out what went wrong but did not place blame on himself or others, saying, “I have a responsibility to figure out what happened here. I have a responsibility to figure out the solution. At the end of the day, collectively, everyone just needs to figure out the bottom line solution.”
He claimed that his “in-ear” told him to end the show “after the guest,” Drake, came off stage. He added that “other than that, there was no other communication.”
TRAVIS SAYS HE HAS NO IDEA THAT FESTIVALGOERS WERE HURT
He also claimed that he had no idea that festivalgoers had been hurt until after he came off stage. He explained, “I didn’t know the exact details until minutes before the press conference.” He added, “People pass out, things happen at concerts, but something like that…”
He also said that he didn't hear any cries for help from the stage, adding, “Anytime I could see anything like that, I did. I stopped it like a couple times to just make sure everybody was OK.”
When asked about the “raging” culture at his show, he said that raging is about “letting go and having fun, help others, love each other.” He added, “It’s not about harm. The show isn’t just rambunctious.”
Travis also addressed being seen out golfing with Michael Jordan and Mark Wahlberg in Palm Springs, saying that he was spending “personal time” during Thanksgiving and a fan came and asked for a photo.
He also addressed the grieving families, saying, “I’ll say to them, I’m always here. I’m in this with you guys and I love you, and I’ll always be there to help you guys heal through this. It’s not just a right now thing, it’s a forever thing. These people that came to the show, they are my family. I’ll always have that connection to the people that listen to the music or came to my shows.”
VICTIM'S FAMILIES ANGRY ABOUT TRAVIS SCOTT INTERVIEW
Meanwhile, according to TMZ, Tony Buzbee, the attorney who is representing the family of Axel Acosta, a 21 year old who died from injuries suffered at the concert, said that he was offended by the interview.
He explained, “Axel Acosta and the many others killed or injured are the victims. Travis Scott, his entourage, handlers, promoters, managers, hangers on and everyone else who enable him are the problem. Everything 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.”
Buzbee continued, “He now says he had an earpiece in, and was not told what was going on in the crowd. That raises the question: Did he have an earpiece in his eye? Why did he purposely ignore the death and mayhem occurring literally feet from him?”
Travis' attorney Ed McPherson told TMZ that despite the legal risk, he insisted on sitting down with Charlamagne to share his message of healing and how to fix concert safety issues moving forward.
