Travis Scott says he was unaware of issues that led to Astroworld concert crush
(LOS ANGELES Reuters) - Rapper Travis Scott has said he was not aware of any problems at his Astroworld concert last month that would have caused him to stop the show and denied that the high energy culture he encourages contributed to the crush that killed 10 people.
In is first interview about the crowd surge that injured scores of fans at his Houston concert on Nov. 5, Scott said he did not know people had been killed or injured until after he left the stage.
But he said he felt a responsibility to find out what happened and take steps to ensure it never happened again.
“I didn’t know the exact details until minutes before the press conference (after his performance),” Scott told radio host Charlamagne tha God in an interview that aired on his YouTube channel on Thursday.
Scott had stopped the show twice, once to call on security to help a fan who had passed out, but said the noise on stage and the pyrotechnics made it difficult for him
to get a wider grasp of what was happening.