Travis Scott
Sneaker Jig: Travis Scott’s Nike Raffle Gets Over 1 Million Entries In 30 Minutes
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SNKRS / NIkesne Scoring a pair of Travis Scott Nikes at retail is like hitting the lotto. The Houston rapper had a raffle for the privilege to cop a pair of his latest collab with the Swoosh brand, and it received over 1 million entries in just 30 minutes. This is according to TMZ, that reports the Travis Scott Air Trainer 1 x CACT.US CORP, in two colorways (“Grey Haze and Dusty Sage” and “Archaeo Brown and Rust Pink”), had his fans, and resellers, going nuts. Keep in mind that it was a “source close to Travis” that provided this intel, meaning it’s just as likely they pulled that number out of thin air rather than actual metrics. Related Stories But Cactus Jack’s Nike collabs are heavily hyped affairs, with his past release still commanding top dollar on...
L’s On Deck: The Travis Scott x Nike Air Max 1 Slated To Drop This Month
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke With the anger of the Astroworld tragedy having subsided and people moving on from the horrible events that claimed the lives of 10 people and apparently opened a portal to hell (it did not), Nike will finally be moving forward with the release of the highly-anticipated Travis Scott Air Max 1’s that were supposed to have dropped last December. Hypebeast is reporting that the long-awaited sneaker collaboration will finally be seeing the light of day later this month when Nike drops not only the Travis Scott Air Max 1’s in a few different colorways (“Baroque Brown,” and Saturn Gold” ), but also some “Cactus Jack” Air Trainer 1’s in three color schemes including “Wheat,” “Cave Stone,” and “Grey Haze.” Defining features include Bohemian-patte...
Travis Scott Slated To Perform At 2022 Billboard Music Awards
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alexander Tamargo / Getty Travis Scott is making his public return to the stage in a bold fashion, being the latest artist to be named as a performer at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. According to reports, the Billboard Music Awards announced on Monday (May 9th) that the Houston native will be performing at the awards show that will be taking place this upcoming weekend. Travis Scott’s appearance will be the first time he’s performed in such a setting since the tragedy at the Astroworld Festival last November which resulted in 10 deaths. The awards show made the announcement through its Twitter account. Scott is up for an award this year for the remix of “Goosebumps” with HVME being nominated for Top Dance/Electronic Song. He’ll join other notable artis...
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Travis Scott’s Legal Team Calls Astroworld Doc A Shameless Money Grab [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Rawls / Radio One Digital A filmmaker is looking to further explore what exactly went wrong at the Astroworld festival. Travis Scott’s legal team is calling the forthcoming documentary a shameless money grab. As per TMZ a film has been made about the tragedy that occurred at the November concert series. Concert Crush: The Travis Scott Festival Tragedy is currently screening to select audiences this month. Director Charlie Minn aims to put a spotlight on what really led up to the devastation that took the lives of 10 individuals. Related Stories Travis Scott’s team has taken umbrage with the project calling it a” farce financed by and containing content from members of the plaintiff’s legal teams, who, weeks after a tragedy, sought to exploit an...
Travis Scott Announces First Public Performance Since Astroworld
Travis Scott will perform publicly for the first time since Astroworld 2021. Last year, the rapper’s music festival ended in tragedy with a total of 10 deaths and hundreds of injuries after crowds surged and trampled concert-goers. After performing at two private events this year, the rapper is going public with his performances again headlining three Primavera Sound festivals in South America. The three festivals announced earlier today include dates in São Paulo, Brazil on November 6; Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 12; and Santiago, Chile on November 13. The private events Scott performed for include a pre-Oscars house party in Bel Air, California, and a Coachella afterparty in a La Quinta Venue where he performed five of his songs. Videos of Scott performing “Sicko Mode” circulated...
Travis Scott’s Baby Mother Announces That Her Baby Is Not Named “Wolf” Anymore
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Craig Barritt / Getty Only a few months after revealing that their newborn baby would be named “Wolf,” Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have had a change of heart. According to TMZ, Kylie took to Instagram on Monday (March 21) to inform her millions of followers that the baby isn’t named “Wolf” anymore as it doesn’t seem to be a proper fit for him at 7 weeks old. Taking to her IG stories to make the announcement, Kylie wrote “FYI OUR SONS NAME ISN’T WOLF ANYMORE… WE JUST DIDN’T FEEL LIKE IT WAS HIM. JUST WANTED TO SHARE BECAUSE I KEEP SEEING WOLF EVERYWHERE.” As for what they have renamed the child, we’re still in the dark. Related Stories “It’s unclear what Kylie and Travis are calling their boy now — she’s only saying it’s not Wolf and they wanted folks to...
