S7: Travis Scott Astroworld Deaths Epstein Trial

My special guest returning to the show is William Ramsey. He returns to discuss details about the concert Travis Scott held at Astroworld and if there was a sinister agenda behind it. 
  
  
 In Scott's previous performances, several legal issues were raised, including his incitement of incidents and praising fans for their participation. Leading a new micro-generation of trap artists in 2013, bringing punk-rock nihilism to live hip-hop, Scott was quoted in several outlets at the time as wanting to bring his childhood fantasy of becoming a professional wrestler to his concerts.[24][30][31][32] Building his reputation with an event that CNN said teetered on the brink of chaos,[33] a Complex review in 2015 entitled "I Tried Not to Die at Travi$ Scott and Young Thug's Show Last Night" called it "the most dangerous haven" and "a turn-up fight for survival."[34]
 At Lollapalooza in 2015, Scott was charged with disorderly conduct after inciting concertgoers to ignore security and rush the stage.[2] 2017, he was arrested for similar conduct after performing at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Arkansas.[35][36] He was again charged with disorderly conduct and received additional charges for inciting a riot and endangering the welfare of a minor. All charges were later dismissed, except disorderly conduct, to which Scott would plead guilty.[33] That same year, a fan sued Scott and the organizers of a concert at Terminal 5 in New York City after falling from the third-level balcony and being dragged on stage, leaving the fan paralyzed from injuries sustained in the fall, with the lawsuit blaming the fall on a crowd surge.[37] At the same concert, Scott was recorded encouraging other fans to jump off balconies, claiming that the crowd beneath them would catch them.[38] In 2019, three people were injured as a crowd rushed to enter the compound at Astroworld.[39] In late 2020, music executive Irving Azoff said that while he would remain an advisor to Live Nation for Scott's tours, he had dropped him as a client, describing Scott as unmanageable.[40]
 On November 8, 2021, TMZ reported a promotional video for Astroworld, which played up the apparent danger of attending the festival, with spliced news clips hyping the prior years' chaos, had been removed from their social media accounts except for Instagram. Photos on Scott's personal Instagram with his comments glorifying and glamorizing fans who had broken their hands or passed out had still not been taken down. The outlet editorialized in both cases that Scott's "rager" persona and the Astroworld brand that supported it had caught up with them.[41][42]
  
 Scott was scheduled to start his set at 8:45 p.m. but did not take the stage until approximately 9:02 p.m., starting at approximately 9:06 p.m. with the opening song "Escape Plan."[43][46][55][52] His appearance onstage made people push toward it, leading to a human crush.[39] According to HFD Chief Sam Peña, at about 9:00 p.m., members of the crowd pressed forward and also surged from the sides, causing a crush near the stage; he added that the crush was not caused by obstructed exits but by issues close to the stage, where the crowd was tightly packed. As people struggled to stay on their feet, several began to fall, and many were injured. Panic grew as Scott started the second song