Ja Rule.Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty
Ja Rulewon’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 Thursday night. “I don’t know nothing about it. I ain’t in it!”
But once guests arrived at Great Exuma, festival attendeeswalked into chaos. “Deluxe housing” translated to flimsy tents, and cheese sandwiches served as gourmet fare. When many of the musical acts failed to show due to the conditions, travelers were stranded on the island.
Netflix’sFYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happenedand Hulu’sFyre Fraudfurther documented what attendees called hellish conditions.
Ja Rule and Billy McFarland.
Shortly after the docs debuted,Rule responded on Twitter in January 2019, writing, “I had an amazing vision to create a festival like NO OTHER!!! I would NEVER SCAM or FRAUD anyone what sense does that make???”
“I too was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead [sic] astray!!!” he added in another tweet.
For McFarland’s role, he paid a greater price. The 31-year-old was released from prison last March after serving part of a six-year sentence on wire fraud charges in connection with his involvement in the ill-fated festival.
Billy McFarland.Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
Afterreporting to jail in October 2018, McFarland apologized for his actions, and opened up to PEOPLE a month later about his regrets and hopes for the future.
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This past Sunday, McFarland announced that he was taking another stab at the event. “Fyre Festival II is finally happening,” the 31-year-oldwroteSunday. “Tell me why you should be invited.”
In a separate tweet, he also gave a glimpse at what might be the festival’s venue. “Going to crush the island version first,” McFarland wrote, before taggingElon Muskand adding: “But @elonmusk Fyre 3 definitely needs to be in space.”
source: people.com
