DaBaby on surviving controversies, putting Charlotte on the map & Joe's robbing the gym story

Summary

Joe and Jada Podcast: DaBaby on Surviving Controversies, Charlotte, and Hustle Stories

Date: March 24, 2026
Podcast: Joe and Jada (iHeartPodcasts/The Volume)
Guests: Fat Joe, Jadakiss (hosts), DaBaby (featured guest)
Episode Theme: DaBaby joins Fat Joe and Jadakiss to talk surviving public controversies, uplifting his hometown (Charlotte, NC), balancing music and fatherhood, and Fat Joe’s infamous gym robbing story. The episode is rich in resilient hip-hop insight, humor, and family values.

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Main Theme

This episode centers around perseverance, loyalty, and evolution in hip-hop as DaBaby discusses his bounce-back from controversy, repping Charlotte, his creative process, and personal growth. Hosts Fat Joe and Jadakiss dig into behind-the-scenes rap life, loyalty, and family, with plenty of real talk, funny anecdotes, and industry gems.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Overcoming Controversy & Resilience in Hip-Hop

• Fat Joe addresses DaBaby’s controversies head-on:
  “You know me, I always say he’s uncancellable.” (06:00)
• DaBaby reflects on surviving the backlash:
  “Absolutely not. Nah. Caught left field, you know what I'm saying?” (06:48)
  “And I don’t really like swimming in the ocean… definitely caught a nigga left field.” (06:59)
• Support from hip-hop OGs
  DaBaby credits 50 Cent and Fat Joe for encouragement during “cancellation.”
  “I always got love from the OGs, the niggas that I… admired growing up. And niggas that I looked up to and fucked with as a youngin — all them niggas fuck with me.” (07:44)

2. Returning to the Top & Creative Process

• On regaining hit status:
  “I ain’t forgot how to do nothing… I’m back just having fun with this shit, and I ain’t looking for nothing in particular. And then that’s when this just… it’s gonna go how it go with me regardless.” (09:01)
• On studio process:
  “I don’t need nothing but the music and the microphone… play the music. The music don’t catch me off the rip… it’s loaded up.” (22:06)
  “I let the music… talk to me, rapper.” (22:45)

3. Putting Charlotte on the Map & Hometown Roots

• DaBaby’s pride in repping Charlotte:
  “I was the first nigga to pop out of Charlotte… I really had to kick the door down.” (12:01)
• Fat Joe on Charlotte’s distinct vibe:
  Humorous observation about Charlotte’s beautiful highways, local fare, and experiences with racism in the South (13:31–15:00).
• Community support:
  “Your fucking town… radio, they stood by you to a billion.” (11:32)
• Shoutout to emerging Charlotte artists:
  “We got a couple niggas right there at that threshold right now. Like Fetty P… But other than that, ahead of me, I had to kick the door down.” (12:01)

4. Family, Fatherhood, and Legacy

• DaBaby on being a dad:
  “That’s my favorite, favorite, favorite thing to do… be my kid’s father.” (43:00)
  “My kids, they turn, man. They the truth.” (43:11)
• Buying land/building legacy:
  “I just bought 40 acres. So I’m about to…” (44:06)
• Importance of giving back and family wellbeing:
  Discussion on generational wealth and keeping family secure (46:58–47:08).

5. Visuals, Performance & Directing

• DaBaby’s approach to music videos:
  “I really done trained my audience to expect something… I gotta paint that picture… that’s why I’m so hands on.” (17:30)
• Live shows over industry drama:
  “Performance was better than always been one of my favorite parts of this shit… I got that shit figured out—that you can’t fabricate.” (18:24)
• Taking young artists on tour:
  “I wanted to snatch up the younger… the upcoming people… let them turn up.” (19:02)

6. Food, Cooking, and Lifestyle

• DaBaby as a chef:
  “I go crazy… lamb chops, stuffed salmon, crab, spinach, cream cheese… garlic butter brush brioche rolls.” (34:58–35:17)
• Fat Joe’s jokes about cooking and nutrition:
  On struggles with dieting as a diabetic and avoiding carbs, with playful back-and-forths about scrambled eggs, bread, and restaurant “cheating.” (33:35–38:18)

