Ja Rule is defending himself once again over the Fyre Festival disaster, which left ticket-holders stranded on an island in the Bahamas with no luxury accommodations or musical entertainment as promised.
Following the release of Hulu‘s Fyre Fraud and Netflix‘s Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened over the past couple of days, the rapper took to Twitter on Sunday to address the latest backlash over his involvement.
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Making it clear he was also “hustled” by organizer Billy McFarland, who has been sentenced to six years in prison on fraud charges, the 42-year-old artist insisted he’s no scammer!
See him go off (below):
I love how ppl watch a doc and think they have all the answers… ????????♂️
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
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 (@jarule) January 20, 2019
He even clapped back at some of the replies coming at him:
And you still don’t know shit… https://t.co/W2F3VdankQ
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
It be your own ppl… ????????♂️ https://t.co/Iwr8pCR29x
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
@Hulu PAID BILLY!!! That money should have went to the ppl in the Bahamas… @netflix PAID fuck Jerry who also did all the promo for the festival… ???? the docs clearly have Billy at fault but let’s blame the rapper lmao ok…
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
And he continued to repeat the message:
@hulu PAID BILLY!!! That money should have went to the Bahamian ppl… @netflix PAID fuck Jerry the same guys that did all the promo…
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
Hulu PAID BILLY!!! That money should’ve went to the Bahamian ppl Netflix PAID fuck Jerry the same guys that did the promo for the festival… ????????♂️
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
I have receipts!!!
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
I guess I’m on Fyre this week… ????????????????
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
And going into the third person, Ja continued:
Ok tell me how it makes sense for Ja Rule to scam ppl??? https://t.co/WNajg2Wz8q
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
Because Billy was involved with BOTH he was trying to get them to pay him and Hulu bit… I heard they paid him somewhere btw 100 to 250… that money was supposed to go to the locals by LAW… https://t.co/f9g1kg8Z99
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
Sooo did they have all this food or did they serve cheese sandwiches??? Asking for a friend… https://t.co/kSIqgbtvwS
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
Y’all want it to be me sooo bad it’s crazy… kinda sad!!! the crazy shit is I’m watching the docs in awe myself…
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
I NEVER MADE OR GOT PAID ONE DOLLAR FROM FYRE… BUT EVERYONE ELSE DID!!! https://t.co/35fwx5iuvF
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
PLENTY… https://t.co/Pb5tOW3ueL
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
He also further explained how he was scammed by Billy:
So it’s impossible for me to TRUST someone with my vision and them completely fuck it up??? And it wasn’t my money so when I asked questions I was lied to… https://t.co/clsRhbCMQS
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
Cause it wasn’t me who scammed ppl Sherlock… https://t.co/k8liAbhmNn
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
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 (@jarule) January 20, 2019
I too was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray!!!
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
Come on your smarter than that… I feel bad for those ppl… but I did not and would never scam ANYONE… period!!! And I don’t care if anyone sympathizes with me or not those are the FACTS!!! ???? https://t.co/5WErU3zwF7
— Ja Rule (@jarule) January 20, 2019
On Monday, Rule also took to his Instagram, apologizing to those affected by the Festival:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs5Y1S4Antz/
The Livin’ It Up artist is speaking his piece that’s for sure. We can only hope he releases his own doc sharing his “receipts” and his side of the story!!
Thoughts??
[Image via WENN.]