After being questioned about Fyre Festival, Ja Rule decided to flip the script on DJ Envy.
The hip-hop star appeared on The Breakfast Club Thursday morning, and around the 47-minute mark, Envy brought up the Fyre Fest II announcement.
The former Murder Inc. rapper co-founded the original disaster alongside Billy McFarland, which turned out to be a scam that led to a $100 million class action lawsuit. Ja was cleared from the case in 2019, while McFarland got slapped with a six-year prison sentence for wire fraud and had to pay $26 million in restitution. He was released in 2022.
Instead of getting defensive about Envy’s question, Ja Rule brought up the DJ and radio host’s alleged connection to a real estate scam with Cesar Pina. Envy previously portrayed himself as a “victim” in the situation, while Pena accused his former business partner of being an “investor.”
“I’m glad you brought that up, Mr. Envy,” Ja Rule joked. “Remember when I was here around that time, and my good brother Envy was like, ‘Ja, how could you have a partner that’s doing some shit?'” he asked Charlemagne Tha God.
The comment sparked some laughter in the studio, with Loren LaRosa asking “What is in this whiskey?”
“My brother, now you understand,” Ja told Envy. “I said, ‘Wait ’til I see this n***a here, boy…'”
Envy joked that Ja had been “holding that one” even though they’d recently bumped into each other “so many times.”
“It’s possible, right Envy?” Ja asked The Breakfast Club co-host regarding Pina. “N***as be doing fuck shit behind your back, I swear to God.”
But Ja Rule explained he’s developed a better approach to business partnerships after the Fyre Festival disaster. “Now when I vet a situation, people don’t get mad at all,” he said. “People are very forgiving when it comes to how hard I’m vetting the next situation.”
McFarland announced that the next Fyre Fest would take place in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, but the city’s government denied these claims earlier this month.
During other segments on The Breakfast Club, Ja addressed rumors about 50 Cent being framed by Murder Inc and shared his thoughts on the music mogul trolling Irv Gotti’s death.
