Rapper Travis Scott arrested in Miami Beach for misdemeanor trespassing and public intoxication

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Rapper Travis Scott was arrested early Thursday by Miami Beach police on charges of trespassing and public intoxication.

Miami Beach police confirmed the arrest but did not immediately provide details. Scott, 33, posted his $650 bond, meaning he will be released later Thursday, Miami-Dade County jail records show.

His publicists, Jamie Sward and Alexandra Baker, did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment, and jail records do not list an attorney for Scott. His agent, David Stromberg, did not immediately respond to a message sent to his LinkedIn account.

Scott, one of the biggest names in hip-hop and whose birth name is Jacques Webster, has more than 100 songs that hit the Billboard Hot 100 and released four chart-topping singles: “Sicko Mode,” “Highest in the Room” , “The Scotts” and “Franchise.”

Ten people were killed in a crowd wave at Scott’s 2021 performance at his Astroworld Festival in Houston. Those present were packed so tightly that many could not breathe or move their arms. The dead, ranging in age from 9 to 27 years, died of compression asphyxiationwhich one expert compared to being crushed by a car.

Attorneys for the victims alleged in lawsuits that the deaths and hundreds of injuries at the concert were caused by negligent planning and a lack of concern for capacity and safety at the event.

Scott, promoter Live Nation, and the others charged have denied these claims, saying safety was their main concern. They said what happened was unforeseeable.

The last trial was settled last month.

After a police investigationa high jury declined to charge Scott, along with five others involved in the festival.