Travis Scott to cover funeral costs for Astroworld victims + will offer mental health services to attendees

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Travis Scott to cover funeral costs for Astroworld victims + will offer mental health services to attendees

Update # 2 (Nov. 8): More details are coming out about Travis Scotts reaction to the Astroworld tragedy, in which at least eight people died and hundreds were injured.

Most recently, the rapper plans to cover funeral costs for those who lost their lives at the event. There will reportedly be no question asked as to what the families will need to bury their loved ones.

other than that Travis Scott has teamed up with BetterHelp to provide free mental health services to attendees. Services include individual virtual therapy with BetterHelp professionals. The National Alliance of Mental Illness will also provide assistance to those who need help outside of online therapy.

The rapper must manage a hotline that participants can call to receive help. A system will reportedly be in place to confirm that callers actually participated in Astroworld.

Update # 1 (Nov 8): According to new reports, Travis Scott will refund all Astroworld tickets to concert goers. He has also pulled out of the Day N Vegas festival, reportedly being “too desperate to play.”

Original story: Travis Scott has a set of million-dollar lawsuits on its hands as a result of the recent Astroworld tragedy.

As previously reported, the accident hit Friday night (Nov. 5) at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Festival. At least eight people lost their lives at the Houston-based event, the youngest of which was reportedly 14 years old. The deaths and the various injuries were the result of a violent wave of crowds inside the festival – which had about 50,000 people – during Travis Scott‘s set. You can hear a concertgoer’s account of the case below:

Concertgoers recall experience at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival: It felt like hell, you could not breathe, could not see. There were so many corpses laid out ?? pic.twitter.com/PTpUDmthjq

– BACKUP ACCOUNT (@JasmineBrandTHE) November 6, 2021

Shortly after the tragedy began to make headlines, Travis Scott issued statements via Twitter and Instagram. The 30-year-old rapper’s IG Story upload on the case particularly angered viewers, as many claimed it was sincere.

Travis Scott’s “heartfelt” message gives me forced YouTube apology video #ASTROWORLDFest #AstroWorld pic.twitter.com/34oMAZjEQp

– ° (@babaisthename) November 7, 2021

Now there is an update on the case. According to recent reports, two Astroworld Festival participants have officially filed lawsuits for millions of dollars against Travis Scott and Live Nation Entertainment. It is also worth pointing out that one of the lawsuits is named Drake as well as with the plaintiff he claimed and Travis Scott helped encourage violence in the crowd while performing. Both plaintiffs say they suffered injuries from the incident, and one describes the violence as “predictable and preventable.”

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In addition, there have been recent reports that the head of the Houston Police DepartmentTroy Finnerallegedly expressed his concerns to Travis Scott about the crowd before the rapper even went on stage. It should be noted, however, that a spokeswoman for the police declined to comment on the case – even though she acknowledged that there is an ongoing investigation into the entire tragedy.

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