Fat Joe

Acting · Born 1970-08-19 · The Bronx, New York, USA

Biography

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

• This Is Me…Now (2024)
• The Greatest Love Story Never Told (2024)
• Rap Trap: Hip-Hop on Trial (2023)
• All Up in the Biz (2023)
• Hip-Hop @ 50: Rhythms, Rhymes & Reflections – A Soul of a Nation Presentation (2023)
• The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports (2023)
• The Greatest Mixtape Ever (2022)
• Hustle (2022)
• You're Watching Video Music Box (2021)
• The Fabulous Chi Ali (2019)
• Savage X Fenty Show (2019)
• Night School (2018)
• Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth (2017)
• Lady Rider (2017)
• Straight Stuntin Chronicles: Volume 3 - The Man in the Mirror (2016)
• Checkmate (2016)
• VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens (2016)
• Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (2015)
• Supermodel (2015)
• 179th Street (2014)
• Narx (2011)
• The Cookout 2 (2011)
• Plies: Goon In the Trap (2010)
• DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 (2009)