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McFarland announced “Fyre Fest 2.0” back in April, nearly a year after he was released from prison. In 2018, the disgraced tech entrepreneur/marketing consultant pleaded guilty to multiple counts of fraud in connection with the first Fyre Fest. The event was billed as a high-end music experience in the Bahamas, and secured promotions and investments […]
Fresh off announcing the second iteration of Fyre Festival, the event’s founder, Billy McFarland, is challenging Ja Rule to a boxing match. McFarland, the mastermind behind 2017’s disgraced festival, issued the challenge during a recent sit-down with DJ Akademiks. In the below clip, McFarland facetimed with a promoter, who said someone is willing to pay $350,000 to watch McFarland and Ja […]
Nearly one year after being released early from prison over the highly publicized failure known as Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland appears to be looking to bring the event back. McFarland posted a tweet Sunday declaring that Fyre Festival II is “finally happening.” “Tell me why you should be invited,” he added. McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison in […]
Billy McFarland, the disgraced fraudster behind the disastrous Fyre Festival, is no longer behind bars. In 2018, the New York-born entrepreneur was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of wire fraud. According to the Bureau of Prisons website, McFarland was released March 30 from the Milan Federal Correctional Institution in Michigan, and is now […]
Some attendees of a recent EDM festival are comparing it to the the 2017 Fyre Festival catastrophe. The 2021 edition of Elements Music & Arts Festival, which was promoted as a “lakefront paradise” experience by organizers, left many attendees upset, according to EDM.com. The event, which ran from Friday to Monday and took place in Pennsylvania, resulted in some attendees complaining about […]
In a new, unsanctioned interview from prison, Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland admitted he “knowingly lied” to investors. Per the New York Post, McFarland admitted that he conned millions of dollars from investors to fund his disastrous music festival. “I think the biggest mistake before I went awry was just setting an unrealistic time frame for the festival,” he […]
To help assist those who lost money to the disaster that was Fyre Fest in 2017, the U.S. Marshals service will auction off merch from the failed event. “This Fyre Festival-branded clothing and other items that were seized from Billy McFarland were originally intended to be sold at the Fyre Festival itself but were kept by […]
Kendall Jenner has reached a settlement in a lawsuit that pertained to her involvement with the legendarily disastrous Fyre Festival. Specifically, she has settled over the charge that she promoted the festival on her Instagram page in a photo that has since been deleted. It’s also worth noting is that her IG post contained no disclosure that she […]
Migos will pay $30,000 as part of a Fyre Fest-spurred settlement. “The Defendant shall pay the total sum of $30,000.00 (the ‘Settlement Payment’), as full and final settlement and complete satisfaction of any claims the Trustee has raised against the Defendant,” court documents cited in a Blast report on Wednesday stated. The report adds that […]
Since the FYRE Festival blunder, Ja Rule has become the target of trolls. But instead of just rolling with the punches, Rule has finally started to throw some jabs of his own. Ja Rule was just trying to enjoy his Saturday when he started to get trolled. Somehow Twitter users turned Rule’s appreciation for the XFL […]
