Travis Scott
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...
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...
Travis Scott Works With Music, Tech & Political Leaders To Improve Concert Safety Amid Astroworld Tragedy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rick Kern / Getty Travis Scott is continuing his hope-for-redemption tour following his deadly Astroworld concert that ended in 10 people losing their lives and countless others being injured. Losing his spot at Coachella and possibly losing his deal with Nike, among other losses, is making things look bleak for the future of Scott’s career, so it makes sense that he would be on a damage control mission, which arguably began with his controversial sit-down with Charlamagne Tha God. But Scott’s latest venture might just make things safer for concertgoers in the future as he’s reportedly spent the last few weeks working with leaders in the music and tech industries as well as politicians and tour experts to improve concert safety across the nation. Rel...
LaFlame Out: Coachella Removes Travis Scott From 2022 Festival
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Emma McIntyre / Getty Things haven’t been easy for Travis Scott ever since 10 people lost their lives at his Astroworld concert a few weeks back. And it seems like the fallout will continue for the foreseeable future as his career is suffering the consequences of the tragic concert. Aside from getting sued for millions by the families of the victims of the dearly departed, Travis Scott has been losing some of his business ventures and his performance cancellation at Coachella is the latest example of the toxicity that Travis Scott’s name carries with it. According to Variety, the “Highest In The Room” rapper has been taken off Coachella’s 2022 lineup due to the backlash that keeping him on the roster might get them as a Change.org petition to kick him off...
Anheuser-Busch Pulls the Plug on Travis Scott’s Cacti Hard Seltzer Line
Anheuser-Busch has pulled the plug on Travis Scott’s Cacti hard seltzer line. The brewing company announced the discontinuation in a statement on Friday. “After careful evaluation, we have decided to stop all production and brand development of CACTI Agave Spiked Seltzer. We believe brand fans will understand and respect this decision,” a rep said in a statement. As Rolling Stone points out, the brand’s social media pages have already been removed, and the original Cacti announcement has been deleted from Anheuser-Busch’s website. Though the beverage maker didn’t cite the Astroworld tragedy as a reason for discontinuing Cacti hard seltzer, sales didn’t seem to be an issue. When the drink first hit the market in March 2021, it quickly sold out online and stores had a hard time kee...
Travis Scott’s Lawyer Defends Charlamagne Tha God Interview
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rick Kern / Getty Travis Scott’s recent interview with Charlamagne Tha God attracted a fair share of critics wondering why he did the sit-down – it turns out the rapper pushed for it to happen. In an interview with TMZ on Thursday (December 9th), the “Sicko Mode” rapper’s attorney, Ed McPherson, addressed those people who got wind of the interview with The Breakfast Club host and stated it was his idea to speak out publicly that way. Related Stories “This was all Travis. Travis insisted on it, he’s been wanting to speak out to the public, to the fans. He’s been reaching out to the families affected,” McPherson said. The nearly hour-long interview was Scott’s first since the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival last month, where a crowd surge took the ...
Travis Scott Denies Legal Liability in Astroworld Tragedy As Lawsuits Continue To Mount
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CECILE CLOCHERET / Getty Travis Scott is finally speaking out regarding the Astroworld Tragedy both publicly and in the courtroom. According to CNN, Travis Scott is denying the allegations, including negligence, in the multiple lawsuits that have been filed against him for the Astroworld Festival tragedy. Court documents were filed early this week on behalf of the “The Scotts” rapper and his record label, Cactus Jack Records, after nearly 150 lawsuits citing negligence were filed in the Nov. 5 tragedy where 10 people died after the crowd rushed the stage during Scott’s headlining set. “Defendants generally deny the allegations set forth,” the documents state and request that the claims be dismissed with prejudice. Scott spoke out for the first time about ...
