Scott released two statements shortly after the incident occurred. “I’m absolutely devastated by what took place last night,” Travis Scott said in his initial statement on November 6. “My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at Astroworld Festival.” In a subsequent Instagram story video (viewed by Pitchfork) he said that he was “working right now to identify the families so we can help assist them through this tough time.”
Though Scott will not face criminal charges, he and Live Nation are still facing several civil lawsuits over the event, including one from a woman suing him and Live Nation for the death of her unborn child. The House Oversight and Reform Committee launched an investigation into Live Nation over the incident. All ten deaths were eventually ruled accidents by the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office. Scott established his own event safety initiative, called Project HEAL, in March 2022. He paused a show in Brooklyn later that summer, when fans were climbing part of a truss during his outdoor set at Coney Island.
Scott began easing into the public eye again with a performance at a private pre-Oscars house party in the spring of 2022, which he followed with a Coachella afterparty performance. He returned to TV at the Billboard Music Awards in May 2022, where he performed “Mafia” and a new song reportedly titled “Lost Forever.”
The rapper has also returned to making music over the last year and a half. He’s made guest appearances on a number of other artists’ tracks, including SZA, Pharrell Williams, Young Thug, and Southside. Scott reportedly has a new album titled Utopia due in the near future, which he’s hinted at with billboards and a briefcase he carries frequently.
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