![]() I could not even believe that there was a way to - like, you know, Mike Tyson, oh, we - you know what I'm saying? And every day it felt like - so we turned it into, like, a TV show on Instagram. And it was crazy to me 'cause if you go back to that, you'll see every time I clicked on somebody like you and saw you, I was like, oh. ![]() So it was like when D-Nice was killing and had a million - people were home, so everybody was tapping in. I was like, no way, Michelle Obama?įAT JOE: Kim Kardashian? Like, everybody was home. And Michelle Obama, Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather - everybody was stuck home. She was like, you could talk to your fans live. And one day my daughter tells me, yo, Dad, let's go on Live. But if you was watching news, they were saying people with diabetes are just dying they just dying. And then when I lost all the weight, I got rid of the diabetes. You've always had personality, but things really got kicked off.įAT JOE: Yeah, I was scared to death in - you know, because I'm pre-diabetic. Where were you back then? Take me to back when you were doing all your IG Lives. You coming off hosting the BET Awards, everything you've been doing, man. Like, it's just crazy how fast time switches. I was half a bottle - by myself until, like, 12 o'clock at night just rapping with you, man. ![]() I was like, you got me a half a bottle of wine in. I remember I literally - you hit me on DM. I mean, last time we really rapped was during the pandemic. WILLIAMS: I got to tell you, man, this is a throwback for me. It's a different type of thing over there. They was looking at me like, oh, he's one of them.įAT JOE: Like, nah, it's a different - let me get my soda. And so when I went to the supermarket, I stuck out like a sore thumb - hoodie, goggles.įAT JOE. So without further ado, here's my conversation with my man, the one and only Fat Joe.įAT JOE: Nobody was more terrified than me.įAT JOE: Nobody was scared - I was a year and four months in the house, never left.įAT JOE: A year and four months. I know because I was one of Joe's guests during those times. They chopped it up and told undiluted stories to a captive online audience. You see - that's when Joe started doing Instagram Live segments with all kinds of celebrities. Incredible, right? But even with all he's done, it took the pandemic for Fat Joe to really reintroduce himself to the world. His memoir, "The Book Of Jose," is dropping in November, not to mention he's got a one-man show and even an animated TV series in development. We'll also get into Joe's experience growing up Puerto Rican in the Bronx, the mecca of hip-hop, the convergence of hip-hop and the basketball culture, Joe's loyalty to his family, his friends and his community and how he views his own legacy.Īnd even though I said legacy, this man is just getting started. And yes, me and Joe dig deep into Pun and their relationship. He's helped start the career of his good friend and collaborator, Big Pun, who tragically passed away in the year 2000. He's put out 13 albums and even started his own record label, Terror Squad Productions. Joe was one of those guys who's been around the block forever, and he's had a huge impact on hip-hop and entertainment as a whole. And that is the unmistakable voice of today's guest - Fat Joe. Email us at JOE: You know, the day I can't be in my hood or in any hood, I don't even want to live. In this funny and frank interview, Joe pays tribute to hip hop's Latino pioneers, shares his philosophy on family, and explains how he stays connected to the community that protected him as a troubled kid. Now, Fat Joe has reinvented himself as a media personality, hosting The Fat Joe Show and the BET Hip Hop Awards, and writing a memoir, The Book of Jose. He's also faced multiple bankruptcies and battled depression, which he's open about: he wants people to learn from his successes and his failures. Over three decades in the game, he's put out 13 albums, started his own record label, and mentored other great MCs like the late Big Pun. Growing up in the Bronx, Fat Joe witnessed the birth of hip hop, then made hip hop history himself. Fat Joe on the birth of hip hop, growing up Latino, and discovering Big Pun : The Limits with Jay Williams This week on The Limits, Jay chops it up with Fat Joe: the Grammy-nominated rapper, entrepreneur, and legendary storyteller.
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