Travis Scott Pauses Coney Island Show Over Crowd Safety Concerns

Travis Scott stopped his show at Coney Island on Monday (July 4), as TMZ reports, pausing to tell fans to climb down from a truss at the outdoor performance. The rapper’s opening set for Meek Mill at Coney Art Walls was one among his first performances since his headlining performance at Astroworld, where 10 people died as a result of crowd surges.

In 2017, a New York man was left paralyzed on his left side after he jumped from a balcony at Travis Scott’s Terminal 5 show; he sued Scott the same year, claiming the rapper had “incited mayhem and chaos through his conduct.” Scott is still facing numerous Astroworld-related suits, including one from a woman who claims that the injuries she sustained at the festival caused her to lose her pregnancy. Scott announced the four-part Project HEAL initiative in March, an effort that includes a scholarship fund, mental health resources, and an event safety task force.

Scott has been returning to the spotlight in more recent months after last year’s tragedy, performing at a Coachella afterparty after dropping out as one of the festival’s headliners. He took the stage at the Billboard Music Awards in May, where he debuted a new song alongside the single “Mafia.” Scott was set to headline Day N Vegas in September, but the festival was canceled on July 1. 

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