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The ten victims who died at Travis Scott's Astroworld died from compression asphyxia, according to the Houston medical examiner's office.
All ten victims' cause of death was listed as "compression asphyxia," according to documents from the office obtained by Fox News Digital. One victim had a contributing cause of "combined toxic effects of cocaine, methamphetamine, and ethanol."
All deaths were ruled accidental.
The ten victims lost their lives during a reported crowd surge at the Nov. 5 music festival.
All 10 victims of the Astroworld festival died from ‘compression asphyxia.’ (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
The news about the victims' cause of death comes after Scott did his first sit-down interview regarding the tragic event that occurred at NRG park in Houston last month. The rapper emphasized that he did not know the severity of the crowd surge while he was performing.
"I didn’t know the exact details until minutes before the press conference [after my set]," the rapper alleged. "And even at that moment, you’re like, ‘Wait, what?’"
"People pass out, things happen at concerts, but something like that…’" Scott shared.
The victims were rushed to local hospitals amid the Nov. 5 music festival. ( Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
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Scott also denied ignoring calls for help from the audience while he was performing.
"It’s so crazy because I’m that artist too — anytime you can hear something like that, you want to stop the show," he explained. "You want to make sure fans get the proper attention they need. Anytime I could see anything like that, I did. I stopped it a couple of times to just make sure everybody was OK. And I really just go off the fans’ energy as a collective — call and response. I just didn’t hear that."
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Scott has denied knowing the severity of the reported crowd surge that left the 10 victims dead. (Photo by Erika Goldring/WireImage via Getty Images)
Scott and other parties involved in the music festival have been hit with multiple lawsuits following the 10 deaths and other injuries.
As the stage finally comes down, 40 days after the tragic incident, Scott is working towards a way to establish guidelines at concerts that would prevent another tragedy.
A source confirmed to Fox News Digital that the rapper is working with the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) to put together a team to find vulnerabilities and subsequent solutions to how concerts are held across the country.
Fox News' Tyler McCarthy contributed to this report.
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