Travis Scott's Satanic Symbolism- Circus Maximus & Astroworld Concert
How long has Travis Scott shown us his allegiances to the dark side?...
Travis Scott is one of those artists that has always been on my radar. For years I’ve been examining his symbolism- going back to my 2015 article that was titled “Travi$ Scott: Just Another Illuminati Rapper?...” We looked at the symbolism of this “up and coming” rapper (*who also spelled his name with a dollar sign if you recall).
We explored symbolism like the all seeing eye, using magical alias names, owls and connections to Kanye West (including allegedy Amber Rose claims that Scott was Ye’s ghostwriter).
In that retired article (*I was facing some serious threats to my website that forced me to take down all my articles); I referenced some satanic allegations against Scott:
“Scott also allegedly uses back masking- the practice of putting messages into songs like Don't Play and Upper Echelon so that when one listens to them the message is only on the inversion of the track. If you take a listen at the 1:25 mark of Don't Play you'll hear him clearly say 'Hail Satan' (it actually sounds more like Big Sean). He might've picked that idea up from the Satanic Panic of the heavy metal era when bands like AC/DC were accused of back masking (a practice where one plays the record in reverse to hear the hidden message- a la Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven).”
In the Upper Echelon video you can see he’s wearing a satanic shirt- sporting the inverted cross:
…as well as a flaming pentagram on his Quintana video:
…and a video he did with Meek Mill called I’m Leanin which depicts him as a demon:
…and a video for Butterfly Effect which depicts him falling like lightning- a metaphor for Lucifer.
…and a video for Goosebumps which shows the serpent coming from his all seeing eye:
ASTROWORLD SATANIC RITUAL
Travis Scott has long given us symbolism that shows symbolism of the occult and possibly satanic influence, so when his Astroworld concert of 2021 resulted in ten deaths I was hardly surprised to see many more symbols of satanism and reports of dark energy in the crowd.
*For a much deeper analysis into the satanic symbolism of Scott’s Astroworld concert, check out my 4-part series that got mentioned on Newsweek: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/astroworld-concert-blood-sacrifice-conspiracy-theory-travis-scott/
2023 UTOPIA RELEASE
Fast forward to 2023 and Scott is reinserting himself into the world of hip hop. He’s finally released his long-anticipated UTOPIA album and performing concerts once again.
He was planning on performing a concert at the Egyptian Pyramids of Giza to be livestreamed as well on Friday, July 28th.
They pyramids are a place of occult mysteries and we see him using artwork of Stargate vibes with opposing polarities of light and dark suns.
He used similar symbolism on his UTOPIA album artwork- putting the “O” as an eye emitting sun rays (something you’ll see the Freemasons do with the Blazing Star, which actually references Sirius).
He also uses this symbolism with the opposing polarities of his DYSTOPIA mixtape pre-album he had promoted during his fateful 2021 Astroworld concert (*a dystopia is the polar opposite to the utopia).
This begs a larger question of whether or not he was employing an actual ritual of showing us the horrific world of dystopia with the concert deaths and is now pushing the opposite with the positive utopia album.
Scott said this:
“With every album, I live in these worlds in my mind — I’m trying to show people experiences where utopian things can exist, and you can enjoy yourself and have a good time. They can create energy that spews out magical things — new cures, new buildings, new avenues for people to move forward. People need to see that utopia is real.”
Magical thinking is the key to all occult thinking- even Anton LaVey’s Church of Satan used magick and witchcraft in its rituals; as did Aleister Crowley who utilized the mystery religions of Egypt for his magickal workings.
UTOPIA CONCERT DRAMA
The concert was being publicized but then mysteriously cancelled at the last minute. From Pitchfork:
“According to an English version of Egypt’s government-owned newspaper, Al-Ahram, the syndicate said that it “is committed to preserving the security and stability of our beloved homeland and rejects any actions that go against its societal values,” and claimed that Scott’s concerts involve “strange rituals.” The newspaper also reports that the opposition is due to the 2021 “mass casualty incident” at Astroworld that left 10 attendees dead. Scott announced his Egyptian concert just over a week after a Texas grand jury declined to indict the rapper on criminal charges.”
The Los Angeles Times reported that LiveNation said the show was definitely still happening and NOTHING is being cancelled. It also said:
“Scott, 32, was accused online of allegedly being affiliated with Freemasonry and being involved in “anti-Egyptian Afrocentrism agendas,” “satanic rituals” and actions that were perceived as violations of Egyptian societal values.”
Then:
“The syndicate’s president and board said that after reviewing the opinions of Egyptians on social media and after receiving several reports about Scott, they decided to cancel the issued permit, according to a translated Arabic statement cited by Egypt’s state-run Al-Ahram newspaper and other Arab media….”
