Artist: Fat Joe
Genre(s):
Hip-Hop
Rap: Hip-Hop
Discography:
Jealous One's Envy
Year: 2004
Tracks: 18
Loyality
Year: 2002
Tracks: 14
Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)
Year: 2001
Tracks: 18
Don Cartagena
Year: 1998
Tracks: 15
Represent
Year: 1993
Tracks: 14
Latino knocker Fat Joe (aka Fat Joe da Gangsta, Joey Crack, and his real name, Joe Cartagena) was raised in the South Bronx area of New York. It was through an sr. brother that Cartagena conditioned the slipway of the street, as well as discovering pat music via the sounds of such groundbreaking ceremony artists as Theodore, Funky 4 + 1, and the Furious Five. Eventually going by the name of Fat Joe, the knocker secured a transcription contract with the Relativity tag in the early '90s, resulting in the loss of his full-length debut, Represent, in 1993 (which spawned the single "Stream Joe," peaking at the number one spot on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles graph). Two days later, Fat Joe issued his sophomore effort, Green-eyed One's Envy, which included a cameo show by KRS-One as well as production contributions by the likes of DJ Premier, L.E.S., and Domingo. Around the same time, Fat Joe appeared on LL Cool J's large strike "I Shot Ya" (along with Foxy Brown and Keith Murray) and collaborated with Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon on a track from the "Enviousness" single, called "Firewater." By the late '90s, Fat Joe had switched record labels (signing on with Atlantic) and tried his hand at other unmusical career ventures such as opening a article of clothing storehouse called Fat Joe's Halftime, a barber shop, and a fashion line, FJ560. In summation, he signed a production and distribution deal with Atlantic Records and Mystic Entertainment (which he ran with a partner named Big Greg). 1998 power saw the dismission of Fat Joe's debut for Atlantic, Don Cartagena, which featured cameo appearances by the likes of Puff Daddy, Nas, Raekwon, Big Pun, and Jadakiss (the LOX), following it up in 2001 with Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.), which included contributions from Ludacris, Petey Pablo, M.O.P., R. Kelly, and Remy. Loyalty followed in 2002, and All or Nothing arrived trey years after that. The natural Me, Myself and I from 2006 ground the rapper on his have Terror Squad depression, which was distributed by EMI.
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