Toronto rapper Drake is among those named in a lawsuit after he made a guest appearance at a music festival in Houston Friday night where eight people were killed and hundreds of others were injured in a crowd crush.
The lawsuit, by attorney Thomas J. Henry, alleges that Kristian Paredes, who attended the show hosted by local rapper Travis Scott at NRG Park last week, sustained injuries after “the crowd became chaotic and a stampede began.”
Those who attended the concert said there was a timer onstage counting down to the start of Scott’s headline performance as the massive crowd pushed forward. Videos from the event, posted to social media, appear to show some attendees in distress as a result of the mass of people being pushed up against the security barricades at the concert.
The event, which has been described by police as a “mass casualty incident,” has brought into focus Scott’s “prior conduct” at concerts as laid out in the suit.
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