The rapper released new music the same day of the festival.
Travis Scott’s 2018 album Astroworld has risen on the Billboard Top 100 chart in the weeks following the tragedy at his Houston music festival of the same name that left 10 dead and hundreds injured. 5,548,181. That’s how many people listened to “Mafia” the week of Nov.11th, after the tragedy occurred. R. Kelly received a similar bump in listens during the week he was found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. Compared to the week prior, streams of his music increased 14% and radio plays jumped 55%.
