When Ye calls, you answer. Take it from Digital Nas. Last April, the rapper and producer, whose real name is Nasir Pemberton, was living in Atlanta, making his own records as well as tracks for Lil Yachty, A$AP Ferg, Sheck Wes, and others at the time. Then he heard that …
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Two security guards who worked Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Festival in Houston are suing two weeks after a brutal crowd rush at the concert killed 10 people and injured hundreds of others, including the guards. Samuel and Jackson Bush, an uncle and nephew who worked the fest on Nov. 5th, told …
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It was Evan Pond’s first concert in nearly two years. The 16-year-old Toronto resident had expected a cathartic two days in Houston, Texas, at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival — an escape from a trying year and a half of no live music during the pandemic. By the end of the …
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Travis Scott‘s production company Cactus Jack Films has signed a deal with A24, the indie distributor behindMoonlight,Midsommar, Uncut Gems, the HBO seriesEuphoria, and more. Scott revealed the deal with an Instagram post of a script, announcing that it represents their first project together. A representative for Scott confirmed toVariety that …
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For almost two weeks now, a debate around the term “urban” has roiled the music industry. Some believe it’s a barely veiled synonym for black that actually ends up harming and limiting the black artists and executives it’s supposed to protect. Others argue the term is a part of an …
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On Monday, Travis Scott ruined my life. That was the day the rapper announced he would be holding a concert in Fortnite, the wildly popular battle royale game, and my editor informed me that I would be covering it. My response was immediate. “Not going to lie, this is my …
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Young Thug, J. Cole and Travis Scott keep a watchful eye on the operations of a high-end hotel, where the business transactions aren’t all on the level, in Young Thug’s new video for “The London.” In the clip, Travis Scott sits in a room monitoring a number of surveillance screens, …
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