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Fyre Festival mastermind Billy McFarland brought rappers Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow to Trump's Bronx rally

The rappers spoke at the Trump rally where thousands of the former presidents' hardcore fans flooded Crotona Park in the South Bronx.

'Fyre Festival 2' kicks off with zero-gravity flights, no catastrophes

There's some very trusting rich folks out there, it seems. If convicted fraudster Billy McFarland -- the guy behind the catastrophically incompetent Fyre Festival -- took you to a remote...

Fraudster Billy McFarland hits Hamptons party circuit fresh from prison as he launches 'Fyre II'

He's still hustling. The fraudster was spotted in Montauk talking his latest plans for a second festival over pizza and drinks.

Ja Rule distances himself from disastrous Fyre Festival ahead of its return

"I don't know nothing about it!" the "Always on Time" rapper said about Billy McFarland's Fyre Festival 2. "I don't know nothing about it. I ain't in it!"

Execs lining up to take business meetings with con man Billy McFarland

The Fyre Festival organizer has been surprised to find that being one of the world's most infamous scammers is good for business, Page Six hears.

Sean Hannity says he 'dug in his heels' with newest book

It's called "Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink."

Kendall Jenner to pay $90,000 in Fyre Festival lawsuit

The supermodel has agreed to pay for promoting the fiasco music festival in a since-deleted Instagram post, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.

Prosecutors cite Post article in bid to keep Fyre Festival scammer in prison

Prosecutors cited an exclusive Post interview in which McFarland said he wasn’t scared of getting sick.

Fyre Fest's Billy McFarland petitions for early release, citing coronavirus

Less than two weeks ago, McFarland told the Post he wasn't worried about catching the disease.

Fyre Festival doc star Andy King launches partnership with Evian

Their new slogan is "so good you'd do anything for it."

Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino talks prison time with 'bonehead' Billy McFarland

"They said he was trying to record high-profile inmates ... That's a bonehead move right there.”

Ja Rule off the hook in Fyre Fest suits — for now

Ja Rule is “not alleged to have known of individual ticket or merchandise sales,” the judge said.

Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino hangs with Billy McFarland in prison

In October, McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison for defrauding investors of $27.4 million by marketing and selling tickets to the Fyre Festival in the Bahamas.

Fyre Festival merch to be auctioned off to support victims

“Our objective always is to get the funds back to the victims as fast as we can,” the Marshals’ office said.

Michael Cohen likely to serve jail time with other famous faces

“It’s not fancy. They live in trailers. But there are no walls, no bars,” a lawyer familiar with the facilities told me.

Billy McFarland has reached out to Andy King from prison

King said he has "mixed emotions" about seeing McFarland again.

Fyre Fest founder ordered to pay $2.9M to investment company

Billy McFarland remains behind bars serving a six-year prison sentence.

Chanel Iman says she was also 'in the dark' about Fyre Festival

Model Chanel Iman, who appeared in the infamous promotional video for Fyre Festival, says she was also kept "in the dark" about what was going on with the 2017 failed...

Internet raises over $139K for Fyre Festival restaurateur

Maryann Rolle candidly recalls on camera in the Netflix film that her personal savings were drained after she fed stranded fans who descended on the island for the fraught Fyre...

The drama behind Netflix and Hulu's dueling Fyre Festival documentaries

The failed Fyre music festival, which left thousands of millennials stranded in the Bahamas and its creator sentenced to jail for six years for fraud, is back in the news...