{"id":369671,"date":"2021-11-20T00:03:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chuck-d-pens-open-letter-on-astroworld-tragedy\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T00:03:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:03:50","slug":"chuck-d-pens-open-letter-on-astroworld-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chuck-d-pens-open-letter-on-astroworld-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chuck D pens open letter on Astroworld tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25d97d93e9f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chuck-d-pens-open-letter-on-astroworld-tragedy\/#The_Public_Enemy_rapper_shared_his_thoughts_in_an_Instagram_post_this_morning\" >The Public Enemy rapper shared his thoughts in an Instagram post this morning.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Chuck D pens open letter on Astroworld tragedy<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Public_Enemy_rapper_shared_his_thoughts_in_an_Instagram_post_this_morning\"><\/span>The Public Enemy rapper shared his thoughts in an Instagram post this morning.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-226381\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1078153300_ca3erb\/photo-by-randy-shropshire-getty-images.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Chuck D pens open letter on Astroworld tragedy\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Photo by Randy Shropshire \/ Getty Images.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-226383\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Public Enemy frontman Chuck D posted an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWdocLcrcht\/\">open letter<\/a> on Instagram this morning sharing his thoughts on the events at Astroworld 2021 that have left 10 dead to date, including a nine-year-old boy. In his post, the r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er takes aim at &#8220;Live Nation and all the other concert promoters&#8221; for &#8220;shucking their most crucial responsibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            &#8220;I&#8217;m not buying the Young Black Man did it,&#8221; he writes, referring to Travis Scott, who helped organize the festival and was its headlining performer. Scott has been sued repeatedly in the days following the festival. On Thursday, November 18, he was named as a defendant in a $2 billion class action suit, along with Apple Music, Drake, Live Nation, and NRG Stadium, where Astroworld 2021 was held.<\/p>\n<p>            The FADER has reached out to representatives of Travis Scott and Live Nation for comment on Chuck D&#8217;s letter, which is printed in full below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-226384\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left block_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"block_quote_wrapper paragraph_wrapper\">\n  I cannot believe we\u2019re at the point where I gotta say this out loud: Travis Scott is a performer, an act, not a concert promoter. He doesn\u2019t run the sound or venues or festivals or their staff. He doesn\u2019t build stages or coordinate logistics, he\u2019s not an expert in crowd control or security or emergency medical services. But he does trust Live Nation and all the other concert promoters who are supposed to do all of this. And yet here we are, 10 deaths and counting. 10 broken families.<\/p>\n<p>The world is mourning.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m tired of these corporations shucking their most crucial responsibility. These folks simply say Rest In Peace and move on. This negligence can\u2019t continue. Folks want answers. I\u2019m not buying the Young Black Man did it. He\u2019s being blamed for a crime while the old white men running the corps that Travis and his fans trusted with their lives stay quiet in the shadows, counting their money and watching their stock prices go up and up. The excuse of Scott\u2019s irresponsible actions don\u2019t wash \u2013 if his act had a history of that behavior why promote him to bigger venues, why partner with him in the first place and let him headline a bigger audience? Live Nation controlled this show. They control almost all of the concert venues. Artists ain\u2019t speaking out because these same cats are already bought by these corporations. No one can say a word against them unless they want to be Blacklisted and hurt their careers.<\/p>\n<p>So I am calling on Michael Rapino\u2019s entire team at Live Nation and a consortium of all the major concert promoters out there to do the right thing. To step up and step out of the shadows to fix these situations and save lives. To stop letting one Young Black Man take the blame, the hate, the fall. We don\u2019t know everything that happened or exactly what failed. But concert promoters have all the power to make the changes to keep everyone safe and alive.<\/p>\n<p>Live Nation, your stock is up. The White Corporate Music Biz keeps cashing in on Black Pain, Trauma and Death. This has to stop yesterday. You\u2019re part of the problem. Grow the fuck up, fix this and let us all LIVE in PEACE.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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