Travis Scott and Alexander “AE” Edwards bought into an altercation after the rapper dissed Tyga on the Cannes Movie Competition, a supply solely tells Us Weekly.
Based on an eyewitness, the Friday, Could 24, incident started when Scott, 33, and Tyga, 34, had been on stage at an occasion hosted by nightclub tycoon Richie Akiva. The onlooker advised Us that Akiva gave Tyga a shoutout however Scott “grabbed the mic” out of Akiva’s hand to cease it, which led to Alexander “AE” Edwards getting concerned.
“AE began speaking again to Travis. There was a giant group of all their buddies on stage as properly. Travis walked off the stage and got here again with Southside, who began yelling at AE,” the witness claimed. “Travis tried to push AE off the stage after which all three had been shoving one another. AE bought a maintain of Travis and threw him off the stage.”
The eyewitness alleged that Tyga was behind the DJ sales space the entire time however his assistant bought concerned. Safety broke up the combat and Scott left with Southside whereas AE, 36, and Tyga stayed behind.
A second supply defined to Us that Akiva tried get Scott to carry out for a pair hours to no avail.
“When AE and Tyga arrived they went on stage and Travis additionally got here out,” added the supply. “At that time Richie launched AE, Tyga and Travis and Travis grabbed the mic from Richie and stated ‘yeah, we’re not going to be doing this.’ He slammed the mic and stormed off stage.”
AE tried to inform Scott that Akiva was “simply displaying love” to Tyga. Whereas Scott initially stormed off stage, he later returned to confront AE with Southside they usually turned “erratic.”
“AE was attempting to settle down Southside and he wasn’t calming down and Southside was getting in his face,” the insider claimed. “They bought right into a shoving match and a fistfight and Travis got here to defend his buddy Southside and pushed AE. And when he bought his bearings he defended himself.”
The supply alleged that AE and Tyga’s assistant had been “not the instigators” as they defended themselves in opposition to Southside and Travis.
“Safety bought concerned and shut it down,” added the supply. “Tyga and AE stayed and Southside and Travis left.”
Nobody was damage.
A blurry video shared by Hollywood Unlocked on Friday appeared to indicate two male figures “going at it,” per textual content on the display screen learn. The outlet initially reported that it was Tyga and Scott entering into the scuffle.
At first, it was not clear what was occurring within the video. Nonetheless, it appeared that one of many two males threw an object on the different. Then, they could possibly be seen talking to one another whereas a 3rd particular person held them aside.
A second video appeared to indicate a number of individuals punching one another, however the high quality of the social media clip made it exhausting for followers to see what was truly taking place.
Whereas particulars about what sparked the disagreement are unclear, Scott and Tyga have quite a lot of historical past. Other than being related by means of the music business, each Scott and Tyga had romantic relationships with Kylie Jenner. Tyga dated Jenner, 26, from August 2015 to April 2017.
The Kylie Cosmetics founder moved on with Scott shortly thereafter. The pair have two youngsters collectively: Stormi, 6, and Aire, 2. The connection had its fair proportion of ups and downs and got here to an finish in 2022, following the start of their second baby.
Whereas Tyga and Scott haven’t shared many particulars about their relationship, regardless of having a mutual ex, the 2 rappers had been on good phrases as lately as March 2022. On the time, Us reported that Tyga supported Scott throughout his first live performance since a crowd surge at Scott’s 2021 Astroworld pageant left 10 concertgoers lifeless.
On the time, an eyewitness advised Us that Tyga was seated within the live performance’s VIP part, watching Scott’s return to the stage.
“He stood as much as hearken to Travis after which would sit again down,” the insider added. “[Tyga] may [have] left and gone to a different room, however he selected to remain in the principle room to observe his efficiency.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Scott and Tyga’s reps for remark.