Rappers Travis Scott, Drake sued for ‘incited mayhem’ at Texas concert stampede
Rappers Travis Scott, Drake, and organisers of the Astroworld event, have been sued by at least three concertgoers over injuries they sustained.
The musical festival has left eight people dead, including one as young as 14, and 25 people hospitalized.
Kristian Parades, 23, has sought damages worth $1m for the injuries he says he sustained during the concert, as he accused Scott and Aubrey Drake Graham of negligence.
Patrick Stennis and Manuel Souza have also filed lawsuits in Harris County against Scott and concert company Live Nation.
Around 50,000 people were present in the concert and the crowd started pushing toward the stage as Scott was performing, triggering chaotic scenes.
The suit, filed in Houston's Harris County court, claims Scott "had incited mayhem and chaos at prior events" and that "defendants knew or should have known of (Scott's) prior conduct."
The suit also accuses Canadian rap superstar Drake, who joined Scott's headline set, of contributing to causing the surge toward the stage.
"As Drake came onstage alongside of Travis Scott he helped incite the crowd even though he knew of Travis Scott's prior conduct," the complaint charges.
He continued to perform even as the "crowd became out of control" and the "crowd mayhem continued," it added.
Survivors of the incident described chaotic scenes of people squeezed up against one another, with many struggling to breathe.
Scott, who launched the Astroworld music festival in 2018, reportedly halted his act several times when he saw fans in distress near the stage.
The chaos also resulted in 25 people being transported to the hospital and more than 300 people being treated on the scene for minor injuries.
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