7. Loyalty, Industry Lessons & Fat Joe’s Iconic ‘Gym Robbing’ Story

• Joe’s lesson on loyalty:
  “You don’t call a dude—a dude went to jail, you didn’t write him a letter, bring ice cream… and you gonna be sitting in the section thinking like it’s forgiveness?” (59:03)
• Joe evicts disloyal hangers-on after his comeback:
  "I turn around and go, you, you, you. Who you was talking to him too? All the [people] with me… I never want to see you again in my life." (59:03)
• Fat Joe tells the infamous gym robbing story, full circle:
  “I did, DaBaby. That’s why I like you, ‘cause you a real one. You said, ‘Joe, the whole gym,’ and they helped me with the Walkmans and the jackets.” (48:45)
  Hilarious details about robbing guys for gear he couldn’t even wear as a kid and accidentally robbing a big dealer’s brother (49:02–52:32).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On DaBaby’s resilience:
  “Some dudes break after when a couple doors close on them… They switch majors. You stuck it out.” —Jadakiss (10:12)
• Joe on “uncancellable” artists:
  “Certain people, you can’t throw that shit on... The guy’s a real guy, you know, he ain’t a rat.” —Fat Joe (06:01)
• On hometown support:
  “I mean, I’m still there. I ain’t went nowhere… wasn’t no examples for sure of, like, I was the first nigga to pop out of Charlotte.” —DaBaby (12:01)
• DaBaby as a father:
  “That's my FAVORITE thing to do… be my kid’s father.” —DaBaby (43:00)
• Joe on loyalty and the comeback:
  “None of them...was loyal, right? … I turn around and go, you, you, you… I never want to see you again in my life.” —Fat Joe (59:00–59:08)
• On creating hits naturally:
  “You ain't gotta force it. No, you just gotta let the track breathe.” —Fat Joe (65:40)
• On new album, “Be More Grateful”:
  “I went light on the features… my daughter. My favorite feature on there. Song with my daughter.” —DaBaby (60:07)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening banter, intro, guest welcome: 02:08–04:19
• Surviving controversy & support from OGs: 06:00–08:01
• Returning to the top, new single success: 08:54–10:10
• DaBaby talks Charlotte roots: 11:52–12:33
• Cooking jokes, food, Fat Joe's diet: 32:17–38:18
• Family & fatherhood, 40 acres: 42:54–44:06
• Legacy, wealth, and perspective: 46:00–48:01
• Fat Joe’s gym robbing story retold: 48:44–52:32
• Loyalty, industry lessons, comeback: 55:53–61:18
• DaBaby previews a new track: 62:04–65:57
• Album “Be More Grateful,” daughter feature, gratitude: 60:07–61:14

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Overall Tone

• Authentic, raw, supportive, and comedic.
  The episode’s vibe is real friendship with jokes, unfiltered industry talk, brotherhood, motivation for younger artists, and an emphasis on gratitude and genuine family values.

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Useful for Listeners Who Missed the Episode

• The episode is a masterclass in hip-hop survival and evolution, with DaBaby’s journey as blueprint.
• Expect hard-earned lessons about loyalty, industry snakes, fame’s challenges, and perseverance after hitting rock bottom.
• The conversation balances street wisdom, humor, and hope with actionable insights for musicians and fans alike.

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Closing Note:
The episode’s title—DaBaby on surviving controversies, putting Charlotte on the map & Joe's robbing the gym story—captures it all: survival, hustle, and hip-hop family. Listeners leave with a sense that gratitude, authenticity, and loyalty are the real staying power in hip-hop and life.

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Be sure to check out DaBaby’s new album, Be More Grateful, and catch the tour if it comes to your city!

Transcript

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[The Baby]

I heard about when you robbed the whole gym.

[Fat Joe]

I like I did debate. That's why I like you, because you're a real one. You said Joe the whole gym. And they helped me with the Walkmans in the jacket.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

Let me tell you something. Yeah, yeah. What up, y'? All? This Joe Crack the Dawn.

[Jada]

It's your boy Jada. You know what it is? The Joe and Jada Show. Every show legendary, every show iconic.

[Fat Joe]

Yeah.

[Jada]

I mean, today is it. I'm not Having the best of days, but I think it'll. I think we gonna finish up strong. You know what I mean?

