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Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper from New York City. He began his music career as a member of hip hop group
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(D.I.T.C.), then forged a solo career and set up his own label, Terror Squad, to which he signed
Big Pun Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000), better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper. Emerging from the underground hip hop scene in the Bronx borough of New York City in the e ...
,
Remy Ma Reminisce Mackie ( Smith; born May 30, 1980), known professionally as Remy Ma, is an American rapper. Discovered by Big Pun, she came to prominence for her work as a member of Fat Joe's group, Terror Squad. In 2006, she released her debut stud ...
,
Tony Sunshine Antonio Cruz (born April 23, 1977), known professionally as Tony Sunshine, is an American R&B singer of Puerto Rican descent, famous for his affiliation with New York City hip hop group Terror Squad. He sang on tracks such as Cuban Link's "St ...
,
Cuban Link Felix Delgado (born December 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Cuban Link, is a Cuban American rapper and original member of Terror Squad. Biography Delgado was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1974. He and his family emigrated to the Unite ...
, Armageddon, Prospect, Triple Seis, and a then-unknown
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, as well as discover producers
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. Fat Joe's debut solo album, ''
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'', was released in 1993 and spawned the single "
Flow Joe "Flow Joe" is the debut single by American rapper Fat Joe, from his 1993 album '' Represent''. It contains samples of " Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Lee Dorsey and "The Long Wait" by Morton Stevens. Music video The music video A music video ...
", which reached number one on the ''Billboard''
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chart. His most commercially successful album to date was ''
Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) ''Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper Fat Joe. Originally scheduled for a summer 2000 release, the album was released on December 4, 2001, by Atlantic Records, Warner Music Group, and Fat Joe's T ...
'' (2001); it was certified platinum by the RIAA and internationally certified silver by the BPI, as well as reaching the top 100 on multiple music charts. He is best known for the songs "
Lean Back "Lean Back" is a song by American hip hop group Terror Squad. It was released as the second single from their second studio album, '' True Story'', on June 1, 2004. An uptempo hip hop song built for the club environment, it features Fat Joe wit ...
" (2004; with Terror Squad), "
What's Luv? "What's Luv?" is a song by American rapper Fat Joe, released through Atlantic Records and Fat Joe's Terror Squad Productions as the second single from his fourth studio album, '' Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)'' (2001). The song features a ...
" (2002; featuring Ashanti and
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), " Make It Rain" (2006; featuring
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), and " All the Way Up" (2016; with Remy Ma featuring French Montana and
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). Fat Joe has appeared in several films, including ''
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'' and ''
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'', as well as
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's
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.'' In 2018 he began hosting a podcast on
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, ''Coca Vision'', where he discusses music, friendships, and pop culture with various guests. His album ''Family Ties'' was released in December 2019.


Early life

Fat Joe was born Joseph Antonio Cartagena in
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borough of New York City, where he was raised by parents of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. Living in the Forest Houses, a
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project in the South Bronx neighborhood of
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, Fat Joe began stealing at a young age to support his family. He also admits that he was a bully in his childhood. His brother introduced him to hip hop music.


Music career


1992–1995: Early years

Under stage name Fat Joe da Gangsta and part of the rap group
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, Cartagena was signed to Relativity Records in the early 1990s, recording material and working with many artists whom he would later sign to his own label. In 1993, his debut album ''
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'' was released, featuring production from
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,
Diamond D Joseph Kirkland (born April 5, 1968), better known by his stage name Diamond D, is an American hip hop MC and record producer from The Bronx, New York City, and one of the founding members of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew, abbreviated as D.I.T. ...
, Lord Finesse, and others. Its lead single, "
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" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart; other minor singles from the album included "Watch the Sound" and "This Shit Is Real". In 1995, Fat Joe released his second studio album, ''
Jealous One's Envy ''Jealous One's Envy'' is the second studio album by American rapper Fat Joe, who had previously released his first album under the name Fat Joe da Gangsta. The album was released on October 24, 1995, by Relativity. The song "Watch Out" is known ...
'', which peaked at #71 on The Billboard 200 and at #7 on Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums. The album featured a guest appearance from KRS-One and production from Diamond D. The lead single was "Success", which did not chart, but his second single, "Envy" peaked at #8 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. One day while writing for the album at
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, Fat Joe happened to find that his rap idol, LL Cool J was in another room with
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, working on the remix version of LL's single "
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". After being welcomed to contribute a verse, Joe appeared on the record and in its accompanying video along with Foxy Brown,
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, and
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of Mobb Deep. The track is considered by Joe to be one of his career highlights. During the recording of ''Jealous One's Envy'', Joe discovered fellow
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rapper
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, who was featured on the song "Watch Out". Joe later explained the rapper's influence on him: "Latinos before us who had the opportunity to do it just didn't know how to do it. They came in trying to do this black music, waving flags. utwe're trying to kick in the doors for other Latinos and represent our people, and it shows."


