Fat Joe

At 53 years old, Fat Joe has this physical status:

Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper and actor from the Bronx, New York.

He began his performing career with Diggin', a member of the Crates Crew, in the United States (D.I.T.C.). ), began his career as a solo artist and formed Terror Squad, which included Big Pun, Remy Ma, Tony Sunshine, Cuban Link, Armageddon, Prospect, Triple Seis and DJ Khaled, as well as discovering producers Cool & Dre. Fat Joe's debut solo album, Representation, was released in 1993 and produced the single "Flow Joe," which debuted on Billboard Hot Rap Songs, at number one.

Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) - his most commercially profitable album to date (J.O.G.) (2000); it was awarded platinum by the RIAA and internationally certified silver by the BPI, as well as being ranked in the top 100 on multiple music charts. "What's Luv?" says the singer, who is best known for the songs "Lean Back" with Terror Squad. "Make It Rain" starring Ashanti & Ja Rule, "Make It Rain" starring Lil Wayne, and "All the Way Up" with Remy Ma featuring French Montana and Dre. Fat Joe has appeared in several films, including Scary Movie 3 and Happiness, as well as Spike Lee's Netflix series She's Gotta Have It.

Family Ties, his upcoming album, is set to be out in December 2019.

Early life

Fat Joe was born Joseph Antonio Cartagena in New York City's Bronx borough, where he was raised by Puerto Rican and Cuban immigrants. Fat Joe, a public housing project in Morrisania's South Bronx neighborhood, started stealing at a young age to help his families. He also admitted that he was a bully in his youth. His brother introduced him to hip hop music.

Personal life

Fat Joe has been married with three children and has lived in Miami and Tenafly, New Jersey, New Jersey. He lives in New York as of 2022.

Fat Joe has returned to his old school in the Bronx, New York, to give students computers.

He attended the grand opening of the Hip Hop Soda Shop in Miami, which was a Ben Chavis community outreach initiative for youth to hang out and do activities like recording music, use the computers, and play on Xbox 360s.

Fat Joe, a speaker at a "School is Cool" assembly in Public School 5 in Jersey City, New Jersey, on June 11, 2009.

Fat Joe was on January 23, 2011 with Newark mayor Cory Booker and fitness specialist Jeff Halevy to celebrate Michelle Obama's Let's Move's Newark branch. Childhood obesity is on the decline.

He weighed 300 pounds (140 kilograms) by 1996. Fat Joe's weight loss efforts were chronicled in 2005 by Stuff magazine and ContactMusic.com.

After losing 88 pounds off his previous weight of 350 pounds, Fat Joe's latest weight loss efforts appeared in "Drop a Body" on his music. In addition, he takes a low-carb diet, but not eating white carbs like bread, rice, and pasta.

He said in 2022 that he would not change his stage name because it would not be a good marketing move.

Fat Joe and Big Pun on September 8, 1998, were arrested on assault charges for striking a man with a baseball bat and stealing the man's gold chain on June 14th. On May 12, 2002, Joe was arrested again for reportedly clashing with another man at B.B. In Times Square, the charges against King's Blues Club were dropped on January 10, 2003.

Fat Joe has been identified as a witness in two murder cases:

Jose Mulero, Joe's ex bodyguard, was arrested on September 17, 2004 for the shooting death of 16-year-old Ernesto Rivera at a Bronx nightclub on April 15, 1994. Fat Joe appeared to have heard the shooting and seen people running from the scene, but police argued he was closer to Mulero by a door.

Fat Joe was also identified as a witness in a Memorial Day double homicide outside David's Cafe II in South Beach. On that morning, Jermaine Wufgang Chamberline of Miami Gardens was accused of shooting Lessli Paz and Joey Navarro to death; Fat Joe and the two victims were inside a rented Cadillac Escalade parked outside the restaurant when a confrontation broke out between passengers and another man.

