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Fat Joe, born Joseph Antonio Cartagena, is a Bronx-born rapper, actor, and media personality who has made a lasting impact on the music industry over a career that spans more than three decades. Growing up in a Puerto Rican and Cuban family in the Bronx, Joe was exposed to hip-hop culture from an early age. He found solace and inspiration in music, and this passion ultimately led him to pursue a career in rap. His dedication and talent helped him establish himself as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry, and he remains one of hip-hop’s most respected figures. Fat Joe began his ...

Fat Joe is a hip-hop legend, but this is not a tale of celebrity; it is the story of Joseph Cartagena, a kid who came of age in the South Bronx during its darkest years of drugs, violence, and abandonment, and how he navigated that traumatizing landscape until he found—through art, friendship, luck, and will—a rocky path to a different life. This memoir, written in Joe’s own intensely compelling voice, moves with the momentum of pulp fiction, but underneath the tragicomedy and riveting tales of the streets and the industry is a thought-provoking story about a generation of survivors.

Fat Joe sits down with special guests in El Chapo’s Tunnel