[The Baby]

That's right.

[Jada]

When you think of today's guests, you think of bars, you think of hit songs, you think of stadium shakers, you think of controversy. Think of somebody able to overcome controversy. Get back to the bag. You think of a great father. You know what I mean? Let's never leave that out because they always tend to leave that out.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Jada]

Think of a great father, you think of a great cook, a great chef. Get busy in the kitchen. You think somebody you probably would have never thought as has skills behind the camera to direct and create visuals that he wants to bring to life. Which would make him a jack of all trades. Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for my brother, the baby.

[The Baby]

That's the introduction of the central.

[Jada]

Come on, baby. No, I got a lace. No, I got a link.

[The Baby]

I appreciate you for sure. It's a pleasure to be here, man.

[Fat Joe]

If you watch the show, he don't give everybody them type of. It's not that one. That was a rollout. That was extendo clip. That's what he deserves.

[Jada]

You know what I mean? You gotta get that.

[The Baby]

That's love. It's big.

[Jada]

There's not many of us left. We gotta hold each other down.

[The Baby]

Come on, now.

[Jada]

You know that.

[Fat Joe]

You know, I was with you and I had just left you in the airport and I bumped into the guy. What's the guy? He was jerking off on the plane. What's. My man. Throw one, throw one. It was the same day in the airport. I left you out.

[The Baby]

My brother.

[Fat Joe]

Be safe. He stormed in the air. Jesus Christ. I got a confirmation on the way out there.

[The Baby]

We was on the same flight, man.

[Fat Joe]

You was on the same. Nah, not the one flight. Not that one. I was in the airport. I said, what's up to you? Yeah. Yo, what's up? State flight overseas was somewhere. Yeah, I think Dubai or something. I don't know.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

When I bumped into him. Panda, Panda, Panda. And the next thing I get home, I see him on the news. Jerk yonder. 101.

[Jada]

Are you ever gonna let him live that down, man? Leave him alone, man. He got caught in the moment, man. You gotta let him. You gotta leave him alone. Sooner or later, you gotta give him.

[Fat Joe]

Yo, you gotta give him a break, right? That's the last one. I'm not going. No.

[Jada]

Try to get back on the right path.

[Fat Joe]

You drop a nice record, get it later. Yeah, he dropped a nice record recently too. So I. I got Number love for him, the baby up in here. You know me, I always say he's uncancellable.

[The Baby]

Come on. My.

[Fat Joe]

It's almost like Dave Chappelle. When they say he cancel, I'm like, hell, it. You know what? It's. Certain people, you can't throw that shit on certain people. You can't. Guys, a real guy, you know, he ain't a rat. You could try to call him a rat, but don't nobody really believe it. Guys, you throw certain dirt at them. A guy like me look and be like, nah, that shit ain't real. And so when they want you to fall to the noise, to the cancer and all that. Yeah, so you in there. I watched it live. So me and my daughter was watching on the thing and I seen it and I didn't know it was gonna be as big as it was, but it turned into. Did you know it was gonna be that big when you. Nah, nah.

[The Baby]

Absolutely not. Nah. Caught left field, you know what I'm saying?

[Fat Joe]

Big time, though, right? That's a tsunami. That's like you on the beach and they. The tsunami shit come. That shit is no interest.

[The Baby]

And I don't really like swimming in the ocean. I'm cool. I be asking for my life jacket and get on the boat and shit. You know what I'm saying? But definitely, you know, caught a nigga left field.

[Jada]

But, you know, shit happened back stronger than ever, though.

[The Baby]

You gonna fold and you gonna, you know what I'm saying, Stand up.

[Fat Joe]

I heard you say, did 50 Cent encourage you to stay rapping and stay focused and stay.

[The Baby]

You was another nigga too. Like, you. You ain't. You ain't never shy away from, like, you know, just recognizing like, you know, the shit a nigga stood for. And just the fact that on the

[Fat Joe]

other show you had.

[The Baby]

You had going on at the time. But it was. It was a clip that I wanna. I'm gonna have to holler at you. Cause I wanted to put that in my documentary. So we gonna need to be.

[Fat Joe]

Whatever I did, you got.

