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Travis Scott Says Creating Music Was ‘Therapeutic’ After Astroworld Tragedy

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Travis Scott is featured in the GQ Men of the Year issue and opens up about the Astroworld tragedy. In the feature, he says he always thinks about the tragedy because “those fans were like my family.” He also addressed whether the album should have reflected on the tragedy.

“Making music, you think about things that go on in life and things that happen in your life, and you dial in on things,” Scott said. “That moment for families, for the city, you know, it was devastating. And when it came to making, like even finishing the album…I got back into it probably like, I don’t know, months and months and months after. And the idea of just even getting back into music, working on music and just even getting into that, was therapeutic of being able to channel some of the energy into production and sounds and finishing it.”

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Family of Nine Year Old AstroWorld Victim Blasts Kanye West

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The grandparents of nine-year-old Ezra Blount, the youngest victim of the Astroworld tragedy, openly shared their thoughts on Kanye West’s demand for Billie Eilish to apologize to Travis Scott. Ye believed that the singer was publicly humiliating Travis Scott at her concert.

During her show, Eilish would pause for a moment to help out a fan who needed an inhaler. A lot seemed to believe that the green-spirited singer was possibly throwing shade after stating, “I wait for people to be okay until I keep going,” while getting aid for the fan.

Many people, including Kanye West, believed that this was shade towards the AstroWorld performer. This caused Kanye to publicly demand Eilish apologize to Travis with a comment on Instagram. “Come on Billie we love you please apologize to Trav and to the families of the people who lost their lives no one intended this to happen,” he wrote. “Trav didn’t have any idea of what was happening when he was on stage and was very hurt by what happened.”

Ye then added that he would be bringing out Travis during his set at Coachella, although Travis was booted from the show’s lineup following the controversy.

Kanye didn’t get the response he expected from Eilish as she responded, “Literally never said a thing about Travis. Was just helping a fan.” The family of Ezra Blount spoke out in response to West’s demands as they seemed not to be pleased with his decision. “To hear Kanye’s words, that’s hurtful to us. What an idiotic thing to say,” said Bernon Blount, grandfather to Ezra.

Ezra’s grandmother, Tericia Blount, added in, “I think it’s just crazy, and I hate to use that word, but I think it’s ridiculous,” “She’s making sure that she is caring for the patrons at her concert, and I just think that’s crazy of Kanye to even let that demand come out of his mouth.”

“That’s crazy that he wants someone to apologize for putting the welfare of someone else before their profits. That’s someone who needed their asthma pump. They could have lost their life right then. This world is twisted, and we have to stop doing this,” Bernon continues to tell Rolling Stone.

“I totally commend Billie Eilish for having that decency about her,” Terecia chimed. “I think what she did was wonderful, and I would love to tell her myself how brilliant and awesome she is for doing so.”

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Travis Scott Spotted on Golf Course with Michael Jordan and Mark Wahlberg

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Travis Scott attempted to escape the Astroworld controversy this week by spending some time on the golf course. Unfortunately for him, the paparazzi found him with his famous friends.

TMZ spotted Scott alongside Michael Jordan, Mark Wahlberg, Said Taghmaoui, Kris Jenner’s boyfriend Corey Gamble in Palms Springs. The golf course was attached to a gated community.

The Cactus Jack line of Nikes, which often pairs Scott and MJ, is on hold. Sneaker collectors across the country who were hoping to secure Travis Scott’s Nike Air Max 1 will have to wait as the brand has decided to postpone the shoe launch.

“Out of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival, we are postponing the launch of the Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack,” the message reads on the SNKRS app.

Yesterday, 9-year-old Ezra Blount became the latest casualty of the Astroworld Festival crowd surge. Blount was in a medically induced coma after the festival on Nov. 5. He died on Sunday, the USA Today reports. Blount had brain, liver, and kidney trauma.

“I am saddened to learn of Ezra’s death this evening,” Houston’s Mayor Sylvester Turner wrote. “Our city tonight prays for his mom, dad, grandparents, other family members and classmates at this time. They will need all of our support in the months and years to come. May God give them strength.”

Ezra’s father, Treston Blount, arrived “from out of town” to attend the concert and spend time with his son, Bernon Blount, Ezra’s grandmother confirmed.

“They were expecting to come and have a good time with each other, bond as father and son, and it turned into a tragic event because of the negligence of others,” Bernon Blount told the AP.

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Travis Scott & Christian Dior Collab For Spring/Summer 2022 Men’s Collection

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Travis Scott always finds a way to immense his popularity in ways we couldn’t imagine. First, the Houston-born artist brought back Astroworld to his hometown, and turned the sold out concert into a U.S. Music Festival. Then Scott, launched partnerships with Nike and McDonalds. Now the “Sicko Mode” rapper has joined forces with popular clothing line Christian Dior.

On Wednesday, someone saw Travis Scott in Paris wearing a muddy-brown heavy-duty work jacket with a large Dior logo fused with his logo, Cactus Jack, on the back. Of course, once they spotted him, the rumors began circulating, and shortly after, Christian Dior clarified it.

Less than 24 hours later, a spokesperson from Dior has announced that a codesigned capsule collection with Scott will sit within the Dior Spring/Summer 2022 mainline, which creative director, Kim Jones, will unveil in its entirety on Friday during Paris Fashion Week. 

As of now, besides the brown work jacket spotted on Scott, it’s uncertain what to expect from the Spring/Summer 2022 Dior men’s collection, but if history showed us anything, the partnership will be a huge success. 

Just like Travis, Kim Jones has a history of dope collaborations.  Jones not only engineered the team-up between Supreme and Louis Vuitton, but he also was the driving force behind Dior’s collabs with Stüssy, Jordan, Daniel Arsham, Amoako Boafo, and more.