Fat Joe pleaded guilty to tax avoidance for not paying income tax on more than $3 million from 2007 to 2010. He was sentenced to four months in jail for tax evasion on June 24, 2013. He began the probation on August 26, 2013, and was released on November 28, 2013.

Joe said during an interview with Vlad TV that although he is not gay, he believes that gay people should not conceal their sexuality and should continue to be who they are. He said that it's likely that he has performed songs with gay rappers and that there are actually many gay people in the hip hop industry outside of rappers, who are in the closet, and that it's called a "Gay Mafia."

His remarks came after he was asked to comment on radio personality Mister Cee's detention for public lewdness with a transgender sex employee.

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Music career

Cartagena, under the stage name Fat Joe da Gangsta and part of the D.I.T.C. band, was signed to Relativity Records in the early 1990s, recording work, and working with many artists whom he would later sign to his own brand. His debut album Representation was released in 1993, starring The Beatnuts, Diamond D, Lord Finesse, and others. "Flow Joe" the album's lead single, reached the top of the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart, while "Watch the Sound" and "This Shit Is Real" were among the album's other minor singles.

Fat Joe's Envy, his second studio album, debuted on The Billboard 200 in 1995 and at #7 on Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums, peaking at #71 on The Billboard 200 and at #7 on Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums. The album featured a special guest appearance from KRS-One and Diamond D's production, but his second single, "Envy," debuted at #8 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart, despite not charting. Fat Joe discovered that his rap idol, LL Cool J, was in another room with Trackmasters, composing on LL's remix of LL's single "I Shot Ya" one day while writing for the album "I Shot Ya." Joe appeared on the record and in its accompanying video alongside Foxy Brown, Keith Murray, and Probb Deep, who were invited to write a verse. Joe has rated the track as one of his career's highlights.

Joe discovered fellow Latino rapper Big Puny, who was featured on the song "Watch Out" during Jealous One's recording. "Latinos before we had the opportunity to do it, but didn't know how to do it," Joe later explained. They came in to perform this black music while waving flags. [But] we're trying to welcome other Latinos and represent our people, and it shows."

Don Cartagena's third album and first for Atlantic Records, and his third for Atlantic Records, and his third for Atlantic Records, was released on September 1, 1998. It was published as part of Terror Squad Productions, which was also affiliated with his own brand Terror Squad Productions. It topped at #7 and #2 on Top R&B/Hip Hop albums, eventually being named gold by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIAA).

"Bet Ya Man Can't Triz," "John Blaze," and "Don Cartagena" were three singles with accompanying music videos on the album. Nas, Puff Daddy, Big Pun, Raekwon, Jadakiss, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony were among the guest appearances at Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Fat Joe introduced his own Terror Squad, which included the late Big Pun, Cuban Link, Triple Seis, Armageddon, and later Remy Ma. Joe himself admitted that he had been chastised for releasing only one solo album by a former Terror Squad member, Remy Ma, as well as barely promoting original members in "Reality Story." Terror Squad singer Tony Sunshine has had potential album debut dates pushed back more than three years, and Joe had argued that artists Prospect and Armageddon have not released solo albums as a result of their being "very lazy." When asked who had written Fat Joe's songs, Triple Seis went on record, saying that Joe and Punctu were Joe's ghostwriters for Don Cartagena, and that Joe continues to employ ghostwriters. He appeared on Jennifer Lopez's single "Feelin So Good" from her On the 6 album with late rapper Big Pun, in 1999.

Fat Joe's fourth album Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) Irv Gotti's production appeared in 2001. The album featured a star-studded lineup from Ashanti, Ja Rule, N.O.R.E., Busta Rhymes, M.O.P., Ludacris, R. Kelly, Buju Banton, and artists from his Terror Squad collection. In late 2001, R. Kelly's lead single "We Thuggin'" was a big success, but not to the same extent as the Irv Gotti-produced "What's Luv?" In early 2002, a major hit was announced, starring Ja Rule and Ashanti. Fat Joe was compiled by The Squad Music at the time of the album's release. Fat Joe's biggest hit from its inception in January to May, being certified platinum. Fat Joe's fifth album Loyalty, which was released later in 2002, was not as popular.

Fat Joe appeared in Mexican singer Thal's pop single "I Want You" in 2003. On the Comedy Central program Chappelle's Show, hosted by comedian Dave Chappelle, he and Tony Sunshine performed the single "Crush Tonight" from Loyalty the previous year.

Despite the setback, Fat Joe's Terror Squad, his brother, formed with Remy Ma in 2004 on the Scott Storch's "Lean Back" from the album True Story, earned a number one hit. The song, according to Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic, is "a stunning club-ready duet between Joe and Remy Ma that features a signature Scott Storch beat as a result of a memorable singalong hook and dance-along step." He began recording material for Ivy Queen's debut English-language hip hop music in support of her aim to be competitive in the world of English-language hip hop music.

Fat Joe's sixth album All or Nothing debuted in 2005, aimed at fellow New York rapper 50 Cent, who had mocked Joe for being on Ja Rule. "So Much More" and "Get It Poppin" starring Nelly, as well as Eminem, Mase, Remy Ma, Mashonda, and R. Kelly, were among Eminem's guest appearances on "So Much More." In his song "Piggy Bank" from his best-selling 2005 album The Massacre, 50 Cent responded to "My Fofo." On a phone interview with Kay Slay of New York City hip-hop radio station WQHT, Fat Joe subsequently attacked 50's street credibility and called him a "coward." The 2005 MTV Video Music Awards were still on display, but Fat Joe introduced the reggaeton act starring Daddy Yankee, Joe said, "I feel secure with all the police protection"—thanks to G-Unit." Joe was shot by 50 Cents for an obscenity at Joe, and 50 Cent charged an obscenity at Joe, just short of being thrown on stage as Fat Joe was leaving.

His Atlantic Records catalog is no longer under Warner Music Group's control, and the Razor & Tie creators' company RT Industries, a company established by Razor & Tie founders, has been sold in 2017. However, Warner Music holds the digital distribution rights, although it is no longer under the ADA division. This divestment was necessary as a result of a pact with IMPALA and the Merlin Network relating to Warner Music's purchase of Parlophone Records from EMI.

Fat Joe's seventh album, "Me & I," was released in 2006. On his first album with Virgin Records, it was his first album. It featured southern rapper Lil Wayne's hit song "Make It Rain," as well as "No Drama (Clap and Revolve)" and "No Drama (Clap and Revolve). Fat Joe participated in a freestyle cipher segment of 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 Michael Pfleger attacked Fat Joe as one of several rappers he believed promoted misogyny in his billboard campaign "Stop Listening to Trash," which was launched in Chicago, where Pfleger preaches. Fat Joe appeared in DJ Khaled's "We're Over" as the lead, Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Birdman, and Lil Wayne, as well as Khaled's "I'm So Hood" with Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Busta Rhymes, Ludacris, and Birdman. During this time period, verbal clashes between Fat Joe and 50 Cent were ongoing: On the BET show Rap City in September 2007, 50 Cent accused Fat Joe of being cowardly for refusing to confront him, but Fat Joe denied this accusation as nonsense. "Southside Nigga (I'm Leaving)" was another Fat Joe diss in January, but "I'm leaving" was later published. Fat Joe and his long-time accountant Brian Dittrich denied rumors that Fat Joe owed the IRS taxes at the end of January 2008.

Fat Joe's eighth solo studio album The Elephant in the Room was released by Imperial Records, a division of Capitol Records and Terror Squad Entertainment, and was released on March 11, 2008; its lead single was "I Won't Tell" starring singer J. It's holiday. The album debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the sixth time. Following a Plies' "Ain't Sayin' Nuthin" was followed by a Plies.

