Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
William “Billy” McFarland, the mind behind the now-infamous Fyre Festival, has a history of shady business practices. Perhaps that should have clued people into the fact that this could be just one more get-rich-quick scheme, but with Instagram influencers and even rapper Ja Rule promoting the event, it’s easy to see why so many people thought it was legit.
But the concert-goers didn’t arrive in the Bahamas to live music, food, extravagant accommodations, and thrilling celebrity encounters… they touched down to a horror show of school buses, FEMA tents, and soggy cheese sandwiches.
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