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How the Fyre Festival Nightmare Burned Through Millions

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The warning signs were evident as early as December 2016. Billy McFarland, a 25-year-old “tech bro,” as the New York Post once described him, decided to announce his and rapper Ja Rule’s plans for Fyre Festival — an ultra-luxury two-weekend musical event that would take place on Norman’s Cay, in the Exumas district of the…