After being arrested, Travis Scott turned a beer cup into a T-shirt design
There’s how to make lemonade from lemons, and then there’s Travis Scott, who is making t-shirts from mug shots.
The rapper (born Jacques Bermon Webster II) released the product featuring his own mug just hours after his debut. was arrested in Miami early Thursday morning on charges of being drunk and disorderly and trespassing after being cautioned after police found him on the dock arguing with someone on the yacht, “yelling at people on board,” according to the arrest affidavit obtained by the agency. Everybody. Police wrote that Scott was told to leave the dock “or he would be arrested.”
“During the long walk from the ship to the boardwalk,” authorities alleged in the report, “[Scott] walking backwards, shouting obscenities at the people on the train.” He is said to have left the dock, but after five minutes, returned and is said to have caused “public disturbance”. Police later arrested him and took him to the Miami Beach Police Department.
Scott “then admitted that he had been drinking and said, ‘It’s Miami,’” the report continued.
He was released Thursday on $650 bail on two counts after pleading not guilty, and on Friday, Scott’s website posted a notice. The $35 black T-shirt features a picture of Scott’s grinning mug and the phrase “It’s Miami.” The product name is listed as “Free the Rage Tee #2” and the description states that $5 from each sale will go to Jack Cactus Foundation, Scott’s charitable organization, according to its website, serves youth by “providing access to education and creative resources to ensure long-term success.” Scott also founded the record label of the same name.
Scott’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, shared a statement, according to Everybodythat the incident was “a misunderstanding.”
“Mr. Scott was briefly detained due to a misunderstanding,” Cohen said. “There was absolutely no physical altercation and we thank the authorities for working with us toward a resolution.” Fast and friendly solution.”
A representative for Travis Scott did not immediately respond Vanity fairrequest for comment by.