Travis Scott Announces $5 Million Investment in Initiative To Benefit HBCUs, Creatives
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty HBCUs, along with other groups, are getting a major boost from Travis Scott thanks to a newly formed initiative. On Tuesday (March 8th), the rapper announced the formation of Project HEAL in a press release. Project HEAL is a multi-tiered initiative with a focus on philanthropy to community-based groups including investments. Scott has pledged $5 million towards these efforts. The initiative’s first project is the Waymon Webster Scholarship Fund, named after the artist’s grandfather who was an educator at Prairie View A&M University. The fund offers $1 million in pledged scholarships to students at HBCUs who have demonstrated academic excellence by earning a GPA of 3.5 or higher and are in need of financial assistance in the se...
Kanye West Threatens to Cancel Coachella Set If Billie Eilish Won’t Apologize to Travis Scott
After Billie Eilish threw shade at Travis Scott at her concert on Saturday in Atlanta by saying ““I wait for people to be OK before I keep going” after pausing the show to get a struggling fan an inhaler, Kanye West took to Instagram on Thursday to take issue with pop star. West and Eilish are of course both set to headline Coachella this year, but apparently that might not happen if Eilish doesn’t apologize to Scott. The all-caps no-punctuation rant on the rapper’s IG reads as follows: “COME ON BILLIE WE LOVE YOU PLEASE APOLOGIZE TO TRAV AND TO THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES NO ONE INTENDED THIS TO HAPPEN TRAV DIDN’T HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN HE WAS ON STAGE AND WAS VERY HURT BY WHAT HAPPENED AND YES TRAV WILL BE WITH ME AT COACHELLA BUT NOW I NEED BILLIE T...
Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott Welcome Baby Boy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Craig Barritt / Getty While the world was keeping up with the online drama between Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott were welcoming their latest edition to their family. On Sunday (Feb 6), Kylie took to Instagram to announce that the couple’s son was born on Wednesday (Feb. 2) by sharing a black-and-white photo of what appears to be their daughter Stormi’s hand holding her newborn brother’s arm, along with the caption: “💙 2/2/22.” Travis reacted with a series of heart emojis: “💙🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎”, as other friends and family including Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Hailey Bieber, and Normani all commented their love for the announcement. As previously rep...
Drake – Fair Trade ft Travis Scott
Check out this jam from Drake – “Fair Trade” featuring Travis Scott. Certified Lover Boy is the sixth studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake. It was released on September 3, 2021, by OVO Sound and Republic Records. Its production was handled by frequent collaborators 40, Nineteen85, PartyNextDoor, OZ, and Vinylz, among others. Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Giveon, Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Future, Young Thug, Yebba, 21 Savage, Project Pat, Tems, Ty Dolla Sign, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, and Kid Cudi appear as guest artists. Drake’s “Fair Trade” is more personal than ever, it is the sixth track off the album. The sonic arrangement samples bouncy electronic instrumentation that sounds lively and trappy; it flows out continuously as Drake and Travis Scott unfolds their lives story on personal levels wi...
Petition Calling For Travis Scott To Be Reinstated As Coachella Headliner Removed For “Fraudulent Activity”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rick Kern / Getty Nice try, but this petition calling for Travis Scott to be allowed to touch the Coachella stage this year turned out to be a pure jig. Per Buzzfeed News, a fan-made Change.org petition was removed by the website after learning that 60,000 of the signatures it acquired were fugazi. On January 26, multiple outlets reported on the petition garnering attention before the website took action after noticing the number of signatures declined overnight from over 70,000 to barely reaching 5,000 on January 27. Related Stories Scott’s fans, the “ragers,” also noticed the drop, one of them pondered in the comment section under the petition, “Why the signs keep going down wtf going on here @change.org.” The website didn’t respond to the fan but respo...
Christmas Jack: Travis Scott Organizes Toy Drive For 5,000 Kids In Houston
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Crayton Gerst / Cactus Jack Foundation Even though his name has been in the mud lately Travis Scott is continuing on with his community work. This week he gave away 5,000 toys in his hometown. As spotted on TMZ the “Sicko Mode” rapper put on for his people just in time for the holidays. On Thursday, December 24 he and his staff organized the second annual Cactus Jack Foundation Toy Drive. According to the feature the organization set up different distribution stations throughout various Houston Housing Authority complexes throughout the city so children from different areas could receive a free gift. From the looks of the photos obtained by the celebrity gossip site they went out all as the presents ranged from Barbie dolls, ,miniature piano keyboard...
