The annual Astroworld Festival event founded by Jacques Bermon Webster, Jr., known as rapper and hip-hop songwriter Travis Scott, ended in tragedy last weekend.
Scott got the idea for the festival in 2018, taking its name from his third album. The event was put together and managed by LiveNation and its festival contractors.
Scott is known as "Hip-Hop's King of Rage" and is described by many as an emo artist, a termed used in rock music to say, the artist uses emotional expression in "their creations".
On Friday, November 5, 2021, Scott after all his public relations moves in Houston, spreading good willleading up to his Astroworld Festival eventually to conclude in tragedy.
It's being reported Scott became very emotional when he and his family realized his performance at the festival killed eight fans.
The festival producers Scoremore LLC is in Austin, TX and has been doing business since 2009 and generates over $2.9 million in sales annually according to Dunn & Bradstreet. The company is part of "Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events 
LiveNation the ticketing partner and promoter of Astroworld Festival has very deep pockets.
The company was a part of Clear Channel Communications which is now iHeartMedia, Inc.,
iHeartMedia, Inc spun off the ticketing giant in 2006.
A corporate spin-off is a type of corporate action where a company "splits off" a section as a separate business or creates a second incarnation, even if the first is still active,eventually Live Nation would merge with the ticketing company Ticketmaster, forming the larger conglomerate Live Nation Entertainment.
