A criminal investigation is underway after the tragedy at the Astroworld Festival that resulted in the loss of 8 blessed souls and hundreds injured.

Multiple lawsuits have been filed claiming Travis Scott and the other organizers put profits over safety.

The civil suits are mounting in this case and the criminal investigation has expanded that involves the FBI.

“We’re working to figure out which entity can do that investigation, because there’s so many different players,” Judge Lina Hidalgo said.

“There are eight promising young people who aren’t at home tonight with their friends and loved ones, and as a result of their untimely, tragic and probably preventable deaths, that situation is probably enough to initiate a criminal investigation to determine whether or not their deaths were something more than simple negligence,” Wice said.

What’s new in South Africa? Not much, other than their internet sucks, except, watch out for South African-based Mikhaela Faye  and the new upbeat track “I Don’t Want Your Baby”. You’ll love if you like 80s pop, post-punk, and electronica. She’s landed on Spotify’s New Music Friday Africa and Nightrider.

“The song celebrates the autonomy of being a woman and knowing that your choice is your choice and there is beauty in that,” says the 20 something year old singer songwriter. “If you decide that you want to have a child, then that is a deeply considered thing to do and a huge responsibility. But if you don’t want to, that’s also great.”

Give it a stream on KOAR’s Indie Invaders Playlist.

Movie stars, music artists and pro athletes congregated over the weekend in sunny Los Angeles with one purpose to  get High. Seriously, they assembled together and celebrated the growing marijuana industry.

This past Saturday marked Jeeter Day, a special holiday recognizing the cannabis company with a private outdoor event that consisted of video games, a light show and live music.

“Jeeter Day overall is to give back to the fans and the Jeeter community,” Lukasz Tracz, Co-Founder and Co-CEO (with Sebastian Solano) at Jeeter, shared with me at Forbes. “The whole idea formed from our customers that are so loyal to us. What can we do to give back to them? Jeeter Day is literally a national holiday for the customers and all the people that use Jeeter.”

American governors  have passed sweeping legislation that allows recreational marijuana in 18 states while medicinal cannabis use is legalized in 37 states.

Who showed up? Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union, Demi Lovato and rapper Ludacris.

“You must have eaten like 100 bucks worth of pot, and like 30 bucks worth of shrooms man. So I’m gonna need that 130 bucks, you know, whenever you get a chance.” – College Boy 2

Los Angeles indie rock act Ships Have Sailed released a funky 80’s inspired track Faithless. The song could find a spot on Spotify’s All Out 80’s Playlist. “On the single, Will Carpenter says, “For the most part, I think we’ve all experienced a toxic relationship, and at times we ignore the evidence and lie to ourselves, weaving a story that is much less “.

Ships Have Sailed is made up of Will Carpenter and Art Andranikyan. Check out the video here.

At least eight people are dead after being crushed during the Astroworld music festival in Houston on Friday.  More than 300 people were treated throughout the event Friday at an on-site field hospital.

Approximately 50,000 people were at the event which was hosted by rapper Travis Scott and kicked off Friday.

Fire Chief Samuel Peña told a news “the crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage” at around 9:15 p.m. local time (10:15 p.m. ET).

“That caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries. People began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic,” he said, adding that a cause of death was not yet known for the eight victims but would be determined.

“It was scary, like, genuinely,” one festivalgoer, Alleighya Odom, 21, told NBC News, adding that the tightly packed crowd “was like this force on my back, this continuous force.”

“I started looking around, and there’s people on the ground. There’s people looking at me, like, scared, eyes wild, like, ‘Please help me,'” she said. “There’s people behind me crying because they’re being stepped on.”

The rest of the festival has now been scrapped