Fat Joe's latest album The Elephant in the Room, 50 cents on his YouTube account, which features the "funeral" of Fat Joe, which shows 50 Cents screaming in the fake video. Unlike Fat Joe's record and states that he ended Fat Joe's career (as he claims he did to Ja Rule's) and that his mixtape knocked out Fat Joe's album.

J.O.S.E., Fat Joe's ninth solo studio album. Around the end of June 2009, a 2, which was not released until June 2009. The initiative reverts the name of Joe's 2002 RIAA-Certified Platinum release, Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E. (Japan) was Joe's third appearance since returning his Terror Squad imprint to the EMI family in 2006. Joe has reached out to many musicians, landing assistance from Ron Browz, Fabolous, Lil' Kim, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, and Akon for this album. Jim Jonsin, The Inkredibles, and frequent collaborator StreetRunner are among the writers. The first single, "One," starring Akon, was released. The album was released on October 6, 2009, and it sold 11,000 copies in its first week. On The Billboard 200 at #73, it debuted at #73.

Fat Joe revealed in January 2010 that he was working on a new album, The Darkside Vol. 1. Fat Joe wanted "all the stuff...to be much harsher" than his previous album, according to MTV News. The Alchemist, Cool & Dre, Streetrunner, Scoop DeVille, Scoop DeVille, Just Blaze, Scram Jones, Raw Uncut, and DJ Infamous are among the guest appearances by Busta Rhymes, Trey Songz, R. Kelly, Rico Love, Too $hort, and Young Jeezy. The Darkside Vol.'s first single is this year. Young Jeezy appears in "Ha Ha" (Ha Ha) Slow Down. "If It Ain't About Money" is the album's second single, as well as Trey Songz.

Fat Joe signed a record with E1 Music on March 28, 2010. 1 was announced on July 27, 2010, and it sold nearly 12,000 copies in the first week and landed at #27 on Billboard 200.

Joe appeared on a remix of DJ Khaled's "Welcome to My Hood," which also features Ludacris, T-Pain, Busta Rhymes, Twista, Mavado, Birdman, Ace Hood, Ace Hood, Game, Jadakiss, Bun B, and Waka Flocka Flame. Khaled's fifth studio album We the Greatest Forever is included on the final track on his album We the Best Forever.

Fat Joe said The Darkside Vol. 1 in an interview with XXL Magazine on September 21, 2011. "Massacre on Madison" and "Drop a Body," Mark Henry-produced songs that were released earlier this year, will be included on his first ever official mixtape. Joe went on to say that he is currently working on an album that has yet to be revealed, but Cool and Dre and Young Lad's "Another Round" appears on the first single, which also stars Chris Brown.

"Another Round," Joe's first single off Joe's yet to be announced eleventh studio album on iTunes on October 19, 2011. Lil Wayne, ASAP Rocky, and French Montana appear on the album's second single "Yellow Tape" on the album. Joe appeared in Grammy Awards winner Alejandro Sanz's latest album, La Msica No Se Toca, in a music named Down in September 2012. On March 18, 2013, Joe would debut "Ballin" on his own. Wiz Khalifa and Teyana Taylor appear on the album.

Fat Joe joined D.I.T.C. For their album Sessions, they opted for the Gold Coast. The album was released in October 2016 and was preceded by the lead single "Rock Shyt." Joe and Remy Ma are releasing a joint album together, according to Via Hiphop Wired. On the Hot 100, his first top 40 hit in nearly a decade, "All the Way Up" featuring French Montana and Infared reached his first top 40 hit in over a decade. Plata O Plomo, an album that was released in February 2017, was released in February 2017.

Fat Joe and Dre shared "So Excited" on August 2, 2017. Chris Brown and his "Attention" appeared on July 24, 2018. In December 2019, Fat Joe's second collaborative album Family Ties with Dre was released.

Fat Joe debuted in December 2020 at the ComplexLand virtual event, where he discussed the year's best sneakers.

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