Travis Scott and Alexander “AE” Edwards bought into an argument after the rapper refused Tyga on the Cannes Movie Pageant, a supply tells solely Us Weekly.
In response to an eyewitness, the incident on Friday, Might 24, started when Scott, 33, and Tyga, 34, had been on stage at an occasion hosted by the nightclub mogul Richie Akiva. The viewer informed us that Akiva yelled at Taiga, however Scott “grabbed the mic” out of Akiva’s palms to cease it, resulting in interference from Alexander “AE” Edwards.
“AE began speaking to Travis. There was additionally a big group of all their associates on stage. Travis left the stage and got here again together with her South facet, who began shouting at A.E.,” mentioned the witness. “Travis tried to push AE off the stage after which all three of them had been pushing one another. AE grabbed Travis and threw him off the stage.’
An eyewitness claimed that Tyga was behind the DJ on a regular basis, however his assistant intervened. Safety broke up the combat and Scott left with Southside, whereas 36-year-old A.E. and Taiga remained.
A second supply defined us that Akiva tried to get Scott to talk for a few hours, however to no avail.
“When AE and Tyga arrived, they got here out on stage and Travis got here out too,” the supply added. “At that time, Richie launched AE, Tyga, and Travis, and Travis grabbed the mic from Richie and mentioned, ‘Yeah, we’re not going to do this.’ He hit the microphone and ran off the stage.”
AE tried to inform Scott that Akiva was “simply exhibiting love” to Taiga. Whereas Scott initially stormed off the scene, he later returned to confront AE from Southside they usually turned “unstable”.
“AE tried to calm Southside down however he would not settle down and Southside bought in his face,” the insider claimed. “They bought right into a shoving and fist combat and Travis came visiting to guard his pal Southside and shoved AE. And when he bought his bearings, he defended himself.”
The supply claims that AE and Tyga’s assistant “weren’t the instigators” as they had been defending themselves from Southside and Travis.
“Safety stepped in and shut it down,” the supply added. “Tyga and A.E. stayed and Southside and Travis left.”
Nobody was damage.
The blurry video shared by Hollywood Unlocked on Friday appeared to indicate two male figures “going at it,” in accordance with onscreen textual content. The outlet initially reported that Tyga and Scott bought right into a combat.
At first it was unclear what was occurring within the video. Nonetheless, it appeared that one of many two males threw an object on the different. They had been then seen speaking to one another whereas a 3rd man held them aside.
The second video appeared to indicate a number of folks punching one another, however the high quality of the clip on social media made it troublesome for followers to see what was truly occurring.
Whereas the small print of what sparked the rift are unclear, Scott and Tyga have loads of historical past. Along with connecting by way of the music trade, Scott and Tyga have been romantically concerned Kylie Jenner. Tyga dated 26-year-old Jenner from August 2015 to April 2017.
The Kylie Cosmetics founder moved in with Scott shortly after. The couple has two kids: 6-year-old Stormi and 2-year-old Air. The connection had its share of ups and downs and resulted in 2022 after the beginning of their second little one.
Though Tyga and Scott haven’t shared particulars of their relationship regardless of sharing an ex, the 2 rappers had been on good phrases as lately as March 2022. at the moment us Tyga reportedly supported Scott throughout his first live performance since 10 attendees died at Scott’s 2021 Astroworld pageant.
Whereas the eyewitness mentioned us that Tyga was sitting within the VIP part of the live performance watching Scott’s return to the stage.
“He would stand as much as take heed to Travis after which sit again down,” the insider added. “[Tyga] might [have] left and went to a different room, however he determined to remain in the principle room to look at his efficiency.
Us Weekly has reached out to reps for Scott and Tyga for remark.