He posted the message to Instagram and Twitter around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, asking fans to meet him off the Northwest Freeway near 34th Street for a special announcement.
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Within minutes, the area outside Movie Exchange was packed as hundreds of young fans waited in line for hours, all hoping to meet the rapper.
"I dropped everything I was doing," one fan said. "I pulled up."
Some diehard fans even left work early, some not even clear what Scott was promoting.
Organizers turned the entire store into a promo for Scott's new Netflix documentary, "Look Mom I Can Fly."
The rapper stayed for hours, signing VHS tapes and even handing out VCRs to a few lucky fans.
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"Exciting, he got the energy, you could feel it, you know."
His tapes may even create a little extra bonding time between young fans and their parents.
"Only problem is, millennial, I don't have a VHS tape player, I've got to go to my parent's house."
The Houston-born rapper is known to set off a frenzy with every appearance in the Bayou City, including both legs of his 'Astroworld' tour.
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In June, his limited edition box of Reese's Puffs cereal sold out in 30 seconds. Each box was $50.
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