Ja Rule has maintained that he was “scammed” by the ordeal, despite being widely promoted as the co-founder of the event.
“I too was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray!!!” he wrote on Twitter last month.
“I had an amazing vision to create a festival like NO OTHER!!!” he added. “I would NEVER SCAM or FRAUD anyone what sense does that make???”
In January, A GoFundMe campaign raised cash for Bahamian restaurant owner MaryAnn Rolle, who revealed in the documentary that she was not paid by the festival organisers.