Two years earlier, Scott pleaded guilty to reckless conduct charges following an incident during his performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago where he urged the crowd to rush the stage. Scott was most recently arrested in 2017 after several people, including a security guard and police officer, were injured in Arkansas after he hyped up his crowd to bypass security. He once ordered a crowd at a concert in Switzerland in 2015 to “fuck up” a concertgoer who he accused of trying to take his shoe, stopping the show to tell his fans, “Get that motherfucker, get him! Fuck him up!” He doesn’t care what security the cops want or what they’re trying to do to keep everybody safe.”Ĭlips of Scott’s past performances have been circulating in the wake of Friday’s tragedy, where the “Sicko Mode” rapper encouraged his frenzied fans to mosh and rush the stage. “His lyrics, the way he incites crowds, the things he says when on stage, the way he encourages ‘rage mentality’ when you go to his shows, the way he disrespects authorities, security, police, and staff-anyone that’s meant to keep the concert safe,” she continued. “I wish that cancel culture would actually do its job and de-platform him, because everything that he’s done in his career, every choice he's made, has led up to this moment where so many people have lost their lives.” “I just feel physically sick listening to his music at this point,” former fan Shanley, who nearly flew in from Maryland to attend Astroworld, told The Daily Beast. Many want Spotify to take similar action to Fortnite, which removed a Scott emote that features a snippet from the rapper’s song “Out West” from the game’s shop after users complained of wanting a refund, reported The Verge.īut that’s just scratching the surface of accountability, several former fans told The Daily Beast, saying Scott has a long way to go before they would ever consider listening to his music again and definitely before they ever attended another concert of his. The hope is that at the very least the 30-year-old won’t profit from his newly-released songs “Escape Plan” and “Mafia,” and perhaps urge Spotify to reconsider having the artist’s photo featured on its popular playlists Rap Caviar and New Music Friday. As the lawsuits mount against Travis Scott and Live Nation over the rapper’s fatal Astroworld festival where eight people died after they were reportedly trampled and suffocated by a surging crowd, several of his one-time fans have had enough.ĭisgusted that Scott’s Spotify monthly listeners had increased by nearly 200,000 between the end of October and the tragic events on Friday night in Houston, some users have encouraged others to boycott his music, selecting an option on his Spotify artist profile that will block the play of all of his songs for that user.
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