TRAVIS SCOTT: The Eight Victims

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner confirmed that eight people died during the Astroworld Festival. He added that another 13 remain hospitalized. Five of them are high school aged.

Kylie Jenner responded to criticism at Instagram that Travis Scott continued to perform despite the chaos in the crowd (quote) “I want to make it clear we weren’t aware of any fatalities until the news came out after the show.” (Houston Chronicle)

An expert in the insurance industry told Rolling Stone magazine (quote) “This will make it much harder to get insurance for festivals — and in particular, fairly or not, rap festivals.”

Rapper Roddy Ricch pledged his Astroworld paycheck to the impacted families that include: