Fat Joe

Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better kent bi his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper an actor frae the Bronx, New York. He began his muisic career as a member o hip hop group Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.), then forged a solo career an set up his own label, Terror Squad, tae which he signed Big Pun, Remy Ma, Tony Sunshine, Cuban Link, Armageddon, Prospect, Triple Seis an DJ Khaled as well as discover producers Cool & Dre.

Fat Joe
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 55)[1][2][3] The Bronx, New York Ceety, New York, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Thrift	Rapper sangwriter actor
Years active	1992–present
Labels	EMPIRE R.N.G. R4 So Valid Be Music E1 Mr. 305 Inc. Warner Bros. Imperial Terror Squad Virgin Atlantic Big Beat Mystic Violator Relativity
Associate acts	Terror Squad Diggin' in the Crates Crew Big L Big Pun Cuban Link DJ Khaled Ludacris Mack 10 Jadakiss Raekwon French Montana Ja Rule Jennifer Lopez Lil Wayne Remy Ma R. Kelly

Fat Joe's debut solo album, Represent,^[1] wis released in 1993 an spawned the single "Flow Joe", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs.^[4] His maist commercially successfu album tae date wis Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) (2001); it wis certified platinum bi the RIAA^[5] an internationally certified silver bi the BPI,^[6] as well as reaching the tap 100 on multiple muisic charts.

He is best kent for the sangs "Lean Back" wi Terror Squad, "What's Luv?" featurin Ashanti & Ja Rule, "Make It Rain" featurin Lil Wayne an "All the Way Up" wi Remy Ma featurin French Montana an Dre.

Fat Joe has appeared in several films, includin Scary Movie 3 an Happy Feet, as well as Spike Lee's Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It and there is a betch on my foot.^[7]

In 2018 he began hostin a podcast on Tidal, Coca Vision, where he discusses muisic, freendships, an pop cultur wi some o the industry's maist entertainin voices.^[8]