1998–2005: Signing with Atlantic Records, Terror Squad, feud with 50 Cent

Released on September 1, 1998, '' Don Cartagena'' was Joe's third album and his first for
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. It was released in conjunction with his own label Terror Squad Productions. It peaked on the ''Billboard'' 200 at #7 and #2 on Top R&B/Hip Hop albums, eventually being certified gold by the RIAA. The album featured three singles with accompanying music videos, "Bet Ya Man Can't Triz", "John Blaze", and "Don Cartagena". Guest appearances included
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, Puff Daddy, Big Pun,
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,
Jadakiss Jason Terrance Phillips (born May 27, 1975), better known by his stage name Jadakiss, is an American rapper from Yonkers, New York. He began his career in the 1990s as a member of the rap trio The Lox, managed by Ruff Ryders and signed with B ...
, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. On the album, Fat Joe debuted his own group Terror Squad consisting of the late Big Pun, as well as
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, Triple Seis, Prospect, Armageddon, and later
Remy Ma Reminisce Mackie ( Smith; born May 30, 1980), known professionally as Remy Ma, is an American rapper. Discovered by Big Pun, she came to prominence for her work as a member of Fat Joe's group, Terror Squad. In 2006, she released her debut stud ...
.Birchmeier, Jason. Terror Squad biographyat
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Joe himself acknowledged, in an interview with HipHopGame.com, that he has received criticism for releasing only one solo album by a former Terror Squad member, Remy Ma, as well as barely featuring original members Prospect and Armageddon on "True Story". Terror Squad singer Tony Sunshine has had possible album release dates pushed back over three years, and Joe had stated that artists Prospect and Armageddon have not released solo albums yet as the result of them being "really lazy". Former Terror Squad member Triple Seis also went on record when asked who had written Fat Joe's lyrics, stating that he and Pun were Joe's ghostwriters for Don Cartagena, and asserts that Joe continues to hire ghostwriters. In 1999, he appeared on Jennifer Lopez's single "
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" from her ''
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'' album with late rapper Big Pun. Fat Joe released his fourth album ''
Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) ''Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper Fat Joe. Originally scheduled for a summer 2000 release, the album was released on December 4, 2001, by Atlantic Records, Warner Music Group, and Fat Joe's T ...
'' in 2001, featuring production from
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. The album featured a star-studded lineup from the likes of Ashanti,
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, N.O.R.E., Busta Rhymes, Petey Pablo, M.O.P.,
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,
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,
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, and artists from his Terror Squad label. The lead single " We Thuggin'" featuring R. Kelly was a big hit in late 2001, but would not reach the level of the Irv Gotti-produced "
What's Luv? "What's Luv?" is a song by American rapper Fat Joe, released through Atlantic Records and Fat Joe's Terror Squad Productions as the second single from his fourth studio album, '' Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)'' (2001). The song features a ...
" which was a massive hit in early 2002 and featured
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and Ashanti. At the time of the album's release, Fat Joe was managed by The Squad Music. The album was Fat Joe's biggest hit as it was successful from its January release all the way into May, being certified platinum. However, Fat Joe's fifth album '' Loyalty'', released later in 2002, was not as successful. In 2003, Fat Joe was featured in the pop single " I Want You" by Mexican singer
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. The same year, he and Tony Sunshine performed the single "Crush Tonight" from ''Loyalty'' on the Comedy Central program ''
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'', hosted by comedian Dave Chappelle. Despite the setback, Fat Joe scored a number-one hit in 2004 with his group Terror Squad, collaborating with Remy Ma on the Scott Storch production "
Lean Back "Lean Back" is a song by American hip hop group Terror Squad. It was released as the second single from their second studio album, '' True Story'', on June 1, 2004. An uptempo hip hop song built for the club environment, it features Fat Joe wit ...
" from the album '' True Story''. Jason Birchmeier of
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called the song "a perfect club-ready duet between Joe and Remy Ma that boasts a trademark
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beat and a memorable singalong hook and dance-along step". He then began recording material for
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's debut English-language album ''
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'' in support of her goal to compete in the world of English-language hip hop music. A year later, in 2005, Fat Joe released his sixth album '' All or Nothing'', noted for featuring the popular diss track "My Fofo", aimed at fellow New York rapper 50 Cent, who had dissed Joe for recording with Ja Rule. ''All or Nothing'' spawned the singles "So Much More" and " Get It Poppin" featuring Nelly, also with guest appearances from
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, Mase, Remy Ma, Mashonda, and R. Kelly. Responding to "My Fofo", 50 Cent attacked Fat Joe in his song "
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" from his best-selling 2005 album ''
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''. Fat Joe subsequently attacked 50's street credibility and called him a "coward" on a phone interview with Kay Slay of New York City hip-hop radio station WQHT. The conflict carried on at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, while Fat Joe introduced the reggaeton act featuring Daddy Yankee, Joe remarked, "I feel safe with all the police protection—courtesy of
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." Shortly after, when MTV switched to a commercial break, 50 Cent directed an obscenity at Joe, and 50 Cent jumped on stage as Fat Joe was leaving. His recordings catalog for Atlantic Records is no longer under ownership of Warner Music Group, being divested in 2017 to RT Industries, a company founded by
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founders. However, Warner Music retains the digital distribution rights, now under its
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division. This divestment was required as effect of a deal with IMPALA and the Merlin Network, related to Warner Music's acquisition of
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from
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.


