Sony removed ad featuring rapper Travis Scott after the Astroworld tragedy
the tragic crush at the Astroworld festival. This was noticed on Twitter.
It is known that in 2020 the hip-hop artist acted as the creative partner of Sony. At the moment, the PlayStation 5 promo video with his participation has been removed from the blog of the game console.
Scott's “emote” with a snippet of his song Out West has also disappeared from Fortnite. The developers of the game explained the disappearance with the next update, but declined to comment further. It is noted that in April 2020, the rapper's concert took place in Fortnite, which became an important event in the video game industry.
The tragedy occurred on November 5 at the Astroworld festival in Houston during the performance of rapper Travis Scott. The stampede lasted half an hour, during which time more than 300 people were injured. Eight fans of the rapper died from their injuries. They were between 14 and 27 years old.