Meet Ernesto Delgado, Marie Cartagena

American rapper Joseph Antonio Cartagena, better known by his stage moniker Fat Joe, was born in New York City on August 19, 1970. As a member of the hip hop group Diggin’ in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C. ), he started his musical career.

Later, he went solo and established his own record label, Terror Squad, where he signed artists like Big Pun, Remy Ma, Tony Sunshine, Cuban Link, Armageddon, Prospect, Triple Seis, and the then-unknown DJ Khaled. He also discovered producers Cool & Dre through this label. In addition to Happy Feet and Scary Movie 3, Fat Joe has also made appearances in Spike Lee’s Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It.

Fat Joe parents: Meet Ernesto Delgado, Marie Cartagena

In the New York City borough of the Bronx, where he was raised by parents of Cuban and Puerto Rican ancestry, Fat Joe was born Joseph Antonio Cartagena.

Fat Joe started stealing as a child to help feed his family while he was growing up in the public housing complex known as the Forest Houses in the South Bronx community of Morrisania. He also acknowledges that he bullied kids when he was younger. Hip hop music was introduced to him by his brother.

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