Fat Joe

About

Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper. He began recording as a member of hip hop group Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.) in 1992, and pursued a solo career with the release of his debut studio album, Represent (1993) the following year. Cartegena formed the hip hop group Terror Squad and its namesake record label in the late 1990s, through which he has signed fellow New York artists including Big Pun, Remy Ma, Tony Sunshine, and Cuban Link, as well as then-unknown producers DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre.

Known for

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N OutSeries • 2005The Celebrity ApprenticeSeries • 2004TRLSeries • 1998Scary Movie 3Movie • 2003Happy FeetMovie • 2006106 & ParkSeries • 2000Night SchoolMovie • 2018HustleMovie • 2022She's Gotta Have ItSeries • 2017This Is Me…NowMovie • 20242 Fast 2 FuriousMovie • 2003FearlessMovie • 2020EmpireMovie • 2002I Like It Like ThatMovie • 1994Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed LivesMovie • 2015WhiteboyzMovie • 1999