[The Baby]

You said I was ready for war. Yeah, that one. So, yeah. Nah, it was niggas like y', all. You know, I always got love from the OGs, the niggas that I, you know what I'm saying, Admired, you know what I'm saying? Growing up. And niggas that everybody I looked up to and fucked with as a youngin. All them niggas fuck with me.

[Fat Joe]

You know, what happened to me is when I got in the rap game, I left the Streets alone. And by hook or by crook, I was determined to make it in this business. Like, I was just like, yo, there's no. There's nothing else for me, you know? And so I don't know your situation, but when you was going through it, when I would talk to you, I'm just letting you know, like, yo, fuck what they saying. You talented. Get back on that bike and fuck all that. Like, keep going. And then you catch one, and then, you know, shit'll get better. And right now you got the biggest shit out there right now. What that feel like? All right, what that feel like when they telling you. They telling you it's over? And now. Now I know you don't feel. You know, you had a couple of joints after that that popped off.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

But this one. This one, this is a smoker. What does that feel like?

[The Baby]

Should it feel how it's supposed to feel? I mean, I ain't forgot how to do nothing. You know what I'm saying? At the end of the day, if anything, just, you know, hey, I ain't forgot the difference. The difference in it is like, I'm back just, you know, having fun with this shit, and I ain't looking. I ain't looking for nothing in particular. And then that's when this just. It's gonna go how it go with me regardless, you know what I'm saying? So it's still good to be. You know, the. The have favorite. They favorite song. All the Everybody on. Yeah, that's what I'm supposed to.

[Fat Joe]

Now that pop down. That came. That was a smoker off rip. One lesson, they sent it to me. I was like, oh, no, this out of here.

[The Baby]

I knew what it was soon as I made that up.

[Jada]

It's good, though, from your journey. So your journey. I mean, whenever you. Whenever you guys. Whenever you nice is. Is inevitable for your number to play. But in this particular game, for some reason, whenever. Whenever you. Your first attempt at, like, yo, I'm one of them. And they. And they give you a little pushback. You always get the laugh last in there.

[The Baby]

Nah, for sure, for sure.

[Jada]

I respect you for that. Because you. Some dudes break after when a couple doors close on them.

[The Baby]

Yeah. Get like that.

[Jada]

They go. They go find another.

[The Baby]

Straight up.

[Jada]

They switch mages.

[The Baby]

Straight up, stuck it out.

[Jada]

And it all.

[Fat Joe]

I loved you. Cause you ain't never been. Let me tell you something.

[Jada]

And that's a whole nother one. That's a whole nother.

[Fat Joe]

Yeah, I rate on that. You know what I'm saying? The Baby ain't.

[Jada]

Man, let me get over here and get out of that. Hear me? You know, I mean, I know when

[Fat Joe]

they get about to do.

[Jada]

I know when they get out.

[Fat Joe]

Charlotte, North Carolina. What did you have out there to inspire you?

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

Were there other artists that came from Charlotte? I know Petey Pablo. He ain't pussy.

[The Baby]

He ain't from Charlotte, but he.

[Fat Joe]

But he from.

[The Baby]

From North Carolina.

[Fat Joe]

No, I've been. I got down with Petey Pablo in physical form. Me, him against 2032. He's not pussy. He did North Carolina. Right. That's what it is. So Petey Pablo. Who else about it?

[The Baby]

J. Cole from there.

[Fat Joe]

Oh, that's a big deal.

[The Baby]

Yeah, for sure. He from Fayetteville.

[Fat Joe]

Fayetteville, North Carolina.

[Jada]

He got Charlotte pretty much on his back.

[Fat Joe]

He got.

[The Baby]

That's the honey. Literally, one thing they didn't.

[Fat Joe]

I didn't give a. I was in North Carolina.

[The Baby]

Yes.

[Fat Joe]

So when at the height of the hate for you.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

Your fucking town. Yeah, the radio. They stood by you to a billion. I was in North Charlotte, North Carolina, and I'm listening to the radio, and they acting like, ain't no cancel here. We playing this. This the baby. So your town. How do you feel with your town?

[The Baby]

I mean, I'm still there. I ain't went nowhere. But, you know, when it come to Charlotte, like, it wasn't no examples for sure of, like, I was the first

[Jada]

nigga to pop out of Charlotte setting the ball.