2006–2008: ''Me, Myself & I'', ''The Elephant in the Room'', the 50 Cent feud continued, and more

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. It featured the hit single " Make It Rain" with southern rapper
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, followed by "No Drama (Clap and Revolve)". Fat Joe did a freestyle cipher segment for VH1's "Freestyle 59" competition in October 2006 prior to the VH1 Hip Hop Honors featuring New Jersey emcee Neuse. In June 2007, Catholic priest
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targeted Fat Joe as among several rappers he believed promoted misogyny in his billboard campaign "Stop Listening to Trash", which was launched June 18, 2007, throughout
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, where Pfleger preaches. Also that month, Fat Joe was featured in the DJ Khaled singles "
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" alongside
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, T.I., Rick Ross, Birdman, and
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and the remix to Khaled's "
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" with Lil Wayne,
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, Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes,
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,
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, and Birdman. Verbal disputes between Fat Joe and 50 Cent continued during this time period: in September 2007, on the
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program ''Rap City'', 50 Cent accused Fat Joe of being cowardly for not willing to confront him, but Fat Joe dismissed this claim as nonsense. Later in January, 50 Cent released another Fat Joe diss, called "Southside Nigga (I'm Leaving)". At the end of January 2008, Fat Joe and his longtime accountant Brian Dittrich both denied rumors spreading on the Internet that Fat Joe owed the
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taxes. Fat Joe's eighth solo studio album '' The Elephant in the Room'' was distributed by
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, a division of Capitol Records and Terror Squad Entertainment, and released on March 11, 2008; its lead single was "
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" featuring singer J. Holiday. The album debuted at the sixth position on the Billboard Hot 100. "Ain't Sayin' Nuthin'" followed and featured Plies. On March 20, 2008, shortly after record sales were released for Fat Joe's new album ''The Elephant in the Room'', 50 Cent released a video via his
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account, which features the "funeral" of Fat Joe, which shows 50 Cent crying in the fake footage. 50 Cent then talks about Fat Joe's record sales and states that he ended Fat Joe's career (like he says he did to Ja Rule's) and that his mixtape blew out Fat Joe's album.


2009: ''Jealous Ones Still Envy 2''

Fat Joe's ninth solo studio album, '' J.O.S.E. 2'', was released towards the end of June 2009. The project reprises the title of Joe's 2002 RIAA-Certified Platinum release, ''Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)'', and marked Joe's third release since bringing his Terror Squad imprint to the
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family in 2006. For this album, Joe has reached out to many artists, landing assists from
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,
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, T-Pain,
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, and
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. Producers include
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, The Inkredibles, and frequent collaborator StreetRunner. " One", featuring
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, was the first single. The album was released on October 6, 2009, and sold 11,000 copies in its first week. It debuted on The Billboard 200 at #73.


