Travis Scott Settles First Astroworld Lawsuit with Victim's Family

Travis Scott has settled the first lawsuit stemming from the Astroworld tragedy.

TMZ reports that the rapper has reached a settlement out of court with the family of Axel Acosta. Axel died from injuries suffered at the November 2021 concert held at NRG Park in Houston on November 5, 2021 which saw around 50,000 attendees. A total of 10 people died from the incident.

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Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl 59 halftime performance was nothing short of legendary, leaving fans buzzing with surprise cameos and bold moments that took his long-running feud with Drake to new heights. Kicking off with an unreleased song snippet and followed by “Squabble Up” from his latest album GNX, Kendrick immediately set the tone for a game-changing performance. Fans eagerly waited to see if Kendrick would play his diss track Not Like Us, especially with Drake's ongoing lawsuit against him and his label for defamation and harassment. Lamar's performance included an unexpected appearance by SZA and a quirky cameo from Serena Williams, along with Samuel L. Jackson’s comedic interruptions, all building the suspense around the Drake drama. In the middle of his performance, Kendrick turned up the heat, looking straight into the camera and directly addressing Drake with his famous lyrics, “I heard you like them young," as fans held their breath. Despite the tension, Kendrick censored himself when it came time to call Drake a "certified lover boy" and avoided saying “pedophile,” which had been widely speculated. Social media lit up with mixed reactions, with some fans mocking the performance as a "mid mashup" and others noting the intense hostility toward Drake. With the hashtag #KendrickBowl trending, it’s clear that Kendrick’s performance was a cultural moment that pushed boundaries—but has he gone too far, or is this just another chapter in hip-hop history? Only time will tell, and Drake has yet to respond.

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Attorney Tony Buzbee said that Axel traveled all the way from Washington to see the Houston festival and was a huge fan of the rapper.

The details of the settlement have not been revealed but Buzbee notes that family wants people to remember Axel as a “beloved son, brother and student” who was also “kind and loving” and is “greatly missed.”

“He was trying to study and go to school to be an engineer … computer programmer … because he wanted to provide for his family,” Axel’s father Edgar had said at the time. “He was the first grandkid, he was the oldest one. He always took care of his cousins and nieces.”

“The immense force of the unruly and out-of-control crowd created by the defendants’ gross negligence created such significant pressure on to his body that he could not breathe,” Buzbee said during a press conference with Axel’s family last year.