Chuck D wrote a lengthy letter defending Travis Scott after his death at the Astroworld Festival.
“I can’t believe we are at a point where I have to say this out loud: Travis Scott is a performer, a performer, not a concert promoter,” the letter began. . “He doesn’t run the sound or the venue or the festival or their staff. He doesn’t build the stages or coordinate the logistics, he’s not an expert in crowd control or security. or emergency medical services,” he wrote. “But he trusted Live Nation and all the other concert promoters who were supposed to do all of this. And here we are, 10 dead and 10 families dismembered. broken.”
Chuck D said that everyone was scared to blame Live Nation because they thought they were going to be blacklisted.
“Live Nation controlled this show. They controlled nearly all of the concert venues. The artists weren’t told because the cats themselves were bought by these corporations. No one. can say a word against them unless they want to be Blacklisted and hurt their profession.”
Scott is facing a $2 billion lawsuit over a fatal increase in mobs.
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