2010: Signing to E1 Music and ''The Darkside''

In January 2010, Fat Joe announced that he was working on a new album, ''
The Darkside Vol. 1 ''The Darkside Vol. 1'' is the tenth studio album by American rapper Fat Joe. The album was released July 27, 2010 by Terror Squad Entertainment and E1 Music. The album's production was handled by Cool & Dre, Streetrunner, DJ Infamous, Just Blaze ...
''. MTV News reported that Fat Joe intended "all the material...to be much harsher" than his previous album. Production comes from
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,
Cool & Dre Cool & Dre are a record production and songwriting duo from North Miami, Florida, consisting of Marcello "Cool" Antonio Valenzano and Andre "Dre" Christopher Lyon. The duo are best known for their work with Terror Squad founder Fat Joe, first ...
, Streetrunner,
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, Scoop DeVille,
Just Blaze Justin Gregory Smith (born January 8, 1978), known professionally as Just Blaze, is an American hip hop record producer and DJ. Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Blaze attended Rutgers University for three years before dropping out to pursue his mu ...
,
Scram Jones Marc Shemer, (born November 5, 1977), better known by his stage name Scram Jones, is a producer, DJ and rapper from New Rochelle, New York. He has produced music for Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Styles P, Tragedy Khadafi, Jadakiss, Saigon, Dip ...
, Raw Uncut and
DJ Infamous Marco Antonio Rodriguez-Diaz, Jr. (born June 19, 1980), better known by his stage name Infamous or DJ Infamous, is an American Grammy award winning record producer, and three time world champion winning DJ. Infamous, was a founding member of T ...
with guest appearances by Busta Rhymes,
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,
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,
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, Clipse, Cam'ron,
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,
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, TA, and
Young Jeezy Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), known by his stage name Jeezy (or Young Jeezy), is an American rapper. Signing to Def Jam Recordings in 2004, his major label debut, '' Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101'', was released the followin ...
. The first single from ''The Darkside Vol. 1'' is " (Ha Ha) Slow Down", which features Young Jeezy. The second single off the album is " If It Ain't About Money" and features
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. On March 28, 2010, Fat Joe signed a record deal with
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. ''
The Darkside Vol. 1 ''The Darkside Vol. 1'' is the tenth studio album by American rapper Fat Joe. The album was released July 27, 2010 by Terror Squad Entertainment and E1 Music. The album's production was handled by Cool & Dre, Streetrunner, DJ Infamous, Just Blaze ...
'' was released on July 27, 2010, and sold approximately 12,000 copies in the first week and entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at #27.


2011–present: ''Darkside Vol. 2''., ''Plata O Plomo'' with Remy Ma, and ''Family Ties'' with Dre

Joe was featured on a remix to
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's song "
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", which also features
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, T-Pain, Busta Rhymes,
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, Mavado, Birdman,
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,
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,
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, Bun B, and
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. It is included as the final track on Khaled's fifth studio album ''
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''. In an interview with XXL Magazine on September 21, 2011, Fat Joe stated '' The Darkside Vol. 2'' is going to be his first ever official mixtape and will feature the Mark Henry-produced songs "Massacre on Madison" and "Drop a Body", both of which were released earlier in the year. Joe went on to say he is also working on an album which is yet to be named but the first single is called " Another Round" produced by
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and Young Lad and features Chris Brown. On October 19, 2011, " Another Round" the first single off Joe's yet to be named eleventh studio album was released on iTunes. The second single released from the album is "Yellow Tape" which features Lil Wayne,
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, and French Montana. In September 2012, Joe featured in Grammy awards winner Alejandro Sanz's new album,
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in a music named ''Down''. Joe would then release another single, "Ballin'" on March 18, 2013. The song features
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and
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. Fat Joe joined D.I.T.C. for their album ''Sessions''. The album was released in October 2016 and was preceded by the lead single "Rock Shyt". Via Hiphop Wired, Joe revealed that he and
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are releasing a joint album. The first single, " All the Way Up" featuring French Montana and Infared, peaked at #27 on the Hot 100, becoming his first top 40 hit in nearly a decade. The album, '' Plata O Plomo'', and was released in February 2017. On August 2, 2017, Fat Joe released "So Excited" with
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. On July 24, 2018, he released "Attention" with Chris Brown. Fat Joe's second collaborative album called ''Family Ties'', with Dre, was released in December 2019. In December 2020, Fat Joe appeared in the ComplexLand virtual event and talked about the best sneakers of the year.


