I took it all like a champ like I was the only guy involved in the situation. ® & © 2020 CBS Studios Inc. © 2020 CBS Television Distribution and CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. "No contact.
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The event was scheduled to take place in April and May 2017, but was aborted after attendees had arrived due to problems with security, food, logistics, understaffing, accommodations, and talent relations. Considering that he’s one of the co-founders of the failed music festival that imploded all over social media in 2017, you’d think that Though the rapper didn’t give any interviews in either “Amazing” is definitely not how any Fyre Festival attendees would describe the now infamous weekend. We're not lighting more fires; we're putting the fire out. "Billy McFarland didn't appear in the Netflix documentary because the producers of the doc refused to pay him for his appearance. NetfAs if the events of the real world haven’t been scary enough, Netflix is gearing up for spooky season, starting the festivities off with a bang courtesy While we await the chaos of Clare Crawley’s turn as The Bachelorette, ABC is treating fans with flashbacks to some of the franchise’s most memoWarning: Major spoilers ahead for Lovecraft Country episode 3, “Holy Ghost.” After three episodes of building often-times bloody tension, Lovecraft CouWarning: Major spoilers ahead for Lovecraft Country episode 3, “Holy Ghost.” “My house is haunted.” If you heard those words from a friend you woulShowtime’s latest docuseries, Love Fraud, exposes serial bigamist and scammer Richard Scott Smith as the creators team up with the women he wronged to trShowtime just released Love Fraud, a scintillating new documentary series about a group of women who realize they have all been financially scammed by the The awards show must go on — even during a pandemic. ""I think what the new artists have done is taken that sound that I kind of made cool and popular when I was doing it, they've taken it to a whole new level, which gives me the autonomy to go make this album and really go with it no holds barred," he raved. These are external links and will open in a new windowJa 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 flop Bahamas event.Ticket holders were promised a weekend partying with influencers on a private island but instead got rain-soaked mattresses in disaster tents and their luggage dumped in an unlit car-park.Ja denied he was involved in defrauding party-goers and locals on the island.Tickets for the festival were available for up to $75,000 (£58,000).Billy McFarland, founder of Fyre, is serving a six-year jail term but Ja Rule was not arrested or charged in connection with the fraud.He shared his views on the festival, the documentaries and questions on why his involvement wasn't being investigated by US authorities on Twitter.Two documentaries, on Netflix and US streaming site Hulu, were released last week but Ja Rule wasn't interviewed for either.In the Netflix documentary, he is heard saying "It's not like anybody died" in a conference call with Fyre employees after the event collapsed.Ja Rule is also seen at part of the early stages of promoting the festival, which included filming a promotional trailer featuring influencers and models such as Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and Hailey Baldwin.When a follower asked if he lost money through his involvement with Fyre Festival, Ja replied "plenty". "Ja Rule is now focused on his own ventures, including his upcoming album, "It's about a spiritual journey, shedding your past, transgressions and things and moving forward," he teased.
"We just didn't feel comfortable with him benefitting after so many people had been hurt based on what he had done," director Chris Smith recently told BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat.Ja Rule also expressed anger over this payment, saying that any money paid to Fyre Festival employees for appearing in either the Netflix or Hulu documentaries should have gone to the people of Great Exuma in the Bahamas who lost money.The return of millions of pupils begins as teachers make final changes to meet latest guidelines. But it's OK. The 43-year-old rapper stopped by ET Live on Tuesday, where he looked back on "It's the most iconic festival that never happened," Ja Rule joked to ET's Jason Carter, adding that he's actually "never watched" the documentaries. Billy McFarland, who was behind the failed and apparently fraudulent event, pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges and is currently serving a six-year prison sentence. "Whereas maybe when I was doing it back in the day -- like, I've made whole records back in the day where I sang the whole record, but I end up sellin' 'em ... because I can't sing these records. The rapper Ja Rule was officially dismissed on Monday from a $100m class-action lawsuit filed by Fyre festival attendees, clearing him of any legal wrongdoing… I'm taking all that into consideration going into my next venture. Fyre Festival: What happened? In late 2016, along with rapper Ja Rule, McFarland co-founded the Fyre Festival, a luxury music festival intended to promote the Fyre app.
Bustle reached out to Ja Rule's manager for comment on the Festival events, but have yet to receive a response. Yeah, I'm done," Ja Rule said of where their relationship stands today.