A disputed letter, a controversial syndicate, and “strange rituals”: Behind the collapse of Travis Scott’s Pyramids show

14-year-old Astroworld concert victim John Hilgert have quietly reached a settlement with rapper Travis Scott, Live Nation, ScoreMore and other festival organizers, Rolling Stone reported. The family is said to have withdrawn a $1 million lawsuit back in February, settling for an undisclosed amount.High school freshman Hilgert was the second youngest of 10 victims to die after chaos broke out causing a crush at the opening night of the music festival in Houston Nov.

A third family has settled a lawsuit filed against Travis Scott after the Astroworld tragedy, Rolling Stone reports. The lawsuit also named Live Nation, and Scoremore, plus multiple security companies and other festival organizers.

Travis Scott has received criticism for not crediting KayCyy as a featured artist on ‘Thank God’.The song is taken from the rapper’s newest album ‘Utopia‘, which boasts an illustrious list of credited artists including Beyoncé, SZA, Kanye West and Daft Punk‘s Guy-Manuel. Also making appearances are Bon Iver, The Weeknd, Sampha, Drake, James Blake, Young Thug and many more.However, KayCyy isn’t credited as a featured artist on ‘Thank God’ despite performing the song’s chorus, while it has also been reported that he wrote a sizeable amount of it.It seems apparent KayCyy agrees with the criticism.

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Travis Scott's UTOPIA is part album and part committee of collaborators, with everyone from Beyoncé to Bon Iver among the names who contributed to the mammoth project. When the album was first released last week (July 28) the vocal guests were not listed on platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music (though they were in the album's lengthy credits), leaving fans to piece together who pops up where. That siutation has changed in the interim period, so "MELTDOWN" has become "MELTDOWN" (feat.

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Travis Scott has announced a new ‘Utopia’ concert, this time targetted for Italy’s Circus Maximus.The rapper took to social media today (August 2) to announce the new show, which is currently scheduled for August 7. Tickets are set to go on sale at 10am CET tomorrow (August 3) can be purchased here.Circus Maximus will be the first stop of his ‘Utopia’ cycle, and unlike his cancelled show at the Pyramids of Gyza, will be held at an actual entertainment stadium and public park in Rome that used to host chariot races.Circus Maximus also happens to be the name of a track from ‘Utopia’ that features The Weeknd and Swae Lee, and is also the name of the album’s accompanying film.A post shared by flame (@travisscott)Travis Scott’s planned Circus Maximus show comes after his original ‘Utopia’ launch show at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt fell apart due to “production issues”.

Travis Scott and his legal team have been dubbed “stunningly tone deaf” for criticising the timing of the publication of a police report about the Astroworld tragedy. The Houston Police Department made that lengthy document available on Friday, just as Scott released his new album ‘Utopia’, his first since the fatal crowd surge that occurred during his headline set at the 2021 edition of the festival he founded.On Friday, a representative for Scott told TMZ: “The timing of the Houston Police Department report’s release, coinciding with the launch of Travis Scott’s highly anticipated album, is anything but coincidental … it is outrageous that HPD has chosen to resort to tactics that attempt to discredit Travis and his team, casting doubt on how the unfortunate events at Astroworld actually transpired while deflecting blame from their own critical failures”.Responding to those remarks, a lawyer working for the family of one of those who died during the crowd surge, ten year old Ezra Blount, said in his own statement to TMZ: “For an artist making his living with music, these are stunningly tone deaf comments about this preventable tragedy that took so many lives and injured so many”.Ten people died and hundreds more were injured during the crowd surge at Astroworld 2021, which took place in Houston’s NRG Park.

Travis Scott and his team are facing some sharp criticism.

Stormi Webster is making her musical debut on her dad, Travis Scott's, new album,. The 5-year-old daughter of Travis and his ex, Kylie Jenner, makes a cute cameo on the rapper's song, «Thank God.»When Travis raps about his daughter, saying, «Storm's a minor, but you know she's livin' major,» she replies, «That's right, Daddy.» Though the cameo is brief, who knows if this is the start of a popular musical career for little Stormi! Lest we all forget that the little cutie was the subject of her mom Kylie's 2019 viral «Rise and shine» song, and has been on tour with her musician father.

