Fat Joe has been a continuing presence in hip-hop for almost three many years. The Bronx-bred rapper has labored with a number of the greatest names within the enterprise over time, and seen the rise and fall of many different emcees.
Fat Joe has been a rapper for 3 many years
Fat Joe launched his debut album Symbolize in 1993. The album’s lead single, “Flow Joe,” peaked at primary on the Billboard Sizzling Rap Songs chart. His second album, Jealous Ones Envy, was launched two years later. His third album, Don Cartagena, was licensed Gold with over 500,000 copies bought.
In 2001, Fat Joe launched his fourth album, the acclaimed Jealous Ones Nonetheless Envy (J.O.S.E.). The album was produced by prolific producer Irv Gotti and featured all-star company equivalent to Ashanti, Ja Rule, Busta Rhymes, Ludacris, and R. Kelly. The album contained the hit single “What’s Luv?” with Ja Rule and Ashanti and peaked at quantity two on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart — behind Ja Rule and Ashanti’s different hit music, “I’m Real.” Jealous Ones Nonetheless Envy (J.O.S.E.) was Fat Joe’s most commercially profitable album, being licensed Platinum with over 1 million copies bought in a matter of months.
Fat Joe continued to launch music all through the 2000s, together with his final solo album, The Darkside Vol. 1, being launched in 2010. Lately, Fat Joe has collaborated on albums with artists together with longtime good friend Remy Ma and his longtime producer Dre.
Fat Joe referred to as DaBaby ‘the new Tupac’
All through his time within the trade, Fat Joe has labored with a number of the hip-hop’s greatest names, in addition to up-and-coming artists. Having lived via the notorious East Coast vs. West Coast hip-hop feud of the mid-Nineties, Fat Joe can be in a position to observe which rappers at present embody the spirit of emcees like Tupac Shakur and The Infamous B.I.G.
In a 2021 interview with Rap City, Joe was requested about who he thinks is a modern-day equal of Tupac Shakur. He struggled to come back with a solution earlier than lastly providing “I would say DaBaby.”
DaBaby got here underneath hearth earlier in 2021 for making inflammatory feedback about HIV/AIDS and the LGBTQ+ group. Like Tupac, he’s launched hit songs which have had crossover potential, even collaborating with pop star Dua Lipa on a remix of her music “Levitating.”
Fat Joe referred to as Nems the brand new Fat Joe
When Joe was requested about who could be a 2021 model of himself, he was far more positive of his reply. “There is a new Fat Joe,” he mentioned proudly. “He’s named Nems, out of Coney Island, New York.” He described Nems as an “underground rapper” and mentioned “When I see him, I see me.”
Nems is a well known battle rapper who made a reputation for himself on MTV 2’s Combat Klub, which adopted a battle rap league and the faceoffs that the rappers participated in. He’s battled different emcees equivalent to Mic Murderer and launched his debut album Gorilla Monsoon in 2019.