Personal life


Family

Fat Joe is married with three children, and has lived in
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and
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, New York to donate computers for students. In 2008, he attended the grand opening of the Hip Hop Soda Shop in Miami which was a community outreach project set up by Ben Chavis for the youth to hang out and do things such as record music, use the computers and play on Xbox 360s. At a "School is Cool" assembly in Public School 5 in
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mayor
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and fitness expert
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at an event to promote the Newark branch of Michelle Obama's ''
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'' initiative against childhood obesity.


Weight loss

By 1996, he weighed . In 2005, ''Stuff'' magazine and ''ContactMusic.com'' profiled Fat Joe's weight loss efforts. In 2011, Fat Joe unveiled his latest weight loss efforts in the video for his song "Drop a Body" after losing off his previous weight of . Furthermore, he follows a low-carb approach, eating
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but not eating certain carbohydrates such white bread, white rice, and white pasta. In 2022, he said that he would not change his stage name, because it would not be a good marketing move.


Legal issues

On September 8, 1998, Fat Joe and Big Pun were arrested on assault charges for hitting a man with a baseball bat and stealing the man's gold chain on June 14 that year. Joe was arrested again on May 12, 2002, for allegedly fighting with another man at B.B. King's Blues Club in
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, but the charges were dropped on January 10, 2003. In two murder cases, Fat Joe has been named a witness: Joe's former bodyguard, Jose Mulero (also known as Sing Sing), was arrested on September 17, 2004, for the April 15, 1994, shooting death of 16-year-old Ernesto Rivera at a Bronx nightclub. Responding to a
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, Fat Joe claimed to have heard the shooting and seen people fleeing the scene, but investigators argued that he was standing closer to Mulero, by a door. Miami Beach police also named Fat Joe as a witness in a Memorial Day double homicide outside David's Cafe II in South Beach. Jermaine ''Wufgang'' Chamberline of
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was accused of shooting Lessli Paz and Joey Navarro to death on that morning; Fat Joe and the two victims were sitting in a rented
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parked outside the restaurant when a fight broke out between passengers and another man. In December 2012, Fat Joe pleaded guilty to
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for not paying income tax on over $3million from 2007 to 2010. On June 24, 2013, he was sentenced to four months in prison for tax evasion. He began the sentence on August 26, 2013, and was released on November 28, 2013.


LGBT beliefs and support

During an interview with
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, Joe stated that while he is not gay himself, he believes that gay people should not hide their sexuality and should stand by who they are. He mentioned that it's possible that he has done songs with gay rappers and that there are likely several gay people besides rappers in the hip hop industry who are in the closet, describing it as a "Gay Mafia". His comments came after he was asked to comment on radio personality
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being arrested for public lewdness with a transgender sex worker.


Discography

;Studio albums * ''
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'' (1993) * ''
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'' (1995) * '' Don Cartagena'' (1998) * ''
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'' (2001) * '' Loyalty'' (2002) * '' All or Nothing'' (2005) * '' Me, Myself & I'' (2006) * '' The Elephant in the Room'' (2008) * '' Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2)'' (2009) * ''
The Darkside Vol. 1 ''The Darkside Vol. 1'' is the tenth studio album by American rapper Fat Joe. The album was released July 27, 2010 by Terror Squad Entertainment and E1 Music. The album's production was handled by Cool & Dre, Streetrunner, DJ Infamous, Just Blaze ...
'' (2010) ;Collaboration albums * '' The Album'' with Terror Squad (1999) * '' True Story'' with Terror Squad (2004) * '' Plata O Plomo'' with Remy Ma (2017) * ''
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'' with Dre (2019) * ''What Would Big Do 2021'' with DJ Drama (2021)


Filmography


Film


Television


Video Game


Awards and nominations


ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards


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s


iHeartRadio Music Awards The iHeartRadio Music Awards is a music awards show that celebrates music heard throughout the year across iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's digital music platform. Founded by iHeartRadio in 2014, the ev ...


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MTV Video Music Awards


See also

* List of Puerto Ricans *
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*
List of number-one dance hits (United States) This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by ''Billboard'' magazine's Dance Club Songs chart – a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. It began on October 26, 1974, under the title ''Disco Action'' chart. It is ...
*
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard magazine's'' Dance Club Songs chart. ''Billboard'' began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26, 1974, and this is the standard music popularity chart in t ...
*
List of Cubans This is a list of notable Cubans, ordered alphabetically by first name within each category. Additional lists For Cuban-Americans please see List of Cuban Americans Art and entertainment Actors *Ana de Armas, actress * Ana Margarita Martín ...


References


External links

* *
Official website (archived from 2013)
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