More than two months after the Astroworld crowd-control disaster claimed the lives of 10 people, the Houston Police Department on Friday asked attendees to upload their photos and video to a new dedicated website designed by the FBI. “To ensure that we have captured all possible evidence for a complete …
Read More »Travis Scott Finally Breaks Silence on Astroworld Tragedy
Travis Scott finally spoke about the Astroworld tragedy in a 50-minute conversation with Charlamagne Tha God that was posted Thursday. In his first interview since the Houston festival on Nov. 5 that killed 10 people, the rapper claimed he did not know anyone died until after his performance. “I’ve been …
Read More »Astroworld Organizers, City Officials Were Worried Tragedy Would Strike
Even before the events that killed eight people were killed at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Festival, concert organizers and city officials were worried that the show might get out of hand. The New York Times obtained two lengthy security plans prepared by concert organizers that highlighted a number of concerns related …
Read More »Nabil Elderkin on 'Gully' and Going From Making Music Videos to Directing Feature Films
More than 10 years in the making, director Nabil Elderkin and writer Marcus J. Guillory’s film Gully finally made its big-screen debut earlier this month. Featuring performances from Jonathan Majors, Terrence Howard, Travis Scott, and more, the movie is unlike anything else out there and marks a major debut for …
Read More »Travis Scott's Astroworld Fest Will Return in November
Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival will return to NRG Park in Houston, Texas this fall. The fest will return with an expanded two-day format, November 5th and 6th, and will be centered around the theme, “Open Your Eyes to a Whole New World.” Scott is confirmed as one of the …
Read More »Kanye West and Travis Scott Producer Mike Dean Releases His Long-Awaited Debut Album
Mike Dean is best known as a secret weapon. The Houston-born producer’s credits are bedecked with mythical artists: he taught Selena how to sing in the 80s, shaped the sound of Scarface and the Geto Boys in the 90s, has worked on every Kanye West album, and, since then, has …
Read More »Rage Against the Machine, Travis Scott, Frank Ocean to Headline Coachella 2020
Rage Against the Machine, Travis Scott and Frank Ocean are among the headliners for the 2020 Coachella Music and Arts Festival. The events will take place over two back-to-back weekends — April 10-12 and April 17-19 — at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The first weekend is sold out …
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