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The two-day festival canceled its second day in the wake of a 'mass casualty incident' in which eight people lost their lives.

Following the tragic events at Astroworld Festival on Friday (November 5), festival performers as well as those close to festival founder Travis Scottare speaking out. In his Instagram stories on Saturday (November 6), Roddy Ricch announced he would be donating money from his performance to the victims families. Please have the families of those who we lost yesterday reach out to @shawnholiday, Roddy Ricch wrote. Ill b donating my net compensation to the families of this incident #Pray4Houston. View this post on Instagram A post shared by DJ Akademiks (@akademiks) One of Scotts idols, Kid Cudi, also offered his thoughts on the tragedy via Twitter on Saturday. Really messed up about the news at Astroworld, he wrote. My heart goes out to the families who lost a loved one last night and everyone who was injured. Sad fuckin day man. Really messed up about the news at Astroworld. My heart goes out to the families who lost a loved one lastnight and everyone who was injured. Sad fuckin day man The Chosen One : I YOU FRESHIE 4EVER (@KidCudi) November 6, 2021 As of Sunday (November 7), the identities of the eight concertgoers who lost their lives were beginning to be revealed, the youngest being a 14-year-old freshman in high school. The second day of the festival, which was set to feature performances from 21 Savage Chief Keefand Young Thug was canceled. Read more