Travis Scott (pictured) took to Instagram Saturday evening after eight people perished during his performance on Astroworld Festival.
Travis Scott claims he can’t even imagine how severe the situation is after eight Astroworld fans were murdered at the concert. But Travis Scott was charged with disorderly and reckless conduct for the chaos that erupted at the shows at least twice.
Scott, born Jacques Bermon Webster II, posted an emotional video saying he was ‘devastated’ about the deaths on his Instagram Saturday, but the rapper, known for inciting mayhem at his shows, has a history of run-ins with the law on the very same issue.
Kylie Jenner, 29, pleaded guilty in August 2015 to reckless conduct, a misdemeanor, after his supporters jumped over the security barrier at Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival.
“All my true ragers leap the barricade now. Let’s move. As his young fans did, he said “Come over!” “I want chaos.”
In February 2018, he was convicted of another misdemeanor, this time for disorderly conduct. He had encouraged his supporters to rush to the stage to bypass security during a concert in Arkansas in 2017.
A nurse fainted, and she was crowd-surfed up to Friday’s concert. She described what it looked like backstage while overwhelmed staff handled a sea of dead bodies. The claims of a man stabbering people with a needle were also denied by her.
The Houston-based music festival witnessed a surge of people in front of Scott’s performance. This knocked other concertgoers off their feet and forced them to join together.
“This is a lie. They tried to cover up their misfortunes. They tried to cover their faces. Nobody saw this shit,’ said Madeline Eskins.
As people tried to reach the Grammy-winning artist as closely as possible, eight people aged between 14 and 27 were murdered.
Some people described feeling unable to breath, having their ribs crushed and being unable to move their arms while the pushing and shoving continued.
Travis Scott: Travis Scott: I Can Fly is a Netflix documentary that featured the rapper in 2019. It features Travis Scott’s supporters with bloody noses, and shows how difficult it can be to stage the shows Scott likes without having to call the police.
Eskins is a concertgoer and describes herself as an ICU nurse. She posted a long Instagram story on Saturday, detailing her experiences at the show.
According to her, she felt faint in the crowd Friday night when she couldn’t breathe.
The crowd then crowd-surfed the unconscious woman to a security officer, who placed her backstage. Medical staff were frantically working to save those ‘with eyes rolled into their heads’ as well as people with ‘bleeding from both their noses and mouths’.
Danish Baig (27), died at Travis Scott’s Astroworld. He had saved a relative in the Friday stampede, according to his brother. Franco Patino, 21 (right), also died, the University of Dayton said
Brianna Rodriguez, 16, (left) was a dancer and junior in high school. Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Pena, 23,(right) was an aspiring model and dreamed of one day being a US Border Patrol agent. His death was caused by cardiac arrest.
“Has ANYBODY checked a pulse?” she yelled. She recalled.
After she told a security guard that she was an ICU nurse, he asked her to help him.
According to The Houston Chronicle, Scott performed for another 37 minutes even after emergency responders arrived at the scene. The concert was captured on social media by fans who asked operators for a halt to the performance.
As medical staff performed CPR without much training or resources, she recalls three dead bodies being seen behind general admission.
‘I ask where the ambu bag is, where the AED is, where the stretcher and ambulance is, where tf any s*** is and they said essentially there is none,’ Eskins writes.
“There is one Ambu Bag, one Stretcher and One AED for three – four people who are blue and pulseless.
“People are helping out from the crowd. While teens may be doing CPR, it’s not correct. Then, I notice that there are other CPR people performing CPR on patients who have not had a pulse checked. This was a complete shitshow.
Eskins published a story calling for pushing back on claims by TMZ that a man with a pen was going around injecting people.
Scott, aged 29, performed after eight were killed.
She wrote, “This is a lying.” They are trying to hide their tracks. Nobody who actually was there has said this s****. Nobody saw this s***.’
Troy Finner from Houston was the chief police officer. According to TMZ, a Houston security agent felt a pinched in his neck. The guard then collapsed while trying to restrain another person.
A NARCAN was used to revive the guard. Medical staff also confirmed that he had been stabbed using a syringe.
Kyle Green’s lawyer, Kyle Green (27-year-old) was partially paralysed at Scott’s concert in April 2017. Green said that Green was “devastated” and “heartbroken” for the families of eight victims who were killed at Scott’s concert on Friday night.
Green claims he was forced to fall over the edge from a balcony in the venue, calling it’severely packed’. Green broke several vertebrae, bones, and is now unable to walk without a significant and substantial disability.
‘He’s even more incensed by the fact that it could have been avoided had Travis learned his lesson in the past and changed his attitude about inciting people to behave in such a reckless manner,’ attorney Howard Hershenhorn told Rolling Stone.
Scott encouraged another audience member to leap from the balcony during the performance.
“I can see you but will you do it?” Scot asked. Scot replied, “They’re gonna catch them.” Do not be afraid Don’t be scared!’