A video has resurfaced showing rapper Travis Scott inciting a crowd to 'f**k up' a fan who attempted to take his Yeezy trainers while he crowd surfed in Switzerland.
The incident, widely reported at the time, occurred at the OpenAir Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland in 2015 with video from the stage showing Scott's outburst.
Scott, born Jacques Bermon Webster II, is facing criticism over his interactions with crowds after eight people were crushed to death at his Houston concert on Friday.
The rapper has twice been convicted for encouraging fans to jump security barriers and rush the stage at previous concerts, while videos have also shown him encouraging people to jump off balconies.
A video has resurfaced showing rapper Travis Scott encouraging a crowd to 'f**k up' a fan who attempted to take his trainers while he crowd surfed in Switzerland. Pictured: A grab from the video taken at the OpenAir Festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland in 2015
Scott has twice been convicted for encouraging fans to jump security barriers and rush the stage at previous concertsPictured: A mug shot of Scott from Rogers police department after a 2017 incident in Arkansas
Footage, taken from on-stage in Switzerland, shows Scott after jumping into the crowd and crowdsurfing, before being pulled back to the stage by security.
Turning back towards the crowd, Scott shouts into the microphone: 'Get that motherf***er, get him,' while pointing to someone.
'You tried to take my shoe?' You want to be a thief?' he shouts at fan he is accusing of attempting to taking his 'Yeezy' trainers off his feet.
'F**k him up! F**k him up' he is then heard shouting. It was reported that Scott also spat at the person in the crowd.
Footage, taken from on-stage in Switzerland, shows Scott after jumping into the crowd and crowdsurfing (pictured), before being pulled back to the front barriers by security
Pictured: Scott is seen being held up by a security guard near the front of the stage in Switzerland
On Saturday, Scott posted an emotional video to his over 43 million Instagram followers saying he was 'devastated' about the deaths at Houston's Astroworld Fest.
He added: 'I can't imagine anything like this happening.'
Meanwhile, festivalgoer Kristian Paredes, 23, from Austin, Texas, has sued Scott and Drake for over a million dollars, claiming the rappers 'incited the crowd' and accused the rappers, Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation of negligence.
There's no suggestion Scott asked fans to rush his stage during the Friday night performance that ended with eight deaths.
However, the fatal situation has raised eyebrows over footage showing multiple incidents of crowds stampeding towards Scott at prior performances at Lollapalooza in Chicago in 2015 and at an outdoor venue in Arkansas in 2017.
Both incidents resulted in misdemeanor convictions for Scott.
One nurse who was in attendance has rubbished claims that a man was seen injecting people with a needle moments before the crush.
A statement issued on Astroworld's account also mentioned people suffering from cardiac arrests and asked anyone with knowledge to contact Houston PD, sparking claims that organizers are trying to pass the buck over alleged poor crowd control that turned deadly.
Houston PD Chief Troy Finner said there had been reports of a security guard stabbed with a needle and later being revived with Narcan, although there have been no reports of the crowd being drugged in the same way.
Meanwhile, a fan who was paralyzed after falling from a balcony during a Scott concert in 2017 has blasted the singer for putting fans' safety at risk.
A lawyer for Kyle Green, a 27-year-old who was injured at Scott's April 2017 concert at Terminal 5 in New York City, says that Green was 'devastated and heartbroken' for the families of the eight people who died at Scott's Friday night concert.
Kyle Green, 27, was left partially paralyzed at a Travis Scott show after Scott encouraged another fan to jump off a balcony. He says Friday's deaths could have been avoided 'had Travis learned his lesson'
NYC 2017: Green ended up partially paralyzed after cracking several vertebrae when rowdy fans rushed the balcony of Terminal 5 in New York in May 2017. Scott egged one fan to jump. In video of the incident, one concertgoer can be heard saying, 'I don't wanna die in here.'
CHICAGO 2015: Scott pled guilty to misdemeanor reckless conduct after his fans jumped a security barricade at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago
ARKANSAS 2017: Scott encouraged fans to go past security and rush the stage at a May 2017 show in Arkansas. He pled guilty to disorderly conduct the next year
Tickets to the two-day Astroworld festival sold out in under an hour in May, when Scott announced in a since-deleted tweet: 'We still sneaking the wild ones in'
Green says he was forced over the edge of a balcony at the venue, which he called 'severely crowded.' He broke several bones and vertebrae and can only walk with a 'significant, significant disability.'
