Monday, May 19, 2008

Fat Joe


Fat Joe was born Joseph Antonio Cartagena on August 17, 1970. (Also known as Fat Joe da Gangsta, Joey Crack, and Don Cartagena) is an American rapper, Of Puerto Rican and Cuban heritage, and born and brought up in the Bronx, Joe was popular in the underground hip hop scene during the early and mid-1990s. During this period, Joe was affiliated with KRS-One there are pictures online at KRS-One's Temple of Hiphop site showing them drawing graffiti ("bombing") together. He is also a member of the D.I.T.C. Crew (the "Digging in the Crates Crew"), along with well-respected hip-hoppers such as Diamond D, Lord Finesse, O.C., A.G., Buckwild, occasional member Big L (deceased), and Big Pun (deceased). The title of the group refers to DJs who "dig in the crates" of used record stores to find rare or novel records with "breaks" that they could use for production or in performances. he has been in the rap game for long. He also have come up with great albums. Also there are hit records like "lean Back", "Make it rain", and "I won't tell Ft. J Holiday". Out of all his music, my favorite was Lean Back the remix version.


1 comment:

Teenology said...

His fat ass lean back and couldn't get up.