If you were wondering what Ja Rule is up to these days, here's your answer: He's the face of a catastrophically halfassed music-festival experience! Yesterday, Billboard reported on everything going wrong with Fyre Fest, a new luxury festival in the Bahamas, which Ja Rule put together alongside 25-year-old tech entrepreneur and alleged scam artist Billy McFarland.
Blink-182, booked as headliners, pulled out of the festival at the last minute, claiming, "We’re not confident that we would have what we need to give you the quality of performances we always give fans." Meanwhile, organizers have reportedly been frantically trying to renegotiate payment with the acts, and people showing up to the festival have reported that the site isn't ready yet. For a festival where the VIP packages cost up to $250,000, that's not good. And now, after people had already arrived at the island (and gone through reportedly hellish experiences), the festival is "fully postponed":
This sums up Fyre Festival. #fyre #fyrefestival #fyrefest pic.twitter.com/x4xcFBL8Yg
— William N. Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
All Flights now cancelled from Miami. Festival likely cancelled. Empty planes now flying from Miami in a "rescue mission". #fyrefestival
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 28, 2017
From someone on the ground at #FyreFestival pic.twitter.com/20ZuzhKNzI
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 27, 2017
Boarding the "private" plane back to Miami. Fyre Fest gets 0/5 beltlines. They'll be hearing from Stacy @MillerLawFirmNC #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/pFLSWEwenV
— William N. Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
We have now gotten off the plane because they can't get the headcount and the manifest to match up. This is fine. #fyrefestival #fyre pic.twitter.com/W89nddb6Fe
— William N. Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
A guy just passed out in the airport because it's so hot since they locked us in. The guards got into it with some guys. #fyrefestival
— William N. Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
#FyreFestival Lawsuit. pic.twitter.com/J4I71AMDeS
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 28, 2017
Ja Rule has yet to comment.
UPDATE: Fyre Festival Disaster: The Best Burns On Twitter.
UPDATE 2: Ja Rule has shared an apology...