In a statement to DailyMail.com, Green's attorney Howard Hershenhorn said that Scott's security picked Green up 'like a sack of potatoes' instead of 'putting him in a neck brace and on the backboard.'
'He’s even more incensed by the fact that it could have been avoided had Travis learned his lesson in the past and changed his attitude about inciting people to behave in such a reckless manner,' Hershenhorn told Rolling Stone.
At the 2017 show, Scott had encouraged another fan to jump off the balcony.
'I see you, but are you gonna do it?' Scott asked. 'They gonna catch you. Don't be scared. Don’t be scared!'
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In video of the incident, one fan can be heard saying, 'I don't wanna die in here.'
Green sued Scott, his manager, concert promoter Bowery Presents and a security company six months after the incident while he was still confined to a wheelchair. The case is pending.
In August 2015, the 29-year-old, who is dating Kylie Jenner, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct after his fans jumped a security barricade at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.
The Office of Emergency Management said at the time: 'The performer played one song and then began telling fans to come over the barricades. Due to the security's quick response, the situation was remedied immediately and no fans were injured.
John Hilgert, 14, was the youngest victim of the horrific crush which killed eight people at Friday night's Astroworld Festival in Houston
Danish Baig, 27 (left), was killed at Travis Scott's Astroworld after saving a relative during the stampede on Friday, his brother said. Franco Patino, 21 (right), also died, the University of Dayton said
Brianna Rodriguez, 16, (left) was a dancer and junior in high school. Rodolfo 'Rudy' Pena, 23,(right) was an aspiring model and dreamed of one day being a US Border Patrol agent. He died of cardiac arrest
The performer fled the scene but was arrested shortly after, according to station WLS.
'All my real ragers jump the barricade right now. Let's go. Come over,' he said at the 2015 show as his young fans obliged. 'I want chaos.' Hundreds were seen storming towards the stage, although there were no reports of anyone being injured.
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 May 2017 concert at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in the city of Rogers.
Scott paid a 7,465.31 fine, according to KFSM.
The Rogers Police Department said several people were injured during the rush and treated on the scene by the fire department and staff from a local hospital.
Weeks before that, a fan at a Scott concert in Manhattan says he was carried over the side of a balcony after the rapper asked fans to rush forward, and was subsequently paralyzed as a result.
Meanwhile, a nurse who fainted and was crowd-surfed to the stage at Friday's concert described the scene 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 eight deaths.
The crowd at the Scott's music festival on Friday surged toward the stage during Scott's performance, knocking other concertgoers over and squeezing them together
Around 2pm Friday, hundreds of fans stormed the festival's VIP entrance. Seven hours later, the surge in front of the main stage killed eight people
Madeline Eskins, an ICU nurse who went to Friday's Travis Scott show, shared her perspective after she fainted and ended up backstage
She called the show 'awful' and described overwhelmed medical staff and untrained teenagers trying to revive concertgoers, some of whom would not make it
'This is a lie. They trying to cover their asses. Nobody who actually was there has said this s**t. Nobody saw this s**t,' said Madeline Eskins.
Paredes - who filed the complaint against the rappers, Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation of negligence - alleges that special guest Drake 'came on stage alongside Travis Scott and helped incite the crowd.'
He accuses Drake of continuing to perform with Travis Scott 'as the crowd became out of control' and 'while the crowd mayhem continued.'
Paredes is now seeking over $1million for his bodily injuries, some of which he claims is permanent, as well as medical expenses.
Rappers Travis Scott and Drake are being sued for over a million dollars by a man who claims he was left 'severely injured' in the crowd
Kristian Paredes, 23, from Austin, Texas, filed the complaint obtained by DailyMail.com Sunday
According to the complaint, Drake 'came on stage alongside Travis Scott and helped incite the crowd.' He accuses Drake of continuing to perform with Travis Scott 'as the crowd became out of control' and ' while the crowd mayhem continued'
Paredes says he was at the front of the general admission section, with just a metal barrier separating him from the VIP Section.
He says he felt an 'immediate push' as the countdown to Travis Scott's performance ended and he entered the stage around 9pm.
Texas attorney Thomas J. Henry, who is representing Paredes, said, 'There is no excuse for the events that unfolded at NRG stadium on Friday night'
'The crowd became chaotic and a stampede began leaving eight dead and dozens including Kristian Paredes severely injured,' the filing states.
'Many begged
