Ja Rule's bizarre claim to innocence over Fyre Festival debacle

American rap star Ja Rule has insisted he is also a victim of the outrageous Fyre Festival scam, which has seen his business partner jailed for wire fraud.

The hitmaker was a co-founder of the event which had been advertised to attendees as a luxury music festival held in the Bahamas, but failed to deliver on all counts.

And after two new documentaries by Hulu and Netflix revealed the story behind the creation and downfall of the event, the musician is having to answer some questions.

“I had an amazing vision to create a festival like NO OTHER!!! I would NEVER SCAM or FRAUD anyone what sense does that make???” he tweeted.

But as fans continued to bombard him with messages claiming he must have known more than he is letting on, he began to hit back with a flurry of tweets.

“I too was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray!!!” he claimed.

“So it’s impossible for me to TRUST someone with my vision and them completely f**k it up??? And it wasn’t my money so when I asked questions I was lied to…,” he asked in another tweet.

“I NEVER MADE OR GOT PAID ONE DOLLAR FROM FYRE… BUT EVERYONE ELSE DID!!!” he replied to one fan.

His tweets come after Netflix’s documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened renewed interest in the outrageous 2017 festival which saw hundreds head to the Bahamas for a luxurious trip – only for them to be sleeping in emergency tents and eating cheap sandwiches.

It was abruptly cancelled meaning attendees and the many Bahamian workers hired to set up and run the event were cheated out of their money.

The festival’s co-founder Billy McFarland has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of wire fraud.

However, Hulu paid him money for the making of their documentary and Netflix payed the promotional company F**k Jerry – who promoted the failed festival – for their own documentary.

Many fans aren’t happy about that fact, which probably explains why the gofundme page for the Bahamian workforce cheated out of their wages has been raising so much money.

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