Fyre Festival - Wikipedia
Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival organized by Billy McFarland, an American businessman whose enterprises have been characterized by fraud, and the American rapper Ja Rule.It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent. The festival was scheduled to take place on April 28–30 and May 5–7, 2017, on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma.
Fyre Festival: where are they now three years later?
Apr 24, 2020 · Despite being a Fyre co-founder, Jeffrey ‘Ja Rule’ Atkins has managed to avoid the fate of his partner. In November 2019, a judge legally cleared Ja of any wrongdoing, meaning he evaded a $100 million lawsuit.
What Happened To Ja Rule After Fyre Fest? 2019 Update - Refinery29
Jan 17, 2019 · According to Rolling Stone, in July, Ja Rule was actually removed from one of the lawsuits in which two Fyre Festival attendees won $5 million after he and his lawyer made another agreement.
Fyre Fest went from a celebrity-fueled “luxury” vacation to a ... - Vox
Apr 28, 2017 · Fyre Fest went from a celebrity-fueled “luxury” vacation to a viral laughingstock. Ja Rule’s fiasco of a music concert yielded hilarious social commentary from the internet peanut gallery.
Revisit How Fyre Festival Came Together and Fell Apart - Netflix
Aug 29, 2023 · How the infamous Fyre Festival came together and promptly fell apart in spectacular fashion. Billy McFarland and Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival ambitions were lofty from the jump: to create “the cultural experience of the decade,” as Ja calls it in FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened.
'Hustled, Scammed, Bamboozled And Hoodwinked': Why Fyre Festival …
Mar 5, 2019 · Ja Rule had served as Fyre Festival’s public face, partying in opulent, influencer-studded promotional videos that quickly went viral. Especially after McFarland was sent to prison for wire...
Ja Rule on Fyre Festival Failure: 'I'm Not Ashamed' | Billboard
Sep 22, 2018 · Ja Rule had a hand in the what became the disastrous Fyre Festival last year, but he still says his original idea for the music fest — a Caribbean getaway that didn’t even come close to...
Ja Rule Says He Won't Be Involved in Fyre Festival Follow-Up
Apr 14, 2023 · Ja Rule won't be "Livin' It Up" at the next Fyre Festival. "I don't know nothing about it!" the 47-year-old rapper tells PEOPLE at TuneCore's 50 Years of Hip Hop event in New York City...
Fyre Festival: Ja Rule says he was scammed by Billy McFarland too - BBC
Jan 21, 2019 · Ja Rule claims he was scammed and lost money through his involvement with 2017's Fyre Festival. The rapper has spoken out after two documentaries shed light on what happened at the...
Fyre Festival Docs: Everything We Learned About Ja Rule's Role
Mar 9, 2019 · In January 2019, Hulu and Netflix released competing documentaries about the music festival, Fyre Fraud and FYRE. The man behind it all was Billy McFarland, but rapper Ja Rule played a big part, too. Read on to find out everything that we learned about Ja Rule's role.