A GoFundMe has raised more than $US140,000 for a Bahamian restaurant owner "ruined" by the infamous, failed Fyre Festival in 2017.

Maryann Rolle owned the restaurant at Exuma Point in the Bahamas that was hired to cater for the "once-in-a-lifetime" event organised by rapper Ja Rule and New York entrepreneur William 'Billy' McFarland.

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But when it was cancelled shortly after opening on its first weekend, leaving many festivalgoers stranded with no way of getting home, she was never paid for her services.

"I had 10 persons working directly with me just preparing food all day and all night, for 24 hours," she told a new Netflix documentary, Fyre Festival.

"I had to literally pay all those people. I am here as a Bahamian and they stand in my face every day."

Following the release of the documentary, Ms Rolle posted on GoFundMe that she was "ruined" by the festival and asked for donations to help recoup the $US50,000 in savings she lost.

"I pushed myself to the limit catering no less than a 1,000 meals per day … my life was changed forever and my credit was ruined by Fyre Fest. My only resource today is to appeal for help," she said.

But in just over a week, the fund has raised more than $US146,000 ($204,254).

"I was so upset to see what they did to you. I'm so glad to see you getting the payment you deserve," one donor, Alexandria Neonakis, said.

Festivalgoers had been promised luxury accommodation and gourmet food. ( Supplied: Netflix )

Ja Rule apologises to Rolle and others 'hurt' by festival

McFarland was jailed in October 2018 for defrauding investors and ticket holders, who spent up to $US75,000 ($104,085) to see Blink 182, Major Lazer and Disclosure at the ultra-luxury concert.

Ja Rule is also still facing multiple lawsuits.

Ja Rule and Billy McFarland spent weeks in the Bahamas to promote Fyre Festival. ( Supplied: Netflix )

On Twitter, he claimed he too was "hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hoodwinked and led astray" by McFarland.

But he apologised to Ms Rolle for any pain the venture might have caused.

"My heart goes out to this lovely lady … I'm devastated that something that was meant to be amazing, turned out to be such a disaster and hurt so many people," he said.

"Sorry to anyone who has been negatively affected by the festival."

Rolle not the only Bahamian worker to be left out-of-pocket

Maryann and Elvis Rolle have thanked GoFundMe users for their generous donations. ( GoFundMe: TajLana Stephen )

Ms Rolle still finds it painful to talk about her experience during Fyre Festival.

"They really, really, really hurt me … Just take it away and just let me start a new beginning," she says in the documentary.

But she was not the only worker to be left unpaid.

The documentary claims Bahamian locals who helped build the festival site are also still owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages.

"A lot of people didn't get paid," one worker told the documentary makers.

"He [McFarland] kept on saying, 'the money's coming, the money's coming'. It never reached."