[The Baby]

You know what I'm saying? The first nigga, you know what I mean? We got a couple niggas right there at that. At that threshold right now. Like Freddie P. I fuck with Fetty P. That's my nigga. Shout out to him. But other than that, like, ahead of me, like, I really had to kick the throw down, you know what I mean? So that's what happened to the condition to be able to navigate through whatever in the industry. Cause it ain't nothing sweet, you know what I'm saying? In Charlotte, like, if you get up out of there, you get up out of there, you can. Goddamn. You can go anywhere.

[Fat Joe]

Let me tell you something. Every time I go to Charlotte Highway, I feel like stealing the trees.

[The Baby]

Y' all niggas don't got no trees.

[Fat Joe]

Yeah, yeah, we ain't got no trees. Y' all got the cherry blossoms, and all of the highway got the trees. I be like, yo, I should come down here with a U Haul, steal all these shits and bring them back to my backyard. They got the expensive trees on the highway. With all the colors and all that shit. And shout out to Greensboro. Yeah, every year I go out to Greensboro in the summer. The soul food joint. You know the soul food joint out there, right? Oh, they give you Pepto Bismo with the food, man. They know they about to.

[The Baby]

You up

[Fat Joe]

on the stand, you walk in, they got pepto Bismo. Understand?

[The Baby]

You know, you're gonna go to the toilet later on with, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fat Joe]

So good over there, man. You know, I went to. Or this, this, this. So my experience in North Carolina is two North Carolinas.

[The Baby]

Okay?

[Jada]

Yeah. People.

[Fat Joe]

No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm gonna tell you right now. I'm gonna tell you right now. In North Carolina, they are the nicest, sweetest people in the world. And racism is real. So I go one day to Ruth Chris because you always want me to fucking step on shit. In Greensboro, I went to Ruth Chris, and I was dressed up, and they was letting white people in with tank tops and fucking slippers on. They was like, yo, you don't meet the dress code. I said, what? They was like, you in there. And I had some G. Von cheese shit on, some fly shit. I'm like, huh? They was like, not the dress code. Now the racism. You know, I get racism every. I told you. They told me the other day that prison is over here. I get racism all the time. I just handle it, keep it mo. But my driving, he took so offense. He starts screaming on them, crazy. So when I get back in the car, he said, I should have told you. Let me take you to the soul food joint where they want to see you. These people full of shit here. They racist. This, this that. He took me to the soul food. Every year, I've been going back to that soul food Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Like, I've been going there. You know what I'm saying? And I'm not a sewer. You know what I mean? I could have sued.

[Jada]

Yo, I'm not a sewer.

[Fat Joe]

I could have sued the apple. He told me I should have called Ben Crump in one second, right? Yeah, I was. Last week, I'm in the airport. The dude where we was at Phoenix. Phoenix. The dude was like, prisoners over there. I had my security with me. He's like, huh? Like prisoners on that line. I guess that's a prisoner.

[Jada]

Told him, yo, what y' all doing? Prisoners over there? And then he doubled down on. I said, prisoners over there look like

[Fat Joe]

Bud Bundy or one of them dudes, like Al Bundy or some I would have made. He said, I should have been Elizabeth.

[Jada]

Elizabeth. That lady came, he laid on me.

[Fat Joe]

She was like, yo, I hear you had an incident. This and this. I was like, nah, I'm good. She was like, you sure? He said, that's what I think was Casey, you should have said, well, that's right there. I'm not well. My trauma's coming back. Started crying, yo, this shit out of control. I just gonna work for mine, man. This shit, yo, how hard is it navigating? Cause this is your prime. This is your era, this is your age group. This is your time. How is it just waking up looking at social media every day? Like, nothing to do with you. Just looking at all the crazy going, yo, this is crazy, kids. I think I'm start smoking weed or something. I've been learning. I gotta try weed now. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it. That's it, guys. I don't want nobody to get mad at me. I'm gonna start smoking weeds, at least gummies or some. I can't take it on the Instagram. Do y' all see what I see?

[The Baby]

Yeah, it's wild.

[Jada]

I don't know. You got a different. You got a different algorithm.

