Drake has been dismissed from a number of lawsuits over the tragedy at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Festival in November 2021.
Last month, the rapper’s attorneys requested that he have his name removed from the suits, claiming he was not involved in the planning of the event, at which 10 people died during Scott’s set.
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On Wednesday (April 10), District Judge Kristen Hawkins approved the request, according to NBC News.
Several companies, including Apple, Inc. and Scott’s Cactus Jack Enterprises and LaFlame Enterprises, had similar requests denied. Scott himself has a request for dismissal scheduled to be decided on Monday (April 15).
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Last year, a grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against the “Sicko Mode” rapper over the tragedy. That decision took place about a month after Houston Police issued a nearly 1,300-page report detailing its investigation.
On November 5, 2021, Travis Scott held the opening night of his Astroworld Festival. By the end of the evening, eight people were dead and hundreds more were injured after the crowd of approximately 50,000 attendees started flooding the NFG Stadium stage.
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As Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña explained, “The crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage, and people began to panic.” The melee began around 9:15 p.m. local time, and once Scott and organizers Live Nation realized what was going on, they immediately stopped the show.
Two more people succumbed to their injuries after the concert.
Around 300 people were also estimated to have been treated on the festival grounds at a makeshift treatment facility.
After the tragedy, the second day of the festival was canceled.
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Travis Scott later addressed the horrific incident in a sit-down with Charlamagne Tha God and expressed remorse for what unfolded, but denied sole responsibility.
“I stopped it a couple of times to make sure everybody was ok,” he said. “I really just go off the fans’ energy as a collective; call and response. I just didn’t hear that!
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“You got lights, you got sound, you got pyro, you got your in-ears, you got your mic, you got the music, you got [the] band. It’s all type of stuff going on … Everything kinda sounds the same.”
He added: “It wasn’t until minutes until the [Houston Police] press conference until I figured out exactly what happened. Even after the show, you’re hearing things. I didn’t know the exact details until minutes before the press conference. Even at that moment, you’re like, ‘Wait, what?!’”
