People who couldn't get tickets broke through the VIP entrance of a music festival concert in Houston, Texas on November 5, causing a huge stampede.
Eight people, aged between 14 and 27, were killed and more than 300 injured, with the youngest just 10 years old... According to the Associated Press, it was the deadliest stampede and concert safety accident in the U.S. since 2003.
Us rapper Travis Scott, who performed on stage on that day, and Live Nation, which organised the show, have been sued for $1m for "inciting the crowd".
The hashtag "Boycott Travis Scott" was trending on Twitter, characters and content related to Scott were removed from a popular local online game, and the FBI announced an investigation into the incident.
Rabble-rousing fans and persistent, the crazy Scott is responsible for the disaster. The frequent occurrence of "death concert" in the United States in recent years is probably related to the loopholes in the management and emergency response of the relevant local departments.
Suffocating 'Death Concert'
The music festival, called Astronomy World, was started by Scott and others in 2018 and has attracted a younger audience in recent years. On the day of the stampede, tens of thousands of people gathered at NRG Park.
According to audience members, minutes before Scott's performance began, the crowd was building; As the show began, people were crushed unconscious and others screamed in horror. "I was squashed by the crowd and felt like I couldn't breathe. I started yelling for help... I was so scared I felt like I was going to die."
Houston Fire Chief Sam Pena said on Monday morning that spectators "for unknown reasons started moving toward the front of the stage, causing people in front of them to get crushed."
An audience member later posted that two paramedics arrived after a girl fell to the ground in a stampede. "They acted very amateurish, as if they didn't know anything. One of them just left the scene, and the other one screamed in panic, asking if anyone could do CPR..."
The audience member, who happened to have a medical background, shouted: "Get an AED, or give me a mouth-to-mouth mask." But the medical staff just stood there because they didn't have balloons, they didn't have AED, they didn't even have gloves...
In the end, the girl could not be revived. "I watched a girl die in front of my eyes because these medical staff were totally unprepared."
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said 13 people were still hospitalized as of Sunday night, including five under the age of 18. Local judge Lina Hidalgo strongly condemned it as "unacceptable to attend a concert and not be able to return home safely."
Scott made light of the situation on Twitter, saying he was "heartbroken about what happened last night."
One of the victims' relatives accused Scott of allowing the bloodrapery to take place when the event's organizers were held responsible for failing to stop the performance when the audience shouted for it to be stopped.
Another injured audience attorney also issued a statement on July 7, accusing Scott and others after the accident, clearly saw the ambulance entrance, but still continued to perform.
This is not the first time the AstroWorld music festival has been held, and Scott is no stranger to stage control, which is why their behavior in the aftermath of the accident has angered the American public all the more. One person even described Scott as a "murderer", suggesting that he did not care about the lives of his audience. After all, this isn't the first time he's advocated violence at a concert...
Crazy singer with a long rap sheet
Scott's name may sound familiar to those who are familiar with the entertainment and fashion circles in Europe and the United States.
He was born JacquesWebster in Texas in 1992, the son of a wealthy father who founded an advertising agency and was a drummer, and a grandfather who did well in medicine and was a jazz writer.
Growing up in such a household, Scott was also somewhat musical. He later fell in love with rap and hip-hop music and started working on his band at The age of 16. After releasing his first EP, The Gradustes EP, he became famous.
However, just as the 19-year-old dropped out of the University of Texas to concentrate on music, his band friends dropped out one by one. However, the low point did not last long when he was accidentally influenced by t.I., who was considered the "king of rap in the South". Recognition, join its founding record company.
Since then, Scott's path to fame has been smooth, with multiple brainwashed hits, multiple Billboard Hot 100 hits, and grammy nominations for best rap performance, making him one of hip-hop's hottest stars in recent years.
Scott's other role: "The father of Kylie Jenner's daughter."
Kim is a member of the Kardashian family and a huge Internet sensation in Europe and the US. She and Scott met at a music festival years ago, fell in love and had a daughter out of wedlock. But the whirlwind romance soon ended, with the couple officially calling it quits, prompting a twitter trend.
With his work and fame, Scott's concerts are almost packed out. But instead of guiding his fans in a positive way, he often incites the audience to do crazy things at concerts.
At one concert, Scott encouraged an audience member to jump from a high platform: "I see you. Do you want to jump? They will catch you, don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!" And then the fan actually jumped...
This way of doing things has already had its consequences. In 2017, a fan attending a Scott concert in New York City was pushed to the edge of the platform in a frenzy and fell three stories from the platform. She suffered multiple fractures and spinal injuries that left her permanently paralysed.
'After he fell, security carried him off like a potato sack,' the fan later recalled. 'There was no neck brace or board.' "If Scott had learned from past incidents and changed his attitude of recklessly stirring up crowds, this could have been prevented."
Bizarrely, however, In the face of doubt and criticism, Scott is not self-reflective, but proud.
Also in 2017, Scott stirred up fans so much during a tour in Arkansas that police had to stop the show and arrest Scott for disorderly conduct and causing a disturbance. Amazingly, Scott then used his prison profile photo as inspiration for a T-shirt called 'Free The Rage', which sold in The market and made a fortune.