[Fat Joe]

Yeah, that's what it is.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

So, you know, I don't act my age. You know, I'm one of the fly so genius universe, you know what I'm saying? I walk up, it's almost like I think I'm 28. And one day I put up that. Yo, Chris. One day I threw on that Instagram. One day, my algorithm, the young fly, I threw it up. And they were like, did it in just break dancing. The next one was hit with graffiti. The next was singing to the hip hop. They was like, basically, my Instagram, the algorithm was like, yo, at your age, this is where you can stop. I was like, no, I thought I was in the nightmare on that. I started liking all the young. Like, yo, get back. Yeah, get back. I can't do that.

[Jada]

How important or visuals for you? Cause your video. You might have took the new buster slot of your videos, or you take it there on the video.

[The Baby]

I mean, when it come to me liking the shit that be going on in my head, bro, video is important. Like, I really didn't train my audience to, like, expect something.

[Jada]

Expect some shit.

[The Baby]

You feel me? Like, so that's the thing, like with the song I got going crazy right now. Like, it went up through there without the video. Normally I come with the video off the rip and they got them do that. So when that took off before the video even came out. I already knew what time it was. I just had to make sure the video, you know what I'm saying, met the standards of what expect. But I'm super important, bro, to answer your question. Like, I gotta paint that picture, you know what I mean? That's why I'm so hands on with that too. Cause it ain't too many that can't, you know what I'm saying, paint my picture better than me. So, yeah, that's what got a head first into like the directing and all

[Jada]

that stages too, huh? I see you love, you love. You love touching them stage.

[The Baby]

Yeah. Performance was better than always been like one of my favorite parts of this shit, that doing the videos and shit, being hands on in the videos, performing, then my favorite parts of this, all that other shit. It's too much, you know what I'm saying? It ain't. It's too much to, you know what I mean, to figure out what the rest of this shit. I got that shit figured out. That's that you can't fabricate like I'm right here in front of you, you know what I'm saying? So you know, anything I'm saying, anything I'm doing, you know, live performance, that shit. That's it. The live show killer. So I'm ready to get out here on this tour, you know what I mean? I go on tour next week. Yeah, yeah, get back in front of my boy.

[Fat Joe]

You with somebody else or.

[The Baby]

Nah, I got Zeddy Will on there. Zetty Will. Couple new artists. Headband.

[Jada]

Oh, that's Fire three.

[The Baby]

Yeah, a younger girl. She from. She from the DMV area. So, you know, I definitely. I wanted to snatch up the younger. The younger people, the upcoming people. That's why I wanted to go out with, you know what I'm saying, and let them turn up, you know what I mean? So it's gonna be one big ass party for sure.

[Jada]

When it start next week?

[The Baby]

Yeah, first stop Houston. First stop Houston.

[Fat Joe]

Get y' all tickets, that record.

[The Baby]

Houston, right on time.

[Jada]

Spring break still right on time. Shit gonna be crazy.

[The Baby]

Right on time.

[Fat Joe]

Houston. Let me tell you something, man, I

[The Baby]

was in Houston gets in trouble. Houston gets you in trouble, Joe.

[Fat Joe]

And this girl. I seek the kingdom.

[The Baby]

Seek the kingdom.

[Fat Joe]

I seek the kingdom. Houston. I went to a strip club. This girl ran up on me. She had a rock this big on shit. This one, Scott Storch was the man. She was like, look, your man bought me this ring. I said, my man, I want to rob the bitch. I'M like, yo, he bought you what? She was like, yeah, your man, me and him, we engaged. She shaking her ass, and they used the shit. I'm looking like, yo, man, let me tell you something. Houston make you lose your mind, man. Shout out to Houston, man, and everybody out there. I used to go to Houston all the time back in the day. Like, back in the bus. Love day. I used to just hang out. I used to hang out there with a bunch of Mexicans in Houston, and they would turn the diner into the strip club. Like, it was not legal. Whatever they were doing was not. They'll come in this store and turn that into a strip club. Barbershop.

[The Baby]

Hey, coaching crazy, though.

[Fat Joe]

Nah, they had the strip club anywhere out there.

[The Baby]

Hey, culture crazy. I fuck with Houston.

