Travis Scott arrives on the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards in New York in September.
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Travis Scott arrives on the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards in New York in September.
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Nike has set again the launch of their Travis Scott collaboration after 10 individuals died and a whole bunch extra had been injured on the rapper’s Astroworld pageant in Houston earlier this month.
“Out of respect for everybody impacted by the tragic occasions on the Astroworld Competition, we’re suspending the launch of the Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack,” the corporate stated in an announcement shared by way of their SNKRS app and the Nike website.
Scott has collaborated with Nike on quite a few events previously. His sneaker collections have been so common that it has lead some outlets to swear off stocking his sneakers with a purpose to keep away from crazed followers and resellers, in response to one GQ report. His newest Nike collab, within the “Baroque Brown” and the “Saturn Gold” colorways, was initially slated to drop on Dec. 16 however no new date has been introduced but.
Nike’s determination comes after 9-year-old Ezra Blount passed away on Sunday from accidents he sustained on the Astroworld pageant. Ezra was sitting on his father’s shoulders when the gang started to crush them, his father, Treston Blount, wrote in a GoFundMe marketing campaign created to lift funds to assist cowl medical bills.
Treston Blount misplaced consciousness and when he awoke, his son was lacking, he stated. Ezra was later handled on the hospital and positioned in a medically induced coma. He suffered extreme accidents to his organs and mind swelling that he sustained whereas being trampled by the gang, his household stated.
Ezra is the most recent and youngest of 10 victims who died in crowd surges at Astroworld. The ages of those that died now vary from 9 to 27. One was a freshman in highschool; one other was a senior at Texas A&M college, in response to ABC13.
Following the tragedy, Scott pledged to cowl the funeral prices of the victims. Authorities have since launched a prison investigation into the rapper and Live Nation, the organizers behind the pageant. And the Blount household is amongst quite a few events who’ve filed lawsuits in opposition to Scott and Dwell Nation.
Some have theorized that the repercussions for Scott are simply starting. All through his profession, the Houston-born rapper loved profitable partnerships with well-known manufacturers like McDonald’s and Fortnite, however his newest tasks, like his upcoming menswear assortment with Dior, might undergo, in response to a Rolling Stone report.
