Travis Scott says the fatal Astroworld crowd crush in 2021 left him ‘just overly devastated.’ Ten people died and hundreds more were injured at the Houston festival.
Travis Scott is still reeling from his 2021 Astrowold Festival in Houston, where a deadly crowd crush claimed 10 lives and injured hundreds of fans.
Two years after the tragedy, the “Sicko Mode” rapper said, “I always think about it.” He opened up about his experience processing the disaster and how it influenced the latest chapter of his music in an interview with GQ published Wednesday.
“Those fans were like my family. You know, I love my fans to the utmost,” he told the magazine.
The deadly crowd-crush occurred on Nov. 5, 2021, the first day of Scott’s two-day Astroworld Festival held at Houston’s NRG Park. Officials estimated that 50,000 people were in the crowd. Fans flowed toward the stage to see the rapper perform, then things went wrong. The concert was declared a mass casualty event at 9:38 p.m., but continued until 10:15 p.m.
Officials previously announced that all 10 people — the youngest of whom was 9 — died of compression asphyxia due to pressures from the surrounding crowd.
