Hip-hop star Travis Scott was arrested in Paris early Friday on suspicion of involvement in an altercation at the Georges V hotel.
The “Sicko Mode” emcee, whose legal name is Jacques Bermon Webster, was detained after Paris police were called to the hotel shortly after 5 a.m. to arrest a man “nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security guard,” the Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement to The Times.
A hotel security guard intervened in an altercation between the 33-year-old musician and his bodyguard, the statement said. Police are still investigating the incident.
The 10-time Grammy-nominated rap artist, best known for his album “Astroworld” and last year's “Utopia,” was in the French capital for the Paris Olympics, where he watched the U.S. men's basketball team rally against Serbia in the semifinal on Thursday night.
Pau Gasol greets Travis Scott before the game between the United States and Serbia during the men's basketball semifinals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Thursday in Paris.
(Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press)
Scott had been in town for several days and had been “followed and harassed” by paparazzi during that time and on Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly. The rapper had been harassed at his hotel on Friday and received no help, leading to the fight.
Scott was transported from the hotel in an ambulance and taken to the hospital to be examined for injuries after several vases were broken during the altercation, TMZ reported Friday, posting video of the arrest.
The musician was not injured during the incident, The Times confirmed, but remains in police custody and is expected to be released shortly. No charges have yet been filed against him.
“We are in direct communication with local Parisian authorities to quickly resolve this matter and will provide updates when appropriate,” a spokesman for Scott said in a statement to The Times on Friday.
The Houston-born hip-hop star, who shares two children with reality TV star Kylie Jenner, was embroiled in controversy after the fatal crowding at the 2021 Astroworld Festival that resulted in 10 deaths and hundreds of lawsuits.
In June, the “Highest in the Room” rapper spent the night in a Miami jail after being arrested on suspicion of trespassing and disorderly intoxication following an incident at the Miami Beach Marina. The state of Florida dropped the disorderly intoxication charge against him on Thursday, but Scott still faces the trespassing charge. The case is scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 10.
