Netflix and Hulu premiered documentaries about 2017’s disastrous Fyre Festival, a botched event that saw one of its organizers get convicted for wire fraud, last week. The films have turned Fyre into a hot topic on social media again and prompted more scrutiny for Ja Rule, one of the festival’s co-creators.
Ja Rule was not interviewed for either film but is now trying to share his side of the story via Twitter. On Sunday (January 20), the platinum-selling rapper went on the defensive and tried to shift blame away from himself.
“I love how ppl watch a doc and think they have all the answers,” he wrote. “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 continued to air his grievances, criticizing Hulu for paying his festival co-creator Billy McFarland to participate in its documentary. He also found himself in multiple arguments with Twitter users
“@Hulu PAID BILLY!!! That money should have went to the ppl in the Bahamas,” he wrote. “@netflix PAID fuck Jerry [Media] who also did all the promo for the festival… ? the docs clearly have Billy at fault but let’s blame the rapper lmao ok…”
He asserted, “I have receipts!!!”
Ja Rule expressed frustration over people blaming him for Fyre’s failings. He insisted he was scammed too.
“Y’all want it to be me sooo bad it’s crazy… kinda sad!!!” he wrote. “the crazy shit is I’m watching the docs in awe myself… I too was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray!!!”
Ja Rule concluded many of the people going at him on Twitter “need Jesus.”
Check out some of his back-and-forth bickering with fans on social media below.
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Ja doing a lot of crying. The time to explain yourself was when this shit was happening, not years later.
NOoOoOoOoOoO Monicaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
If there’s one things we knows, it’s not how you stand by your car but how you race it. You better learn that.
(Looks around paranoid whispering) Shhhh keep your voice down! Or 50 Cent will hear
I smell pussy…is that you Ja?
Ja Rule is a hurt ass mf
Cookie Monster must be readying for the newest season of Sesame Street
Ja is still losing in 2019 lol
What better way for hip hop to kick off in 2019 than with the time honored tradition of Ja Rule taking Ls
Looks like he’s giving out L’s to the sheep who belive what they hear without proof. Blame the dude who actually got sentenced to years in prison and millions in fines.
Lmao Ja is that you?
Ja’s bunghole still hasn’t recovered since his last prison stay. Of course he’ll say whatever he can to avoid going back lol.
How long before 50 Cent says something disrespectful on Instagram?
I give it maybe 4 hours tops before 50 bullies him again lol
That’s all I’ve been waiting for since watching it, literally softball thrown right down the middle for him
Looks like hes out in Dubai right now living it up
Watched the Netflix documentary and, while Ja and his cohorts are fully responsible, the idiots who allow famous people to be such an “influence” on their lives deserve to be burnt. They paid of of the Kardashians $250k just to say the festival is gonna be cool and the whole thing took off from there. These folks were puppets to social media and paid both literally and figuratively. Lesson learned. A fool and his money…
Ja just cannot not lose lmfao
Funny how ppl blame Ja, while Billy McFarland and Jerry Media were the ones responsible for the festival……hey were CEO’s. They were responsible Ja was just a puppet. Two fret boys get paid to appear in the documentary, and instantly make Ja look like the bad guy. It’s always the black guy that’s the bad guy in Hollyood ; )
He was the face and the name for this scam, let’s not lie to ourselves. His stupid comment of why would I scam somebody? For the money genius. Jay is a snitch. Only reason he didn’t go down with this scam. He claims to be rich, pay those poor ppl.
Ja cale off bad in the docs, like a fanboy finally in w the cool guys. The Billy guy is a closet fanoot who is no genius at all, he is a narcissitic
Spoiled brat who has never been told no. But Ja, man i lost respect he looked and sounds like a moron.
Ja just can’t stop taking L’s.
Soon Chief Petty Officer, 50 will be coming back around to rub Ja’s face in this, again. SMDH.
Palm to the face
“Come on your smarter than that”
Ja gets the blame but the Kardashians Jenner’s who themselves attached their name to this for pay when they knew they would never attend is bullshit