Cannes Chaos: A Brawl Brews Between Rap Royalty
The Cannes Film Festival, known for its dazzling red carpets and stunning premieres, served as an uncharacteristic setting for a bloody fight on Thursday night. But among the usual glamour it’s understood that rappers Travis Scott and Tyga were embroiled in a physical altercation, which left festival-goers and the online world shocked.
The drama is said to have occurred during a gig at a well-known venue in Cannes. Shock came with the subdued light and repetitive grinding music. Witnesses said it was chaos with fists flying, objects hurled through the air and drinks spilling as people tried to take cover. As a last-ditch effort to get things under control, the DJ did something I’d never seen at this kind of show: he stopped the music and asked everybody to settle down.
Travis Scott and Tyga got into a physical altercation in Cannes 😳
— My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) MAY 24, 2024
Social media was awash with blurry footage that supposedly recorded the incident. Though the video is grainy and impossible to definitively identify anyone, captions reportedly identified Travis Scott and Tyga as the men at its center. The video, which looked to depict two shadowy figures fighting and exchanging furniture that could be Chris Brown and the other rapper, sent off a flood of online rumors. When the footage was released, fans and critics alike poured over it, questioning whether or not the exchange was even real: And if so, what exactly had prompted such sudden violence?
In the wake of that initial shock, theories about what sparked the brawl quickly emerged. Some speculate that it’s over their mutual ex, reality TV star Kylie Jenner. Jenner and Tyga were on-again, off-again from 2014 to 2017, Scott and Jenner dated from 2017 to October 2020 — the pair also share daughter Stormi, now nearly 3, and son Aire as part of her blended family. The turbulent history of past interactions has led to some theories that a long-standing animosity toward Jenner had somehow played a role in the encounter.
Until now, there has been no public statement from either Travis Scott and Tyga regarding the situation at hand Their continued silence has only helped draw attention to this thing, making the reasonable person wonder what the fallout will be for their personal lives and careers. Anticipating eagerly like everyone else in the music scene and celebrity circles for any update that sheds light on protests like this.
The out-of-the-blue brawl has certainly caught the public’s attention bringing focus to how random, unexpected and bizzare celebrity culture can be at times. This story is still developing and it leaves one question in mind, how will Travis Scott and Tyga react to this fight with The Game’s crew? And will any action be taken against them for the altercation. All the world waits with bated breath for now and the next installment of this epic tale.
