FILE - The crowd watches as Travis Scott performs at Astroworld Festival at NRG park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Houston. A judge has declined to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits filed against rap star Scott over his role in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge. State District Judge Kristen Hawkins issued a one-page order made public Wednesday, April 24, 2024, denying Scott’s request to be dropped from the case. (Jamaal Ellis//Houston Chronicle via AP, File)