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Isn't fyre fest guy in jail for wire fraud? Early release?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
On June 14, entrepreneur and infamous Fyre Fest organizer Billy McFarland uploaded a photo of himself alongside former president and presumptive 2024 Republican nominee Donald Trump to Instagram.
His caption read, “Pres’ birthday featuring your new cabinet.” While that’s not likely to happen, McFarland has played a role in connecting Trump with rappers throughout his campaign — as the Republican seeks to court Black voters.
McFarland previously told media personality Angela Yee that he helped link Brooklyn rappers Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow to Trump, which resulted in their appearance at a May campaign rally in The Bronx.
In Trump’s campaign and within his close social circle, there is a broader effort to arrange meetings and public events with the former and perhaps future president and an array of hip-hop artists, the sources add.
Several Republicans in Trump’s orbit have been working behind the scenes since last year to recruit different rappers or hip-hop producers to meet him or even campaign for him, with varying degrees of success so far.
Further, sources close to Trump tell Rolling Stone that these meetings are a reflection of the 2024 presidential candidate’s continued desire to be in proximity to hip-hop artists — particularly ones willing to ask their followers to defect from the Democratic Party for the MAGA movement.
The original article contains 2,158 words, the summary contains 216 words. Saved 90%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
Trump looks like the shrugging “oh you” dog meme in that pic.