The effects of the infamous 2017 Fyre Festival are still being felt, and for some celebrities, it’s hitting their bank accounts. Billy McFarland, the now incarcerated producer of the supposed luxury festival, charmed his way into the pockets of investors. He paid a host of social media influencers, musician, and cleebrities to perform at or post about Fyre Festival, but in the end, it was all a disastrous scam.

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Back in August 2019, trustee Gregory Messer issued a complaint to bankruptcy courts to seek a return on monies paid out to performers, agents, and anyone else who made money from the fraudulent event. Rae Sremmurd, Blink-182, Migos, Lil Yachty, Pusha T, and Kendall Jenner are just a few names who were sued.

Jenner shared posts to her social media pages promoting the event, including mentioning G.O.O.D. Music since her brother-in-law Kanye West reportedly scheduled to hit the Fyre Festival stage. In the lawsuit against her, it’s asserted that she received upwards of $275K for her involvement in promoting the outdoor concert, but she’s only been ordered by a judge to repay $90K. So, in the end, she still made a profit.

Last year, The New York Times asked Kendall about her involvement with Fyre Festival and why she supported the event. “You get reached out to by people to, whether it be to promote or help or whatever, and you never know how these things are going to turn out, sometimes it’s a risk.” She added. “I definitely do as much research as I can, but sometimes there isn’t much research you can do because it’s a starting brand and you kind of have to have faith in it and hope it will work out the way people say it will.”

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The Fyre Festival is still dealing with the repercussions over the failed luxury event at the hands of Billy McFarland. Though he’s behind bars, there’s still a lot of creditors that are owed money. The trustee looking over the Fyre Festival’s bankruptcy has been chasing down many artists and celebrities involved in the festival as a means to obtain the cash they were paid.

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According to The Blast, Rae Sremmurd just settled the score with the Fyre Festival over an $18K advance for their performance. A lawsuit was filed against an array of artists and celebrities that were paid to promote the event as a means of getting money to return to the creditors. Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi were sued for over $100K that they were actually paid for the performance with the group agreeing to cough up a fraction of that in the settlement.

“The Defendant shall pay the total sum of $18,000.00 (the “Settlement Payment”), as full and final settlement and complete satisfaction of all claims the Trustee has against the Defendant,” the documents read.

Migos recently went through a similar situation recently when they settled a suit with Fyre Festival. The ATL trio were reportedly paid $100K to perform but later settled their case with the trustee for Fyre Festival for $30K. 

French Montana has been on a wild press run, calling up numerous media outlets and talking his shit. The New York rapper initially did some damage when he claimed to have more hits than Kendrick Lamar. Sometime between then and now, he insinuated that he structured his hit record "Unforgettable" with Swae Lee. That comment angered the Rae Sremmurd artist, who ended up calling "cap" on him. Now, their relationship appears to be strained and in another new video, French Montana threw some major shade at Swae.

Speaking with Billboard, French Montana claimed that he produced Rae Sremmurd's song "Powerglide" but that he never got credit for it. Now that a feud has kicked off with Swae Lee, he noted that he will come after his royalties now.

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That wasn't all though. Speaking about their near-diamond record "Unforgettable," French Montana called out Swae Lee for releasing a would-be second version and not including him.

"If I didn't structure the song, what happened when they put out 'Unforgettable' part 2, 'Guatemala'? How come that didn't sell nine million?" asked French. "That's how they try and do me. I do 'Unforgettable', they take me out and he replaces me with somebody else to come out with a part 2. I never took it no way."

It sounds like French and Swae need to hop on a call to hash things out because this is getting messy quickly.

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The last couple of weeks, people have been coming at #FrenchMontana for his remarks about wanting to going hit for hit with #KendrickLamar. In our new interview, I brought up #TheLastDance documentary and the hyper-competitive nature ball players had in the ‘90s and how that’s sorely lacking in hip-hop right now. I commended French for staying true to his catalog and having faith in his hits and wanting to compete with the best: The conversation then spilled over to his @everydaystruggleshow interview where he mentioned how he structured #Unforgettable. If you remember, #SwaeLee called it ? and said he has the “OG Version” to prove it. Here, French speaks on how he was never credited for producing and coming up with the idea for #RaeSremmurd “Powerglide” and how Swae attempted to make Guatemala “Unforgettable Part 2.” Like I told French, him and Swae together make ??? music. “Out of Your Mind” with #ChrisBrown is a banger and should have been a bigger hit to me but according to French, the energy wasn’t there when they did the track. Full interview in the bio. ✍??? #hiphop #rap #billboard #everydaystruggle

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Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi have been focused on growing their careers as solo artists in recent years. The two brothers have released their own projects Swaecation and Jxmtro but it looks as though they're fixing to team back up for another album run.

We've been hearing about the new Rae Sremmurd album for years, dating all the way back to 2018 when they originally announced that the project would be out in early 2019. As you all know, that never happened. However, there is still a chance that Swae and Jxm drop Sremm4Life before the summer.

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A new cryptic tweet sent out by their joint account signals the possibility that they're ready to strike.

A fan suggested that, at this point, the only thing that can save us from the coronavirus pandemic is a new album from the rap group. Rae Sremmurd saw the message and they agreed, co-signing the tweet and hinting that it could be coming sooner than we think. Re-posting the tweet on their own page and adding several eye emojis, it looks as though the duo could be coming soon with a new album.

Given the current state of affairs, with many artists having made the wise decision to self-quarantine, it feels like the music industry can go one of two ways. For one, it could see artists so bored and or inspired to make a difference that they string together albums with little to no turnaround time, thus creating a new era of mid-plague mixtapes borne of spontaneity and cabin fever. Or two, things remain in a state of delay, with artists or labels unwilling to drop off their hard work without the ability to stage an accompanying. 

