Guys, Ja Rule would like you to know that contrary to popular belief that the rapper was directly involved in the infamous Fyre Festival scam, he too was scammed!
Just after the Netflix AND Hulu documentaries dropped last week and over the weekend, revealing the ~real story~ behind the festival drama, Ja Rule took to Twitter to defend his own innocence in the whole mess.
I had an amazing vision to create a festival like NO OTHER!!! I would NEVER SCAM or FRAUD anyone what sense does that make???
— Ja Rule (@Ruleyork) January 20, 2019
I too was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray!!!
— Ja Rule (@Ruleyork) January 20, 2019
Basically, Ja Rule spent his evening on Twitter insisting that he was a scammee, not a scammer. He argued that neither documentary shows the whole truth, and distanced himself from head scammer Billy McFarland.
You see the key word here is BILLY… IVE NEVER EVEN MET THIS LOVELY WOMAN… https://t.co/VZcNOljaMD
— Ja Rule (@Ruleyork) January 20, 2019
I NEVER MADE OR GOT PAID ONE DOLLAR FROM FYRE… BUT EVERYONE ELSE DID!!! https://t.co/35fwx5iuvF
— Ja Rule (@Ruleyork) January 20, 2019
McFarland is currently serving six years in federal prison after being found guilty of defrauding people of US$26 million, and while Ja Rule was named in a US$100 million class action lawsuit filed against Fyre Media, he was not charged in relation to the scam.
However, in the true tradition of modern internet culture, Ja Rule is still being judged by the people’s court. People are not quick to forget that Ja Rule defended the festival disaster as “false advertising” as opposed to fraud, and are criticising his involvement accordingly.
It was just a little fra… “false advertising.” ? pic.twitter.com/VPWKnLNU2K
— Erin Danielle J. ? (@ErinDanielleJ) January 20, 2019
Don't worry watching the Netflix documentary there was not a single moment I thought you knew what you were doing
— Wild Geerters (@classiclib3ral) January 20, 2019
Apparently Ja Rule is going to top Netflix’s FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened with his own festival documentary of some kind. He claims he’ll tell his truth “real soon”, and he’s got receipts. Can’t wait for Fyre Festival doco take #3.
Haha nice try homie you ain’t getting the goods over Twitter… but I will tell my truth real soon… AND I HAVE RECEIPTS!!! https://t.co/O03JD3VQOl
— Ja Rule (@Ruleyork) January 20, 2019
For now, at least we can just enjoy Ja Rule’s synonym-filled tweet that’s getting the meme treatment.
https://twitter.com/loudmouthjulia/status/1087079445767303169
Let’s just hope Ja Rule isn’t ‘bamboozled’ again any time soon!