Fat Joe Trivia
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Birth name: Joseph Antonio Cartagena
Date of birth: 19 August 1970
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York, USA
Nickname: Da Fat Gangsta, Don Cartagena, Joey Crack, Fat Joe ‘Joseph Cartagena’, J. Cartagena, Fat Joe Da Gangsta, Terror Squad.
Height: 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
Spouse: Lorena (? – present) 2 children
- Although bald-headed, used to have hair during his hip-hop career, according to his music video “Flow Joe”, for example.
- Father’s name is Ernesto Delgado.
- Has two sons, Ryan and Joey.
- Mother’s name is Marie Cartagena.
- Always referred to Big Pun as his twinsito.
- Is half Puerto-Rican and half Cuban.
- Paid for the funeral of rap star Big Pun.
- Is no longer friends or business partners with [now] former Terror Squad member Cuban Link, due to a dispute at Jimmy’s Bronx Café.
- Has a fear of flying. Because of this fear he rarely performs outside of the East Coast.
- Shares birthday with Lil’ Romeo, Bill Clinton, and Matthew Perry who is 1 year older than him.
- Gave his old Bronx elementary school 20 computers and a media lab.
- Said in a song collaboration with Jennifer Lopez that she was the first one to call him after his friend, rapper Big Pun, died.
- Was Playgirl Magazine’s man of the month in May 1993.
- Recently overcame his fear of flying and now enjoys it (2005).
- 50 Cent attacked Fat Joe in his song “Piggy Bank” from his 2005 album The Massacre. Fat Joe subsequently attacked 50′s street credibility and called him a “coward” on a phone interview with Kay Slay of New York City hip-hop radio station WQHT.
- Fat Joe is also an avid sneaker collector, which could be seen in an episode of Bobbito Garcia’s show “It’s the Shoes”.
- In January 2010, Fat Joe announced that he was working on a new album, The Darkside Vol. 1.
- On March 28, 2010 Fat Joe signed a record deal with E1 Music. The Darkside Vol. 1 was released on July 27, 2010 and sold approximately 12,000 copies in the first week and entered the Billboard 200 at #27.
- On August 6, 2010 Fat Joe was interviewed on MTV RapFix Live by Sway. Fat Joe announced in the interview that he plans to record 2 more volumes of The Darkside and then retire.
