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<p>By now you&#39;ve probably laughed at all the rich kids who paid thousands of dollars for a Fyfe Festival, a luxury concert experience on a private Caribbean island, only to find themselves stranded in a tent city with no food or security where Blink-182 would <em>definitely</em> not be performing. If you haven&#39;t, I encourage you to <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/so-that-happened/fyre-festival-ja-rule-bahamas/">revel in the stories</a> coming from the tropical ruins of this truly incredible scam.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Expectation vs. Reality<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fyre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fyre</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fyrefestival?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fyrefestival</a> <a href="https://t.co/U80NApajxl">pic.twitter.com/U80NApajxl</a></p>&mdash; William Needham Finley IV(It’s real. I made it up) (@WNFIV) <a href="https://twitter.com/WNFIV/status/857797297509474305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">life comes at you fast <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fyrefestival?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fyrefestival</a> <a href="https://t.co/bHSxGbzmlg">pic.twitter.com/bHSxGbzmlg</a></p>&mdash; four seasons landscaping (@macjamesward) <a href="https://twitter.com/macjamesward/status/857816655434571776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>What drew so many moneyed millennials to this hilariously fitting fate? Well, Fyre Festival was promoted by Instagram-famous models like Bella Hadid, as well as Kendall Jenner&mdash;remember her last marketing job? I think it had something to do with soda. But the mastermind behind the entire thing was none other than Ja Rule, a rapper perhaps most famous for beefing with Wikipedia about how they supposedly <a href="http://time.com/4020782/ja-rule-wikipedia-height/">shaved a few inches off his height</a>.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/MilesKlee/status/858033399050711046</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Well, when it came time to accept responsibility, Ja Rule didn&#39;t disappoint.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/KuJYxfsQJ4">pic.twitter.com/KuJYxfsQJ4</a></p>&mdash; Ja Rule (@jarule) <a href="https://twitter.com/jarule/status/858025172942675968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/GMPaiella/status/858027612651827202</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Honestly, though&mdash;why should Ja Rule be sorry? If anything, he&#39;s a hero.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ja rule basically grifted a bunch of rich kids into paying ten grand to camp on an island and eat prison food for a weekend. it&#39;s amazing</p>&mdash; the irishman* (@mrgracemugabe) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrgracemugabe/status/857845610015186944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">pleased to announce that <a href="https://twitter.com/DemSocialists?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DemSocialists</a> are ready to make ja rule an honoary chair for his brave work at fyre festival <a href="https://t.co/aduOinkZET">pic.twitter.com/aduOinkZET</a></p>&mdash; colleen (@colleentie) <a href="https://twitter.com/colleentie/status/858033184675639296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ja Rule has done more damage to the 1% than the Democrats have</p>&mdash; jen munch (@no_talent_shan) <a href="https://twitter.com/no_talent_shan/status/858027773729935361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/jpbrammer/status/857978334176845825</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>As far as con artistry goes, this is like a drop in the bucket compared to everything Donald Trump has done over the years. Between his non-apologies and his broken promises, Ja Rule could conquer the political world in no time.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Ja Rule apologizes for disastrous Fyre Festival by pointing out that 'this is NOT MY FAULT.'

By now you&#39;ve probably laughed at all the rich kids who paid thousands of dollars for a Fyfe Festival, a luxury concert experience on a private Caribbean island, only to find themselves stranded in a tent city with no food or security where Blink-182 would definitely not be performing. If you haven&#39;t, I encourage you to revel in the stories coming from the tropical ruins of this truly incredible scam.Expectation vs. Reality#fyre #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/U80NApajxl&mdash; William Needham Finley IV(It’s real. I made it up) (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017 life comes at you fast #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/bHSxGbzmlg&mdash; four seasons landscaping (@macjamesward) April 28, 2017 What drew so many moneyed millennials to this hilariously fitting fate? Well, Fyre Festival was promoted by Instagram-famous models like Bella Hadid, as well as Kendall Jenner&mdash;remember her last marketing job? I think it had something to do with soda. But the mastermind behind the entire thing was none other than Ja Rule, a rapper perhaps most famous for beefing with Wikipedia about how they supposedly shaved a few inches off his height.https://twitter.com/MilesKlee/status/858033399050711046Well, when it came time to accept responsibility, Ja Rule didn&#39;t disappoint.pic.twitter.com/KuJYxfsQJ4&mdash; Ja Rule (@jarule) April 28, 2017 https://twitter.com/GMPaiella/status/858027612651827202Honestly, though&mdash;why should Ja Rule be sorry? If anything, he&#39;s a hero.ja rule basically grifted a bunch of rich kids into paying ten grand to camp on an island and eat prison food for a weekend. it&#39;s amazing&mdash; the irishman* (@mrgracemugabe) April 28, 2017 pleased to announce that @DemSocialists are ready to make ja rule an honoary chair for his brave work at fyre festival pic.twitter.com/aduOinkZET&mdash; colleen (@colleentie) April 28, 2017 Ja Rule has done more damage to the 1% than the Democrats have&mdash; jen munch (@no_talent_shan) April 28, 2017 https://twitter.com/jpbrammer/status/857978334176845825As far as con artistry goes, this is like a drop in the bucket compared to everything Donald Trump has done over the years. Between his non-apologies and his broken promises, Ja Rule could conquer the political world in no time.

By now you&#39;ve probably laughed at all the rich kids who paid thousands of dollars for a Fyfe Festival, a luxury concert experience on a private Caribbean island, only to find themselves stranded in a tent city with no food or security...