August 19: Fat Joe Was Born. (1970)
August 19, 1970 – On This Date In Hip-Hop, Joseph “Fat Joe” Cartagena was born in the South Bronx, New York. Fat Joe would grow up to: (1) live in public housing, (2) bully niggas, (3) rap as Fat Joe Da Gangsta, (4) become a member of DITC and Terror Squad, (5) lean back, (6) release 10 albums, (8) act in films, (9) be a video game character, (10) be nominated for a Grammy, (11) beef (and later resolve issues) with 50 Cent and Jay-Z, and (12) go all the way up… Happy Birthday Joey Crack!
Fat Joe said some real shit regarding Latinos and black folks in a interview I saw not too long ago; he paid homage to the motherland for real