Travis Scott took to Instagram Saturday night (pictured) after eight people died during his performance at Astroworld Festival
Travis Scott says he could 'never imagine the severity of the situation' after eight fans were killed at his Astroworld concert Friday, but the rapper has been charged with reckless and disorderly conduct stemming from chaos at his shows at least twice.
Scott, born Jacques Bermon Webster II, posted an emotional video saying he was 'devastated' about the deaths on his Instagram Saturday, but the rapper, known for inciting mayhem at his shows, has a history of run-ins with the law on the very same issue.
In August 2015, the 29-year-old, who is dating Kylie Jenner, pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct after his fans jumped a security barricade at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.
'All my real ragers jump the barricade right now. Let's go. Come over,' he said as his young fans obliged. 'I want chaos.'
And in February 2018, he pled guilty to another misdemeanor charge - this one for disorderly conduct - after he encouraged his fans to rush the stage and bypass security at a 2017 concert in Arkansas.
Meanwhile, a nurse who fainted and was crowd-surfed to the stage at Friday's concert described the scene backstage as overwhelmed medical staff dealt with a sea of bodies. She also pushed back on claims that a man stabbing people with a needle was the source of the deaths.
The crowd at the Houston-based music festival surged toward the stage during Scott's performance, knocking other concertgoers over and squeezing them together
'This is a lie. They trying to cover their asses. Nobody who actually was there has said this shit. Nobody saw this shit,' said Madeline Eskins.
Eight people, ranging in age from 14 to 27, were killed as people pushed against one another while trying to get as close as possible to the Grammy-winning performer.
Some described not being able to breathe, feeling their ribs crushed and not being able to move their arms as the pushing and shoving went on.
The rapper was the subject of a 2019 Netflix documentary titled Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly, which depicts fans with bloody noses and shows the difficulty of staging the kinds of shows Scott prefers while avoiding police intervention.
Eskins, a concertgoer who describes herself as an ICU nurse, wrote a lengthy Instagram post on Saturday detailing what happened to her at the show.
She says she fainted in the crowd Friday night after she wasn't able to breathe.
Someone then crowd-surfed her unconscious body to a security guard, who put her in a section backstage where medical staff was frantically trying to save
