Fyre Festival
Stream: Hulu’s ‘FYRE Fraud’ Doc Examines The Festival That Scammed Thousands
In 2017, rumors of an exclusive festival taking place in the Bahamas took over social media. Organized by Billy McFarland and promoted by Ja Rule, the FYRE Festival was…
Fyre Festival Founder Sentenced To Six Years In Prison
Billy McFarland, the founder of the disastrous and much-memed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas was sentenced to six years in prison. McFarland was sentenced on two counts of…
Lawyers Of Fyre Festival Promoter Claims His Mental Illness Caused Scam
Fyre Festival promoter Billy McFarland may be headed to jail for the failed and legendarily-meme’d concert fiasco in the Bahamas. However, according to Page Six, his…
A Year Later: Ja Rule Speaks On Lessons Learned From Fyre Festival Fiasco
Over a year ago, the creators of Fyre Festival landed in a web of legal trouble and dismay. The event was set to launch over the course of two weekends in April and May…
Billboard, Mic & The Cinemart Are Developing A Docuseries About The Failed Fyre Festival
Billboard has teamed with The Cinemart and Mic to develop a multi-part documentary covering this year’s failed Fyre Festival. The untitled docuseries will examine the…
Ya Don’t Say: Ja Rule Says Fyre Fest Partner Bamboozled Him
It looks like the young, impressionable and wealthy young adults interested in the botched Fyre Festival in April were not the only ones shanghaied by Billy McFarland…
Fyre Fest Founder Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud Charges
Billy McFarland, the 25-year-old organizer of spring’s disastrous Fyre Festival, is pleading not guilty to fraud charges associated with the highly-publicized music…
FBI Investigating Fyre Fest For Mail, Wire and Securities Fraud
The organizers of last month’s disastrous Fyre Festival are already battling a whole mess of lawsuits, and now, they’ve become the focus of a federal criminal…
Bahamas Bans Ja Rule & Billy McFarland From Doing Another Festival
The legendarily disastrous Fyre Fest was supposed to take place on the Bahamas island of Great Exuma last weekend. Those plans imploded in the grandest way possible, but…