Fat Joe

Fat Joe, born Joseph Antonio Cartagena in the Bronx, is an American rapper. He entered music in 1991 as part of the hip hop collective Diggin' in the Crates Crew, then went solo with his debut album Represent in 1993. In the late 1990s he started Terror Squad and its record label, signing artists such as Big Pun and Remy Ma. His track Flow Joe topped the Hot Rap Songs chart, What's Luv? reached the second spot on the Billboard Hot 100, and Lean Back, with Terror Squad, went to number one. Make It Rain received a Grammy nomination, while All the Way Up, a 2016 reunion with Remy Ma, became a top 40 hit. He has also acted in Scary Movie 3 and Happy Feet (2006), appeared in the Netflix series She's Gotta Have It, from Spike Lee, and in 2024 released his eleventh album, The World Changed on Me, and his talk show Fat Joe Talks premiered.