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Tribune News Service

Nike has paused plans to release its latest shoe collaboration with Travis Scott after 10 people died at the rapper’s Astroworld Festival and mounting lawsuits.
The footwear giant sent out a statement on its sneaker release website, SNKRS, notifying fans of the decision on November 15.
“Out of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival, we are postponing the launch of the Air Max 1 × Cactus Jack,” the update reads.
There was no information provided about a new release date.

For its newest partnership, Nike and Scott’s Cactus Jack Records created the Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack, a pair of brown Air Max 1s, with a release date set for December 16.
“The Air Jordan I celebrates Travis Scott, hip hop artist, record label founder and Houston, Texas native,” reads a description of the US$175 sneakers on Nike’s website. “Details on the shoe, including a reverse Swoosh and hidden pouch, help set this edition of the storied sneaker apart for the rapper and producer, and for Cactus Jack Records.”

Scott, 30, reportedly also had a set of Nike Air Trainer 1s and new Air Jordan 1 Lows in the works for months.
Nike is not the only major global brand to have collaborated with Scott. Dior’s artistic director Kim Jones collaborated with the American rapper for its summer 2022 men’s collection. It was the first time Dior had created a full collection with a musician.
After the Astroworld tragedy “this icon to Gen Z now has effectively detonated in your face”, one expert told music publication Rolling Stone. “It’s an apocalyptic marketing turn.”

The delay of the Nike shoe release follows the death of 10 concertgoers and injuries to hundreds more after a crowd surge during Scott’s performance at the annual Astroworld festival at Houston’s NRG Park in the US state of Texas on November 5.
A group of lawyers announced last week they represent more than 200 Astroworld victims and have filed more than 90 lawsuits against Scott, promoter Live Nation and others involved in the event.


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Nike pauses Travis Scott collaboration following Astroworld deaths and mounting lawsuits – will Dior do the same?

Following Astroworld, Nike has postponed the release of its Travis Scott shoe collaboration. Photo: TNS

Nike and Scott’s Cactus Jack Records created the Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack, a pair of brown Air Max 1′s.

Scott at the Dior menswear spring/summer 2022 show on June 25, 2021 in Paris. Photo: Getty Images

A look from the Dior spring/summer 2022 collection.

Astroworld festival: rappers Travis Scott, Drake sued over deadly crush at Texas concert

US rappers Travis Scott and Drake. Photo: AFP

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 4, 2019 Executive Producer US rapper Drake attends the Los Angeles premiere of the new HBO series "Euphoria" at the Cinerama Dome Theatre in Hollywood. - Rappers Travis Scott and Drake have been sued for having "incited mayhem" after eight people were killed and dozens injured in a crush during a Texas concert, the law firm confirmed on Sunday. Texas firm Thomas J. Henry Law on Sunday tweeted a story published by the Daily Mail on the suit, confirming it had filed "one of the first lawsuits in Travis Scott Astroworld Festival tragedy." (Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP)

An empty stage is seen at the 2021 Astroworld Festival days after a stampede killed at least eight people in Houston, Texas, U.S. November 7, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino

US rapper Travis Scott said he is ‘devastated’ by the deaths at the Astroworld music festival in Houston. Photo: AFP

Astroworld festival: at least 8 dead in crowd surge at Travis Scott concert in Houston

Fans attend the Astroworld music festival on Friday in Houston. Photo: Invision/AP

Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Houston. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

An ambulance is seen in the crowd during the Astroworld music festiwal in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 5, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video on November 6, 2021. Courtesy of Twitter @ONACASELLA /via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.

Rapper Travis Scott performs at the Astroworld music festival on Friday in Houston. Photo: Invision/AP

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Ezra Blount, right, and his father, Treston Blount, posing outside the Astroworld music festival in Houston. Both were injured at the concert during a crowd surge. Ezra died on November 14. Photo: Taylor Blount via AP

A visitor writes a note at a memorial outside of the canceled Astroworld festival at NRG Park on Nov. 7, 2021, in Houston. (Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images/TNS)

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Festival goers are seen rushing into the VIP area before Travis Scott performing at the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park in Houston, Texas on Friday. Photo: Invision / AP

Travis Scott performs at Astroworld Festival at NRG park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 in Houston. Several people died and numerous others were injured in what officials described as a surge of the crowd at the music festival in while Scott was performing. Officials declared a “mass casualty incident” just after 9 p.m. Friday during the festival where an estimated 50,000 people were in attendance, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters at a news conference.(Jamaal Ellis/Houston Chronicle via AP)

The crowd watches as Travis Scott performs at Astroworld Festival at NRG park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 in Houston. Several people died and numerous others were injured in what officials described as a surge of the crowd at the music festival while Scott was performing. Officials declared a “mass casualty incident” just after 9 p.m. Friday during the festival where an estimated 50,000 people were in attendance, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters at a news conference. (Jamaal Ellis/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Emergency personnel respond to the Astroworld music festival in Houston on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. Several people died and numerous others were injured in what officials described as a surge of the crowd at the music festival while Travis Scott was performing. Officials declared a “mass casualty incident” just after 9 p.m. Friday during the festival where an estimated 50,000 people were in attendance, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters at a news conference. (KTRK via AP)

The Astroworld site is vacant early Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 after several were killed during surges in the crowd at the Travis Scott performance in Houston. Officials declared a “mass casualty incident” just after 9 p.m. Friday during the festival where an estimated 50,000 people were in attendance, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters at a news conference. (Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Nike is postponing the launch of the Air Max 1 × Cactus Jack, a pair of US$175 sneakers created in collaboration with Travis Scott after music festival deaths
The US rapper also has an upcoming collaboration with Dior – the brand’s artistic director Kim Jones worked with Scott for its summer 2022 men’s collection


Following the deaths at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival, Nike postponed the release of its shoe collaboration with the rapper. Will Dior do the same with its collection designed by Scott and Kim Jones?


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