I think it’s a great idea!
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Nobody wants this to move forward just for the schadenfreude that comes from the inevitable bilking of rich boors?
I am here for it.
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Along these lines they could partner with a resort as well for a similar effect. Still i would 100% want my vacations to have nothing to do with Ja Rule.
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Aside from the fact that no one is going to give him any money this time around (surely?), how has he not been banned from ever doing anything like this ever again?
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So, in other words, you don’t want to get away with him?
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I was thinking that too, they will flock to fyre 2. It might even be more popular this time around.
Unfortunately this one will be ran by less crooked promoters, it will be scaled back, it will work just fine, and it will be way less interesting for everyone.
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Fyre 1 people that go to Fyre 2 will complain the event has changed and that the noobs don’t get it. People will question if it is still relevant, online.
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You can’t blame the marketing or hype for Fyre failing – after watching both documentaries it’s clear that the actual marketing was pretty damn good.
(It was also clear that those doing the marketing had no fucking clue what was actually going on with the product they were promoting.)
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IRL vaporware
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“Iconiq?” Seriously? If nothing else happens, he should be punished for that alone.
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Ja Rule’s primary “crime” was trusting someone who turned out to be a ridiculous con man. If McFarland had actually been a financial and logistical genius like he presented himself to be, something resembling the Fyre Festival could have worked (although significantly different from what they were trying to do, as an actual genius would have understood that what they were trying to do wouldn’t have worked). Ja Rule wasn’t implicated in any fraud, as far as I know.
Fyre Festival 2: Electric Boogaloo
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I remember back when it was only Batman villains who would publicly announce their next crimes.
Woohoo MAGA!
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He is setting his sights too low.
There must be an open position in the current administration where he’d fit right in.
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wow. I half-watched the documentary and thought he was more culpable than this - I mean, he knew things were going pear-shaped fairly early on and chose to say nothing - but fair enough.
Just a dim bulb then.
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Did he though? Im guessing he wrote a few fat checks to Billy and expected him to figure it out. Seems like that was Billy’s strength, getting people to trust him.
So then how involved was Ja personally? On one hand his business is entertainment and it is reasonable to think he is involved with his shows to make sure his product is represented as he wants- grab a clipboard and a walkie, but in the other hand he is an entertainer and may not have given himself more responsibility than to step off the jet and be escorted onto the stage.
Fun story, offers some things to think about.
Assuming a repeat, someone could make a lot of money by showing up with a few shipping containers of disaster supplies. (At significant markup.)
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“(Fyre is) the most iconiq festival that never was,” he says. “So I have plans to create the iconic music festival.”
“most”
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