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Some artists have already chosen a course of action. Roddy Ricch has been hard at work on new music, and Spillage Village recently announced a brand new album is on the way. Evidently, Swae Lee is ready to cast his hat in that particular pile, taking to Twitter to confirm that he was locking in to finish up his next project. A project that presumably includes the Mike WiLL Made-It produced "Someone Said," released before the world seemingly went into shutdown mode.

As stated earlier, it's difficult to figure out how album release dates will be affected by the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, yet at this rate it wouldn't be surprising to see things operate in extremes. Come summer, we're getting either an influx or a drought. Either way, a new Swae Lee album is in the pipeline. Stay healthy everybody.

The Coronavirus pandemic is really f*ckin' up the money right now. As health officials continue to urge everyone to practice social distancing, festivals, tours, concerts, and performances, in general, are getting canceled to prevent further spread of Coronavirus. That being said, Swae Lee found a clever way around this, though it's more for the benefit of his fans.

Swae Lee put on a show last night for his fans, even though everyone is in quarantine. The rapper hit Instagram Live where he performed a slew of hits while maintaining the same energy you'd expect from him. Self-isolated in a studio, the rapper thanked the "sold out" audience that he was performing for while also "bringing a fan on stage" and crowd surfing. 

Though it's safe to say that Swae Lee does have a lot of things to keep him preoccupied during the lockdown, he's clearly missing the stage right now. Many concerts and performances have been canceled or postponed in recent times but ahead of the outbreak, Swae Lee was on tour with Post Malone which has since been canceled. Today was actually supposed to be the final date of the tour while Swae was expected to perform at Coachella next month. The annual festival in California has been postponed until the fall.

Peep clips from Swae's IG performance below.  

Last time Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi pursued solo projects, they chose to do it under the Rae Sremmurd umbrella. The brothers' third studio album, SR3MM, consisted of three components: their collaborative effort, Swae Lee's Swaecation and Slim Jxmmi's Jxmtro. Since that project's 2018 release, Rae Sremmurd hasn't put out any music as a duo. However, they did continue to tour as one. For any fans fearful that Rae Sremmurd has disbanded, Swae Lee has a message for you:

"I’m good, Slim Jimmy good. We two different individuals MORE SOLO songs on the way and SremmLife 4 on the way we two different types of artists and that’s gone be respected."

A few months after Travis Scott‘s Astroworld dropped in 2018, a fan tweeted that they found Swae Lee’s vocals “Sicko Mode” to be soothing. Even though Swae’s contribution to the track is the mere repetition of the line, “Someone said”, it’s definitely a highlight. After the Rae Sremmurd member saw the compliment, he was inspired and replied that he would “make this a whole song with like verses and all for y’all.” Over a year later, this ingenious idea is finally coming to fruition. 

Earlier this week, Swae Lee shared a Triller video of him going bonkers on a tour bus with his new single, “Someone Said”, playing. While Swae’s line in “Sicko Mode” may have initially been considered to be soothing, he has now flipped it into a banger. Social media erupted upon hearing the snippet and demanded that Swae hand it over. This wish is being granted because the rapper just announced that he will release “Someone Said” on Friday (Feb. 28). He also shared the killer cover art for it. 

There was a bit of drama surrounding Swae not getting proper credit for his significant addition to “Sicko Mode”. He wasn’t listed as a feature on the song as Drake was. After the music video released, Swae snidely remarked that he was left out of it. Although he later clarified that he’s not stressing about the whole situation, “Someone Said” will now cash in on his brilliant vocal. 

The first-ever iteration of Rolling Loud in Portugal is about to be historic. In the reign of the five-year hip-hop festival, Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif have brought Rolling Loud to Miami, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Australia, and other world destinations over the years. It’s time to bring the brand to the beach now, potentially creating a version of Fyre Festival that’s actually worth attending.

While this isn’t being advertised as a luxury fest, Rolling Loud is worth the price of admission solely for the experience of seeing all your favorite rappers in one spot. If you haven’t been able to grab tickets to the Miami dates coming up — and even if you have… — you’ll want to check out details for the upcoming version of the festival in Portugal, for which the lineup has just been announced.

Tickets for the Portuguese version of Rolling Loud, which is happening at Praia De Rocha Beach, are officially on sale and the line-up is nuts. This is the first-ever iteration in the European country, bringing headliners Wiz Khalifa, Future, and A$AP Rocky to the main stage from July 8 to 10. Further down the card, DaBaby, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Young Thug, Playboi Carti, Meek Mill, Rae Sremmurd, Roddy Ricch, Tyga, Lil Tecca, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, NLE Choppa, and many more have also been announced.

Check out the full lineup above and let us know if you’re planning on buying a flight out to Portugal this summer.

Celebrities: they're just like us. Ever attend a highly-anticipated event just to fall asleep halfway through it? Ever binge so much food at the Superbowl party buffet that you pass out shortly after hitting the couch? Swae Lee found himself in a similar predicament on Sunday night, but he was actually at the game. 

Another attendee in the stands spotted the Rae Sremmurd rapper taking a snooze in his seat. Swae's brother Slim Jxmmi managed to stay awake for the big game, but also looked quite exhausted as he watched. Eventually, Jxmmi spots the culprit exposing their sleepiness and, almost simultaneously, Swae awakens to discover he's being filmed too. Swae wasn't too bothered, though. He gave the camera a friendly nod and wave of the hand.