Travis Scott threw a release party for his new album ‘Utopia‘ at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt this weekend, despite plans for a concert at the historic site being cancelled.Earlier this month, the rapper announced a special launch show and livestream at the Pyramids, which was due to take place Friday (July 28), for his fourth album ‘Utopia’.The show was then cancelled two days before due to “complex production issues”, as confirmed by Live Nation Middle East on social media.“Unfortunately, despite highest efforts, complex production issues meant that the show could not be constructed in the desert. We understand that this news is disappointing and not the outcome any of us desired,” Live Nation wrote.Scott later said that he still intends to perform at the pyramids, but at a later date.Egypt at the pyramids will happen But due to demand and detail logisticsThey just need a bit a time to set lay on lands.

Travis Scott released his new album, Utopia, on Friday — the same day that the Houston Police Department issued its 1,266-page report on the Astroworld Festival tragedy, in which 10 people were killed and more than a dozen hospitalized as the crowd surged forward during Scott’s performance at Houston’s NRG Stadium in November 2021.

Travis Scott enjoys a sunny day walking around New York City with his friends on Friday (July 28).

appears to reference the alleged couple in his new song “Meltdown,” which was released on July 28. For a smidge of context, Scott and Jenner have and share two children: five-year-old and one-year-old . However, just a few months after their in December 2022, the Internet that the 25-year-old reality star moved on with 27-year-old Oscar nominee, .

Drake has reignited his feud with Pusha T and also taken aim at Pharrell on his new Travis Scott collaboration ‘Meltdown’.The two rappers have long taken shots at each other in their songs but their beef came to a head in 2018 when, on ‘Infrared’, Pusha-T referenced the claims that Drake used a ghostwriter called Quentin Miller. The rappers then began a short back-and-forth of diss tracks.Now, on a track from Scott’s new album ‘Utopia’ – which landed yesterday (July 28) – Drake hits out at Push again, also bringing Pharrell into the frame.He raps: “I melt down the chains that I bought from yo boss / Give a fuck about all of that heritage shit / Since V not around, the members done hung up the Louis / They not even wearing that shit.”Listen to the track below.Elsewhere on ‘Meltdown’, Travis Scott fans have been speculating that the rapper has dissed actor Timothée Chalamet on the song.At the end of the song’s second verse, La Flame makes reference to Willy Wonka, a character Chalamet portrays in the upcoming film Wonka.“Wrappin’ the cheese, wrap around me ’cause I’ve got property (Wrap, cheese, wrap) / Chocolate AP and chocolate the Vs (Vs), got the Willy Wonka factory (Vs) / Burn an athlete like it’s calories, find another flame hot as me, bitch,” he raps.Fans believe the rapper dissed the actor due to Chalamet being reality TV star Kylie Jenner’s rumoured boyfriend.

Travis Scott‘s Astroworld festival in 2021.During a performance on November 5 2021, thousands were left injured when the over-capacity crowd surged towards the front of the stage during Scott’s headline performance.10 people were killed by compressive asphyxiation during the show — with victims aged between age nine and 27.Last month, it was revealed that a grand jury in Texas had decided that Scott would not face charges over the incident, and a full report has now been filed.The 1,266-page report can be read in full here. It features eyewitness accounts from festival attendees, Astroworld organisers, police officers and more.Scott’s lawyer Kent Schaffer said that the decision to not indict Scott had come as “a great relief” to his client (via BBC).Schaffer confirmed in a statement that the jury had met, but chose not to indict his client.

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott’s daughter, Stormi Webster, makes an adorable cameo on her dad’s new album, Utopia — released today.

A report by the Houston Police Department on the 2021 Astroworld concert crush that caused the death of 10 people and injuries to hundreds was issued today. It indicates that at least one security person tried to get the show to stop before its tragic end.

A4’s supernatural horror Talk To Me opens the debut film by Australian brothers and popular YouTubers Danny and Michael Philippou on 2,300 screens. Strong reviews (see Deadline’s here), A24 large built-in fan base and its elevated horror cred saw a Thursday gross of $1.25 million, looking to top a $4-5M weekend.

Thania Garcia Travis Scott’s long-awaited “Utopia” album has arrived, and out of all 19 songs on the set, only a small handful saw the Houston-born rapper flying solo. In total, “Utopia” features over 18 artists — and that’s not including the indomitable list of producers and songwriters that offered their hand on the album.

Travis Scott is seemingly rapping about in his new song, «Meltdown.»The 32-year-old rapper released the new song on Friday, spitting the lyrics, «Chocolate AP and chocolate the Vs got the Willy Wonka factory/ Burn an athlete like it's calories/ find another flame hot as me, b**ch!!!»AP is short for Audemars Piguet, a luxury watch brand favored by rappers. Fans think that this is a clear reference to Kylie Jenner's rumored new romance with actor Timothée Chalamet.