Over the past week, popular rapper Travis Scott has been on the receiving end of an enormous sum of negative backlash due to the previous events that transpired on the first day of his Astroworld Festival. Initially set to take place on November 5 and 6, Travis quickly canceled the remainder of his concerts in spite of multiple people suffering from traumatic injuries, if not dying, this past Friday, November 5, 2021. There were various scenarios that took part in injuring these innocent concert attendees, but the main reason behind the majority of the known deaths reportedly came from an unexpected crowd surge that simply overpowered members of the audience, who were just trying to enjoy themselves.
Specifically, Ezra Blount, a young 9-year-old boy who went with his father to the Astroworld Festival, is now in the process of suing the Houston rapper after being “trampled nearly to death,” as the lawsuit states. Well-known civil rights attorney Ben Crump recently filed the case on behalf of Ezra after hearing about his unfortunate night at the Astroworld concert. ABC13 reporter Stefania Okolie first revealed the news in a tweet that read, “BREAKING: We have learned a 9 YO boy is fighting for his life at Texas Children’s Hospital after his family says he was trampled at Astroworld- the child was on his dad’s shoulders during the crowd surge, his dad passed out from the pressure, his son fell and concertgoers trampled him.” This news was released to the public just three days after everything transpired.
As of the child’s current state, Ezra still remains unconscious in his hospital bed as Travis continues to help his family and all of the families who lost a loved one at his concert, in any way he possibly can. The 30-year-old artist has already taken it upon himself to pay for all of the victims’ medical bills as well as the entire cost of funeral services for the ones who were unable to make it out of the crowd. Travis is known for pausing his shows if he sees something out of the ordinary taking place in the audience, which he did multiple times before the situation got out of hand, making it upsetting to see how people are so quick to place the blame simply because he was the artist that was performing.