Ja Rule makes it clear that he has nothing to do with the return of the Fyre Festival.
“I don’t know anything about it!” “Always On Time,” the rapper told People on Thursday. “I don’t know anything about it. I’m gone!”
Page Six reached out to Rule’s representative for additional comment, but did not receive an immediate response.
The Grammy nominee’s comments came four days after Billy McFarland, who co-founded the disastrous multi-day music event with Rule, announced he would give the festival another chance.
“🔥 Fyre Festival II is finally happening. Tell me why you should be invited.” convicted scammer tweeted Sunday.
In a follow-up tweet, which agreed to a $26 million confiscation order to compensate the defrauded victims of the inaugural event in April 2017, he said he needed to work to pay off the debt.
“The fact that I am working is for the benefit of the people I owe” He wrote. “If I sit on the couch and watch TV, people don’t get their money back. and because I have served my time.
McFarland, 31, has deceived dozens of investors and thousands of festival-goers paying tickets to attend the festival, which is being promoted as a luxury music festival on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma.
Attendees are guaranteed an extravagant, all-inclusive experience with gourmet dining, luxury accommodations and performances by over 30 artists including Pusha T, Blink-182, Migos and many more.
But when the guests arrived at the Fyre Festival, there was no musical entertainment and they were greeted with cold cheese sandwiches and FEMA tents to stay in.
In May 2017, a $100 million class action lawsuit was filed against McFarland, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, and Rule, alleging the festival was a “get-rich-quick scam” from the very beginning.
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The following March, McFarland pleaded guilty to telegraphing festival-related fraud charges. He pleaded guilty to further fraud charges stemming from a separate ticket reselling scam in July.
The scammer was later sentenced to six years in federal prison, despite prosecutors pressing for a 15-year sentence.
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry for my mistakes,” he told Judge Naomi Buchwald in court during her sentence.
“I betrayed the trust of investors, family and even the court. I come from an amazing family – a loving environment, they [family] He tried to teach me the value of family and friends.”
McFarland was released from prison in March 2022 after serving four years of his sentence.
Rule, on the other hand, was never charged in connection with the festival after a judge ruled that the “Mesmerize” rapper “was not aware of any individual ticket or merchandise sales”.
In 2019, she released a single called “FYRE” inspired by the catastrophic event.
“The recording was made to be FUN,” he told Page Six privately at the time. “I am an ARTIST and artists write their pain. It’s therapeutic, that’s what makes us SANE.”