On Monday (May 9), Billboard announced that Houston rapper Travis Scott is set to perform at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 15 at 8PM ET / 5PM PT. This will mark the first award show performance from the rapper after the Astroworld tragedy, which left 10 people dead.
In addition to Travis, the award show will see performances byMary J. Blige, Burna Boy, Latto, Maxwell, Megan Thee Stallion, Silk Sonic, Ed Sheeran, Becky G, Elle King, Miranda Lambert, Rauw Alejandro, and more.
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Travis Scott Has First Performance Since Astroworld Tragedy In Miami
Over the weekend, the rapper made his first appearance on stage since the catastrophe at Astroworld. He took to the stage and performed a few tracks in Miami at the E11even Nightclub. The Miami performance marked the first time in six months that he had touched any stage publicly.
In addition to belting out a few songs – like “Highest in the Room,” “Pick Up The Phone,” “Goosebumps” and “SICKOMODE” – the rapper was seen in clips at the club’s Grand Prix celebration throwing wads of cash into the crowd and clutching onto a bottle of Don Julio 1942 tequila.
In one clip, he told the crowd, “Everybody owes me a shot. We need every stripper to report to the f**king stage right now. We need every bottle reported to this motherf**king floor.”
While Travis’ E11even performance marked his first public set since stepping out of the spotlight amid backlash over his Astroworld tragedy – in addition to backlash on how he handled the catastrophe – Travis’ 2022 Billboard Music Awards appearance will mark the first award show performance since the tragedy – which occurred back in November 2021.
At the time, Travis was performing on stage at his festival and he claims he was unaware that people in the crowd were being hurt/killed as he continued to perform, despite the crowd yelling, screaming and begging for him to stop.
From the tragedy, at least 10 people have died and their ages ranged from 9 to 27 years old. Since, Travis has only done one interview and told radio host Charlamagne Tha God that he “1,000 percent” did everything he could in his power to help injured and dying concertgoers, further repeating that he did not hear their cries for help from the stage.
While several lawsuit came rushing his way, Travis continued to launch a what he called a safety initiative called “Project Heal.” Its’ mission is said “to take much-needed action towards supporting real solutions that make all events the safest spaces they can possibly be.”
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