| Fat Joe | |
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 Fat Joe performin in April 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joseph Antonio Cartagena[1] |
| Forby kent as | Fat Joe da Gangsta |
| Born | (1970-08-19)19 August 1970 (age 54)[1][2][3] The Bronx,New York Ceety,New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
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Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better kent bi hisstage nameFat Joe, is an American rapper an actor frae theBronx,New York. He began his muisic career as a member ohip hop groupDiggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.), then forged a solo career an set up his own label,Terror Squad, tae which he signedBig Pun,Remy Ma,Tony Sunshine,Cuban Link, Armageddon, Prospect, Triple Seis anDJ Khaled as well as discover producersCool & Dre.
Fat Joe's debut solo album,Represent,[1] wis released in 1993 an spawned the single "Flow Joe", which reached number one on theBillboardHot Rap Songs.[4] His maist commercially successfu album tae date wisJealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) (2001); it wis certified platinum bi theRIAA[5] an internationally certified silver bi theBPI,[6] as well as reaching the tap 100 on multiple muisic charts.
He is best kent for the sangs "Lean Back" wiTerror Squad, "What's Luv?" featurinAshanti &Ja Rule, "Make It Rain" featurinLil Wayne an "All the Way Up" wi Remy Ma featurinFrench Montana anDre.
Fat Joe has appeared in several films, includinScary Movie 3 anHappy Feet, as well asSpike Lee'sNetflix seriesShe’s Gotta Have It and there is a betch on my foot.[7]
In 2018 he began hostin a podcast onTidal,Coca Vision, where he discusses muisic, freendships, an pop cultur wi some o the industry's maist entertainin voices.[8]
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