Fat Joe

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.

Filmography

• The Celebrity Apprentice (2004)
• Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (2005)
• TRL (1998)
• Scary Movie 3 (2003)
• Happy Feet (2006)
• 106 & Park (2000)
• Night School (2018)
• Hustle (2022)
• The Andy Milonakis Show (2005)
• This Is Me…Now (2024)
• Prison Song (2001)
• VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens (2016)
• Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (2015)
• 179th Street (2014)
• Narx (2011)
• Urban Menace (1999)
• I Like It Like That (1994)
• The Cookout 2 (2011)
• Paper Chasers (2003)
• Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth (2017)
• Supermodel (2015)
• Big Pun Live (2002)
• Lady Rider (2017)
• Cope 2 Kings Destroy (1999)
• Blazin' (2001)