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‍After the tragic Astroworld event where multiple lives were lost, Rapper Travis Scott has now has been hit with a $2 Billion lawsuit for damages.

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said to the New York Times, 'You cannot just close when you got 50,000 and over 50,000 individuals. We have to worry about rioting, riots, when you have a group that's

Travis did not have the power to stop the show, due to a prior agreement made. "It was reported that the Operations Plan designated that only the festival director and executive producers have authority to stop the show, neither of which is part of Travis's crew.

This also runs afoul of HPD's own previous actions when it shut down the power and sound at this very festival when the performance ran over 5 minutes back in 2019."

Travis was accused of ignoring fans who were shouting at him during the show, asking him to stop the performance. One particular video allegedly showed exactly this, however, sources close to Travis claim that this incident happened 50 yards away from the stage, and was impossible for the rapper to see or hear.

Now the lawsuit is asking for a whopping $2 Billion in damages. "The Defendants stood to make an exorbitant amount of money off this event, yet they chose to cut corners, cut costs, and put the festival attendees at risk."