Travis Scott breaks silence on Astroworld tragedy

"I always think about it," said the US rapper in his first public statement on the 2021 festival disaster in more than two years

News By James Hanley | 16 November 2023

Travis Scott has enjoyed a successful run in the Middle East
Travis Scott has enjoyed a successful run in the Middle East
Travis Scott has made his first public statement on the Astroworld tragedy in more than two years.Ten concertgoers, aged between nine and 27, died following a crowd surge during Scott’s headline set at the 50,000-cap festival in Houston, Texas, on 5 November 2021."I always think about it," said the rapper in a new interview with GQ. "Those fans were like my family. I love my fans to the utmost."It has its moments where it gets rough. You just feel for those people. And their families.”In June it was announced that no criminal charges would be filed over the tragedy. Scott's only previous public statement on the disaster w

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