A FAN begged the performer to stop the concert. From the audio, it sounds as if rap star Travis Scott paused for a moment, asked who wanted him to stop and then continued to perform. (Language warning.) According to another witness, the rapper paused several times, asked concertgoers to help the injured — and then continued to perform.

At least eight people were crushed to death at a Houston concert by Scott last night. The crowd there to enjoy the star’s obscene “music” totaled about 50,000 and when it surged forward toward the stage “scores” were injured.

Another fan described the hellish experience. He said Scott often encouraged his fans to “rage.” In fact, in one of his “songs,” (if that’s what you want to call it), the rapper says,

And it ain’t a mosh pit if it ain’t no injuries…

 (Travis Scott, Stargazing)

According to The New York Times:

In another video, this one posted on YouTube, Mr. Scott is onstage and tells the crowd: “I want to see some rages. Who want to rage?” Moments later he says, “There’s an ambulance in the crowd, whoa, whoa, whoa,” apparently trying to calm the commotion.

For several seconds, there is no music at the concert. Mr. Scott looks toward the crowd and around the stage before looking at the crowd again and appearing to ask what is happening. The red and blue lights of an ambulance can be seen amid the sea of people.

Then, Mr. Scott says, “If everybody good, put a middle finger up in the sky.” The video shows the ambulance in the crowd, surrounded by people holding their phones, many with a middle finger extended as instructed.

And more:

“Our hearts are broken,” Judge Lina Hidalgo of Harris County, which includes Houston, said at the news conference. “People go to these events looking for a good time,” she said, adding, “It’s not the kind of event where you expect to find out about fatalities.”

Judge Hidalgo is dreaming. It’s exactly the kind of thing you would expect to happen.

In 2017, a concertgoer, Kyle Green, said that he had been paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair after being pushed from a third-story balcony and then dragged onstage while the rapper performed at the Manhattan venue Terminal 5.

…. Video from that performance, a sold-out concert, shows Mr. Scott encouraging fans on the second-floor balcony to jump into the crowd below. “Don’t be scared,” he can be heard saying as a spotlight illuminates one dangling concertgoer. “They’re going to catch you.”

And Scott pled guilty to charges of recklessness in connection with a 2015 concert where fans surged toward the stage.

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