Houston, TX – Travis Scott’s first ever Astroworld Pageant befell in his hometown Houston on Saturday, November 17 at NRG Park — proper throughout the road from the now-defunct Six Flags AstroWorld it’s named after that shut down in 2005.
NRG Park swarmed with over 40,000 attendees from throughout the globe in anticipation to catch performances from Lil Wayne, Younger Thug, Rae Sremmurd and Publish Malone in addition to Sheck Wes, Gunna, and Trippie Redd, who’re all headliners on Scott’s Astroworld: Want You Had been Right here tour.
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Some Houston’s most legendary rappers additionally hit the Astroworld stage comparable to Bun B, Trae Tha Fact, Z-Ro, Slim Thug and Paul Wall in addition to just a few H-City’s freshest rappers together with Maxo Kream and Cube Soho, amongst others.
Travis Scott course, closed-out the competition and introduced out Younger Thug, Swae Lee and Don Toliver as shock friends.
Apart from the customary competition rides and leisure, a singular spotlight from the fest was a specifically made Screwed Up Information pop-up store as a tribute late Houston legend DJ Screw. The re-imagined store appeared identical to unique storefront discovered on Fuqua Road and offered customized merch and displayed an archive each chopped-and-screwed mixtape ever created by the long-lasting DJ born Robert Earl Davis, Jr.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Metropolis Houston ficially proclaimed November 18th as ‘Astroworld Day’.
Whereas town Houston might not have its beloved Six Flag’s Astroworld any extra (it’s now dwelling to Houston’s famed Rodeo) the competition actually introduced again the nostalgic spirit the amusement park that town can get pleasure from no less than, every year.
The making Astroworld Fest was a childhood dream for Travis.
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