The rapper Fat Joe referred to as the very best on the planet

Fat Joe is an iconic determine in New York hip-hop and, as one of many first Latino rappers to achieve industrial success, modified the face of East Coast rap music. Nonetheless, there’s one lyricist from his metropolis that he insists is the very best on the planet.

Fat Joe grew up within the Bronx and was some of the outstanding Puerto Rican rappers of the early Nineteen Nineties. That stated he wasn’t thought-about an enormous identify till he managed to signal a younger, budding new emcee from Fort Hill.

Akin to different members of Fat Joe’s Terror Squad, Big Pun grew up in the inner city projects of Castle Hill. As an adolescent, he was impressed by different artists hailed from the Bronx, reminiscent of Rakim and KRS-One. After seeing Fat Joe break into the mainstream as a Puerto Rican from the Bronx, Rios was extra satisfied than ever that he may succeed as a rapper.

That stated, sooner or later Pun (actual identify Christopher Rios) tracked down Fat Joe, some of the outstanding Puerto Rican rappers of the early Nineteen Nineties. After efficiently discovering the rapper (actual identify José Cartagena), he waited for him exterior one of many Bronx’s many Bodegas and rapped for him. The relaxation is historical past, as Fat Joe realises {that a} star has been born.

Throughout an interview on Houston radio present The Field on KBXX 97.9FM, Fat Joe defined why Big Pun is the epicentre of his entire career. Talking with the hosts, Madd Hatta J-Mac and Younger Jas, Cartagena said, “Everything goes back to signing Big Pun. Everything goes back to then! That’s the point when I became an entrepreneur. That’s the point where we’re in the business, a mogul, an entrepreneur. That’s the point when I was known [and people were saying] ‘Wow, he ain’t just tryna rap, he putting a dude on and the dude going double-platinum! He’s serious about this.”

He continued, “Big Pun is the best in the world! That’s the bottom line. He’s better than the boss.” Explaining how they met, he detailed, “I’m coming out the bodega, they freestyling. It’s the fatter Puerto Rican guy that’s ready to rap, and I’m like, ‘Oh my god, what has this guy got to say?!’ You know I was the only Spanish (Hispanic) dude rapping. I was like, ‘C’mon’, threw him in the whip, and that night I put him in the studio!”

Cartagena defined how from the minute they met, they turned like brothers. Revealing how he helped push Large Pun into the limelight, Fat Joe defined, “He got on my second album, I already knew he was the best!”

The ‘Lean Back’ rhymer even detailed how he took Rios to fulfill a few of New York’s biggest lyricists, recalling, “I took Pun to Nas and Kool G Rap, and I said ‘Yo you gotta hear my man!’ And they were like ‘A’ight’ and then he started spittin’, and they were like ‘This dude’s a freak of nature!’”

You’ll be able to take heed to Fat Joe explaining why Large Pun is the very best rapper on the planet beneath.