| Fat Joe Biography |
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Latino rap star Fat Joe, was born as Joe Cartagena in the South
Bronx area of New York.
With his older brother as a life guide, Joe learns the ways of street
lifestyle and develops liking for the rap music as the most expressive way
to convey his feelings to the public. His rap inspiration sources are
Theodore, Funky 4 + 1, and the Furious Five. Joes first recording company to
release his full-length debut album, Represent (1993), becomes Relativity .
The album is preceded by the hit single "Flow Joe that turns fast into a
chart-topper on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart. Joes second album in
1995, named Jealous Ones Army, shows his growing maturity in rapping. The
album features a key cameo appearance by KRS-One and production
contributions by the likes of DJ Premier, LES, and Domingo. Fat Joes
flourishing career also includes winning collaborations with LL Cool J, Foxy
Brown and Keith Murray (the hit "I Shot Ya"), with Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon on
"Firewater." In 1998 Joe enters into a recording agreement with Atlantic
Records and Mystic Entertainment to release a succession of noteworthy
albums: Don Cartagena, featuring cameo appearances by Puff Daddy, Nas, Big
Pun, etc., Jealous Ones Still Envy (2001), including collaborations with
Ludacris, R. Kelly, Remy, the 2002s Loyalty and 2005s Nothing. Along with
his winning musical undertaking, Fat Joe embarks on other commercial
ventures such as opening a clothing store named Fat Joe's Halftime, a barber
shop, and a fashion line, FJ560.
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