A party promoted by models on a deserted island? What could possibly go wrong <\/p>\n
Its not been a good week for Ja Rule. Picture: Christopher Smith\/Invision\/AP, File <\/p>\n
HES already being torn apart on social media and is the subject of a $100 million lawsuit following the flop of his Fyre festival. <\/p>\n
But rapper Ja Rules woes appear to have worsened with the Bahamas where Fyre was due to be held banning him from holding any more events on the islands. <\/p>\n
Costing as much as $12,000 to attend and billed as a cultural moment, the Fyre Festival become just that but for all the wrong reasons when it was finally cancelled on Friday. <\/p>\n
The festival was promoted by a whos who of Instagram influencers and models including Kendall Jenner, Emily Ratajkowski, Hailey Baldwin and Bella Hadid. <\/p>\n
Its not been a good week for Ja Rule. Picture: Christopher Smith\/Invision\/AP, FileSource:AP <\/p>\n
But as flights of rich kids touched down in the Bahamas they found not a luxury pop up resort but something more akin to a refugee camp with row upon row of disaster relief tents. <\/p>\n
Promises of top notch food were dashed as frustrated revellers were served bread with processed cheese slices, while the famous bands and beautiful models were nowhere to be seen. <\/p>\n
The Bahamas Government was keen on making Fyre work to encourage more cashed up visitors to the nation. But it looks like they got their fingers burned. <\/p>\n
According to TMZ, the country will tighten up the rules on any future festivals to protect its international image. <\/p>\n
The website said they were told by sources at the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism that a stricter vetting system will be put in place including multiple check-ups on organisers. <\/p>\n
Being a private event, the Government said, they couldnt step in earlier until partygoers safety became a concern. <\/p>\n
People were expecting models at Fyre they go diaster relief tents.Source:Supplied <\/p>\n
TMZ reported Ja and his business partner Billy McFarland have now been barred from organising any other events, including music festivals. <\/p>\n
Furious festival goers labelled Fyre as Hunger Games but with less luxury. <\/p>\n
Others likened the primitive facilities as straight up Lord of the Flies. <\/p>\n
But in a social media post, insisted It was NOT A SCAM as everyone is reporting and he was heartbroken at the failure. <\/p>\n
His priority was that everyone got off the island safe. But he added. This is NOT MY FAULT. <\/p>\n
In a statement on the weekend, Fyre said a storm had set back the festivals preparations. <\/p>\n
They have said that all festival goers this year will be refunded in full. <\/p>\n
This may not be the last we see of Fyre with talk of a follow-up festival in 2018. But perhaps wisely, given the Bahamas ban, organisers say next years event will be held on a US beach. <\/p>\n
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