Some of Travis Scott's Twitter followers weren't impressed by his message of support toward the victims of the Astroworld Festival tragedy. One respondent posted a video to Twitter that shows an audience member close to the front of the stage who screams at the crowd, "People are f***ing dying out there." A voice from the stage — purportedly Scott's — says, "Who asked me to stop?" Moments later, the music resumes. The poster wrote, "everyone was yelling to stop and you still continued with the show how can you explain this bro."
Another follower posted a TikTok of a video taken during the festival on Twitter as well. Ambulance lights are visibly seen flashing in the crowd. Scott appears to be pointing in the direction of the lights and asking, "What the f*** is that?" Shortly afterward, however, he urges the audience to raise "two hands to the sky," and the show continues — lights, pyrotechnics, and all.
Some defended the rapper, however, saying that he might not have seen what was happening, and that his earpiece may have kept him from hearing the shouts of the crowd. One fan tweeted in part, "The fact that mfs think Travis Scott is some kinda god who just knows when one person is dead amongst 10s of thousands is literally unfathomable, people pass out at concerts like [this] all time."
Scott's girlfriend Kylie Jenner, who is expecting their second child together, was at the concert as well. She released a statement on Sunday saying that she and Scott are "broken and devastated" by the events (via Washington Post).
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