Dior played a major impact on the fashion world, and Travis is holding down hip-hop, so it’s safe to say that’ll collaboration is going to go crazy, and the best thing is that we don’t have to wait long. The Dior Summer 2022 will be unveiled in Paris and on Dior’s website on Friday. 

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Travis Scott Announces Return Of Astroworld Festival On 29th Birthday

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Travis Scott has kept a lower profile of late after last dropping a project in 2019 with the collaboration album JackBoys. While he preps his latest studio album in Utopia for a 2021 release, the raging star announced the return of his Astroworld Festival for this coming November in Houston.

On Friday (April 30), which also happens to be Cactus Jack’s 29th birthday, Scott shared that the festival is on its way back with an expanded two-day format.

The event will hit H-Town’s NRG Park in the fall on November 5 through November 6, kicking off a weekend that will leave lasting memories for Scott’s legion of fans and for any concertgoers who miss the feel and energy of the live show due to the pandemic robbing many of that outlet for over a year and change.

The theme for Astroworld 2021 is “Open Your Eyes To A Whole New Universe” and the lineup will be meticulously curated by Scott himself and fans can expect to see rock star energy from all performers and set designs that will match the expectation of fans.

As the festival’s headlining act, Scott won’t disappoint in terms of performance and theatrics and while we don’t know yet who will join Scott on the Astroworld stages, his address book is stacked with some of the game’s best and brightest.

Passes for Astroworld Festival 2021 will be available on May 5 at 10 AM CT at AstroworldFest.com. Two-day General Admission and VIP packages will be available. Portions of the ticket sales will go towards the Cactus Jack Foundation which supports the educational endeavors of young people.

Check out the trailer for Astroworld Festival below.

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Travis Scott Announces Migos, Marilyn Manson, Pharrell and More for ASTROWORLD Line-Up

The second annual ASTROWORLD Festival will go down this weekend in Houston and the line-up has officially been announced featuring Rosalia, Migos, Marilyn Manson and more.

The line up was curated by Scott and brings a diverse list of stars from all genres. The line up is headlined by Travis Scott and leaving the door open for several special guests. The show will also feature Rosalía, Migos, Marilyn Manson, Pharrell Williams, Young Thug, Playboi Carti, Gucci Mane, and DaBaby, as well as Houston’s own Megan Thee Stallion and Houston All-Stars.

Additional artists to hit the stage include Young Dolph and Key Glock, plus Pop Smoke and Tay Keith, as well as Sheck Wes and Don Toliver from Scott’s Cactus Jack record label.

50,000 guests are expected to hit ASTROWORLD, the festival that sold out without any lineup announcement. However, for those unlucky to grab a seat, a very limited number of additional tickets are available at www.astroworldfest.com so act fast.

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Travis Scott’s ASTROWORLD Festival Sells Out Before Line Up Announcement

Just one week after topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Travis Scott is back with big moves, selling out the ASTROWORLD festival.

All ticket packages for the festival are officially gone and 50,000 fans from across the globe will attend the second annual day-long festival, which will happen on Saturday, November 9 and NRG Park. The festival has become the largest music festival in the city of Houston.

As of writing, there has not been a line up announced beyond Travis joining as the headliner.

You can see Travis Scott’s announcement below.

 

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❤❤❤ Man this is amazing. Can’t wait to see u guy’s gonna be something so special. Bring the rage. Let’s goooo!!!!!!

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Travis Scott Dislocated His Knee Performing at Rolling Loud NYC

Anyone who’s seen a Travis Scott show knows he goes full Rock and Roll when he performs. Well, it seems the Astroworld rapper might need to get surgery after dislocating his knee at Rolling Loud this week.

TMZ reported that Travis was hurting during his performance of “Butterfly Effect” only to find out later that his knee had been dislocated. Surgery is not definite at this point, but should he need to have surgery, it could affect tour dates in the near future.

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~ the ride never ends ~ ❤NY

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Footage of Travis attempting to avoid putting weight on his right leg was posted on YouTube following the event.

Travis Scott’s latest single “Highest in the Room” recently debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, more reason for the rapper to want to stay on the road.

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Turn Up! Travis Scott Officially Announces ASTROWORLD Festival 2019

Continuing on one of the most successful album runs in music history with his third LP, Travis Scott has decided to extend ASTROWORLD to annual status by announcing that ASTROWORLD Festival will return in less than two months.



“NAH YALL WENT HARD AS SHIT. SO I HAD TO TRY TO BRING THIS BACK FOR U GUYS,” he wrote in all caps via his Instagram (seen above), continuing by promising this year’s show will be “ALOT CRAZIER AND BIT MORE RAMPAGE !!!” So far the lineup is still under wraps, but that should change in the coming weeks as we get closer to the event. What we do know though is that the festival will return to NRG Park as an ode to the original Astro-World theme park that once stood in the same area. Tickets are already on sale now, with general admission going for $89 USD and VIP tickets priced at $250 USD. The latter includes two tiers, the most expensive including a merch pack, VIP entrance, VIP viewing deck and a commemorative laminate amongst other exclusives.

Travis Scott’s ASTROWORLD Festival 2019 goes down on November 9, and a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to Workshop Houston. Cop your tickets by clicking here.

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Look: Travis Scott Celebrates ASTROWORLD 1-Year Anniversary The Only Way He Knows How – “Been Bumping This S**t All Day”

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Houston rapper Travis Scott knows the importance of August 3. Cactus Jack went to Instagram Saturday to channel his inner rager and turn up on the one-year anniversary of his epic Astroworld album release.

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