“Al-Ahram reported that the opposition to Scott’s concert in Egypt primarily stems from the fatal crowd crush at Astroworld, which killed 10 concertgoers. Fringe conspiracy theories and viral misinformation campaigns about the concert ran rampant after the festival and claimed that Scott — who founded and performed at the fest — orchestrated it as a massive satanic ritual.
Among the pundits and influencers who officially requested that authorities cancel the show at the pyramids was lawyer Amr Abdel-Samie, who made several TV and newspaper remarks vilifying the rapper and denouncing Egypt hosting an artist that he described as a “masonic, satanic, and devil worshipper with a dark history,” Al-Ahram reported.”
There was an effort to cover up this distrust of Scott by the Egyptians and LiveNation finally admitted the concert wasn’t happening it said this:
“Unfortunately, despite highest efforts, complex production issues meant that the show could not be constructed in the desert. We understand that this news is disappointing and not the outcome any of us desired.”
On my Twitter I had retweeted a video that showed an Egyptian news show, but with translated captions. The person being interviewed is Amir Abdelsalam (the lawyer) and the captions claim he is saying:
“This singer has a black record. He is known to be a staunch supporter of global Freemasonry and the Afrocentric organization that opposes Egyptain identity and heritage. …he performs the full range of Satanic rites.” He also says Scott’s been banned from performing US since 2021. He says the last show (Astroworld show) had music emitting negative energy. (*while they proceed to show photos of incarcerated rapper Young Thug!)
Regardless of all the Pyramid drama; Travis Scott would release his UTOPIA album (which is pretty good, to be fair). The symbolism needs another look though.
For instance, the cover art shows Scott like he’s falling; like fallen angel or that Lucifer lightning symbolism he had used years ago:
Around the date of the album release, the 2021 concert report from the Houston Police Department is released to the public- quite a strange bit of timing, suggesting one or both of these events could’ve been coordinated. TMZ had an article suggesting Scott’s lawyers and reps said was intended to hurt the sales of UTOPIA! Imagine having a concert with multiple deaths and then trying to claim the victim!
Here’s TMZ:
“Victims of Travis Scott's Astroworld tragedy were alarmed the concert continued as they were fighting for their lives, and one security guard even went backstage pleading with Travis' team to stop the concert ... but his team refused to alert Travis.
Police just released their 1,266-page report ... which includes interviews with hundreds of concert attendees, many of whom suffered injuries and were hospitalized. Some of them paint a grisly picture of what happened in November of 2021 ... as the crowd surgeresulted in a stampede.
The report says the security guard, Marty, made it backstage to the audio area to try and stop the show while Drake was performing. Marty said he made it clear to two members of Travis' team who allegedly had the ability to communicate with Travis that the concert needed to end, but he was blocked.
The man says Travis' team did not want to shut the show down because Drake had three more songs left ... and he says he told them the situation was "much bigger than Drake" but says Travis' team "actively impeded the ability for anyone to stop the show."
Police interviewed Drake and asked if he noticed any problems going on in the crowd while he was on stage and he told cops it was difficult to see from his vantage point because there were a lot of lights and it was his first time ever on that stage and he wasn't able to rehearse.
Drake also told cops he didn't hear anyone in the crowd begging to stop the show, explaining that his earpiece drowns out a lot of outside noise.
The report also says Drake told police he met up with Travis after the show and at that point, they did not know about the tragic incident in the crowd. Drake said his manager later informed him of what happened.
Travis is still facing civil lawsuits over the deadly concert and if it turns out people on his team were blocking folks from stopping the show it could have legal consequences in those suits.”
A different TMZ article details some notes inside the report:
“One of the notes tucked inside the report catching the attention of the Blounts' attorney are text messages from a contract worker, warning an event organizer that, "Someone's going to end up dead," after seeing people get crushed in the crowd.”
ROMAN BREAD AND CIRCUS MAXIMUS
Amidst all of this, Travis Scott releases a musical film that he directed called Circus Maximus. It had segments contributed or collaborated with well-known directors such as Harmony Korine and Gaspar Noe.
The film is various music videos interspersed with a discussion he has with famed producer Rick Rubin (these parts were directed by Harmony Korine). We can see Rubin in the lotus position as the master mystical sage.
He asks Scott about the concert tragedy and sets up a softball asking Scott “Are you still crying?” (*insert eye roll emoji). He asks him questions about if Scott still “has the energy” which is a subtle reference to occult magick. Scott later says that UTOPIA is a way of transferring energy and that what he’s trying to do with this album.
Rubin helped produce UTOPIA and he revealed his contribution to these successful artists he’s collaborate with over the years on a recent 60 Minutes interview. Rubin was asked what he gets paid for and Rubin responds:
“The confidence I have in my taste and my ability to express what I feel has proven helpful for artists.”
Many people heard this statement and mocked him while also created many memes joking about how Rubin must not really do anything.
