Travis Scott To Cover Funeral Costs For Astroworld Victims + Will Offer Mental Health Services For Attendees

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Travis Scott To Cover Funeral Costs For Astroworld Victims + Will Offer Mental Health Services For Attendees

Update #2 (Nov. 8): More details are coming out about Travis Scott’s response to the Astroworld tragedy where at least eight people died and hundreds were injured.

In the latest, the rapper plans on covering funeral costs to those who lost their lives at the event. There will reportedly be no questions asked concerning what the families need to bury their loved ones.

Additionally, Travis Scott has joined forces with BetterHelp to provide free mental health services to attendees. Services include individual virtual therapy with BetterHelp professionals. National Alliance of Mental Illness will also provide assistance for those who need help outside of online therapy.

The rapper is slated to manage a hotline attendees can call to receive help. A system will reportedly be in place to confirm callers actually attended 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 distraught to play.”

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

As previously reported, misfortune struck Friday night (Nov. 5th) at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Festival. At least eight people lost their lives at the Houston-based event, with the youngest reportedly being 14 years old. The deaths and various injuries were the results of a violent crowd surge inside the festival–which had approximately 50,000 people–during Travis Scott‘s set. You can hear one concertgoer’s account of the matter down below:

Concertgoer Recalls Experience At Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival: It felt like hell, you couldn’t breathe, couldn’t see. There were so many bodies laid out ?? pic.twitter.com/PTpUDmthjq

— BACKUP ACCOUNT (@JasmineBrandTHE) November 6, 2021

Shortly after the tragedy began making headlines, Travis Scott issued statements through Twitter and Instagram. The 30-year-old rapper’s IG Story upload on the matter particularly angered viewers, as many blasted it as being insincere.

https://twitter.com/babaisthename/status/1457204711518470144

Now, there has been an update on the matter. According to recent reports, two Astroworld Festival attendees have officially filed million-dollar lawsuits against Travis Scott and Live Nation Entertainment. It’s also worth pointing out that one of the lawsuits names Drake as well, with the plaintiff claiming he and Travis Scott helped incite violence within the crowd while performing. Both plaintiffs say they suffered injuries from the event, and one refers to the violence as “predictable and preventable.”

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Additionally, news has recently come out that the chief of the Houston Police Department–Troy Finner–allegedly voiced his concerns to Travis Scott about the crowd before the rapper even took to the stage. It should be noted, however, that a police spokeswoman declined to comment on the matter–though she acknowledged that there’s an ongoing investigation into the entire tragedy.

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