Fat Joe Quotes
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For artists, the majority of the money we make comes from us being on the road and touring.
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All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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I stay around the young boys in the studio; I want to learn from them, and at the same time, I have a lot to offer them.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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Hector Lavoe is the greatest of all time. Marc Anthony is the second greatest.
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DJ Premier, this guy is like a god, a walking god. Guru, he put it down legendary.
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Every ghetto you go to, Latinos and blacks are the two people that are together. We don't look at each other in any different way, like 'He's black; I'm Latino.' I look at us as one.
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It feels like Gangstarr is the purest group in hip-hop. They was shooting videos on the beach in the winter when the water was ice. Razor-blade music.
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My parents are overweight, and I think the biggest problem we have in America is a lack of education. The place to start is with parents and teaching them to cook healthier.
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When it's all said and done, I want to look back on my career and say I did numerous things.
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It's hard to have a boom-bap hip hop record that goes No. 1 in the country.
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I have been Fat Joe since I was a kid. It's always been my name and always will be.
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I was scared to fly for a long time.
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
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The biggest killer of people is food.
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Being that I always perform, I started working out with a trainer to get that endurance and stamina. Now, I guess you could call me a gym rat.
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I'm just a human being. I'm from the projects, too.
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To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.
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It feels as if I never get my just due.
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Man I got so many regrets. The biggest is that Eminem gave me so many demos - six different times he approached me, and I didn't sign him. Shame on me.
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There isn't a country I ain't touch in Africa. I just came back from South of France, I toured China, Japan, wherever you name, 60,000 people come out to see Fat Joe.
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I always loved being fat, obviously. I'm Fat Joe.
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I love owning my masters.