I believe he was saying he puts a magickal spin on his works.
Let’s look at a different interview with Rubin:
“Rubin:Well, I think being an only child is part of it. I had a lot of time on my own and I had very loving parents, but I spent a great deal of time alone in my room. And I read a lot and I got interested in magic, performing magic very early on. I was probably nine years old. And when you’re nine, doing a card trick or an actual miracle occurring — there’s gray area between that. The idea that there are things that we don’t understand when we see them and don’t make sense, and as a practicing magician, creating images that gave people the feeling that they were seeing something that they weren’t seeing, it blurred the line for me where reality begins and ends. And it’s still blurred.
Tippett:Yeah.
Rubin: And I live in a world where anything is possible and I’m open to the possibility of anything, regardless of how far out it seems possibly being able to happen.
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Tippett: We’re dealing in a magic realm. This is, nobody knows why or how it works. And I’ve spoken, oh, across the years to various, also, especially songwriters. I remember Rosanne Cash saying to me — but I’ve heard other people say it in similar ways — it’s like, it’s not like you write the songs. It’s like you catch the songs.
Rubin:Yes.
Tippett: It’s like, and that if you don’t catch it, somebody else will.
Rubin: Yes. It’s channeling
Tippett: And you’ve seen that a lot?
Rubin:It’s how it all happens. All of it happens magically and automatically. And the stories we tell ourselves about us doing it, it’s just stories. We’re part of it. If we’re not there, it doesn’t happen through us.
Rick Rubin and Travis Scott have surely traded knowledge on occult concepts such as ritual magick and channeling energy.
In the film we see various points of occult symbolism.
For starters- Scott’s in what appears to be Iceland, goes into a cave that looks like a portal and has a confrontation with an octopus looking creature and dies.
This is symbolism of the death and rebirth ritual. He’s shown this many times in the past when we consider the stages of alchemy when the initiate starts out with the blackening, symbolized by the black bird or “nigredo” which we see in his Goosebumps video:
In the film he’s then alive again because that was an initiation ritual to confront death and be reborn in the cave. Being reborn into the occult means your eyes are open to the doctrine of the occult perspective of the world, where all things are inverted. It’s a Gnostic system that believes the Abrahamic God of Christianity is a false god and all things get reversed, where evil is good and good is evil. This philosophy could explain why death and destruction is embraced; it's a way of destroying the “false god’s” creation.
There’s also a section of video where he forms a base and kids create a tower to climb out of a pit; a possible reference to the bottomless pit of the Bible’s Book of Revelation. The pit is also called the abyss where it is believed to bound demons or Satan himself.
We also see video of a guy driving Scott around and the car has a skull on the dashboard. The skull represents death and is very much part of all occult rituals for the initiate to face death and be reborn. Scott also puts a mask on- part of the isolation and suppression of the ego portion of the ritual.
It finishes out with a concert at Pompeii and he’s wearing a skull belt to round out the death symbolism:
IN CONCLUSION
Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld concert employed various satanic symbols; from doves on fire to depictions of people crossing a void and becoming demonic. Witnesses said there was a dark energy and really bizarre sounds emitting from the stage.
Can we confirm Travis Scott is doing satanic rituals at concerts?...
I think that’s a bit subjective but if you define “Satanism” as dark energy and you define “ritual” as a gathering of people focused on the same energies, then it’s entirely possible.
He’s got a history of violent leanings in his concerts and he had plenty of dark anti-Christian symbolism so I could agree with this.
For more resources check out my 4-part Astroworld occult symbolism analysis on my “Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture” podcast:
Part 1: Astroworld Concert- Blood Sacrifice Conspiracy Theory & Travis Scott: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/astroworld-concert-blood-sacrifice-conspiracy-theory-travis-scott/
Part 2: Astroworld Pt 2- Hell on Earth, Illuminati Black Magick & Travis Scott’s Demons: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/astroworld-pt-2-hell-on-earth-illuminati-black-magick-travis-scotts-demons/
Part 3: AstroWorld Pt 3: My Apology to Travis Scott, Concert Symbolism, Luciferianism, CERN & Pearl Jam: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/astroworld-pt-3-my-apology-to-travis-scott-concert-symbolism-luciferianism-cern-pearl-jam/
Part 4: Astroworld Pt 4- Travis Scott’s Apology with Charlamagne and 2019 Netflix Documentary https://illuminatiwatcher.com/astroworld-pt-4-travis-scotts-apology-with-charlamagne-and-2019-netflix-documentary/
Travis Scott UTOPIA: Occult Symbolism of Alchemy, Astroworld, Egyptian Gods & Magick! https://illuminatiwatcher.com/travis-scott-utopia-occult-symbolism-of-alchemy-astroworld-egyptian-gods-magick/
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