[Fat Joe]

Yeah.

[Jada]

23 tracks on this album.

[The Baby]

23.

[Jada]

Well, man, you got a lot to say.

[The Baby]

It had been a minute. Yeah, it had been a minute, you know, and not only that. Like, I wanted. I wanted to check every box. I wanted to get into the lyrical shit. I wanted to do. Do some. All that, you know what I'm saying?

[Fat Joe]

Definitely had. Had to get.

[The Baby]

Had to get back in tune with my. With my ladies, with the lady audience, you know what I'm saying? So I had to. I had to do them right. I had to goddamn demonstrate, you know, the lyricism. And I had to put the bars on there, and I had to put the hits on there, and I just had to have that raw energy, that turn up shit. So I wanted to make sure I checked every box on this. I ain't leave nothing off. And then the song is going crazy right now. It's the last one I did. I did that one right before.

[Jada]

That's it.

[The Baby]

And I'm like, all right, I got all the mother shits checked. All right, now I need that one, you know what I mean? My producer sent me the beat. I'm like, yeah, that's her. That's her. That's all she wrote.

[Fat Joe]

Let me tell you something. I need you on the song. I gotta play you after this.

[The Baby]

I can't wait. Come on with it.

[Fat Joe]

I need that pain, you know what I'm saying? The whole time I heard this, I said, damn, I need the baby on this second verse, you know what I mean?

[The Baby]

I can't wait. Run it.

[Jada]

What's your process in the studio like? What's your necessity essentials?

[The Baby]

I don't need nothing but the music and the microphone. For real, for real. I want it outside the booth, you know what I'm saying? I want it Outside the booth right there. I want to sit down. I ain't trying to stand up. And then that's it. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's with me. It's just play the music. The music don't catch me off the rip. Like, ah, a come in like a producer. Come in like I got down. Like, I'm not one of them that'll let a play some shit for like,

[Jada]

yeah, you know, it ain't right there.

[The Baby]

Play another one. Play another one. Cause I'm a no off the rip, you know what I'm saying? When them shits catch me, it's loaded up.

[Fat Joe]

So the music talk to you?

[The Baby]

Nah, 100%. Yeah, I let the music. Goddamn. You know what I'm saying? Talk to me, rapper.

[Fat Joe]

You said you this, you that.

[The Baby]

Yeah, 100%. It's gonna bring out what it bring out. You know what I'm saying? I do me.

[Fat Joe]

I give him a little. A little more courtesy, like. Like. Like, I'll listen to the beat, even though I'm not sure. I'll be like, all right. Then I'll be like, I. I don't. I don't want that. Yeah, but you know, I got one of them ears where you can't. Me? Yeah, I got. Let me tell you something.

[Jada]

Well done.

[Fat Joe]

Let me tell you one thing. Kiss. I got one of the greatest ears in hip hop history.

[The Baby]

Come on, now.

[Fat Joe]

I know how to hear a beat. I know how to hear a hit. I know how to do. I just know how to do it. And so I'll list. You can't fake me out. The guys used to come to my studio. This is real talk.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

So back in the days, the way it was. I don't know. Rough Riders, Y' all definitely had this, right? So when Terror Squad pond everything, the number one producers was staying online. Like Alchemist said, they're coming there. Players, five, ten. So this is the number one guys.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

They leave the next number one guy. Like, it was like. And they come up in there, they play some good beats, but it was close, but no cigar. And I'd be like, yo, let me ask you something. I said, what you got for Jay Z? Oh, that's a different stash.

[The Baby]

Right, right, right.

[Fat Joe]

That's over here in my. In my dad, can you play me that? They'll play some out of this world. And I'll be like, yo, I need that beat.

[The Baby]

You know what I'm saying?

[Fat Joe]

That Remy's conceded. That was Missy's beat. I had to put crazy pressure on Scott's side. I'm like, yo, I need that for Remy. He was like, yo, but Missy, I think she cut vocals toward this. I was like, yo, I'm sorry to say, Scott, we need that right there. Shouldn't have played it for me, man. That shit too crazy. And then Remy did. She did everything from there. All I could see the hook, everything. Yeah, but the beat, Scott, Stores played that for. Yeah, I was like. I was like, oh, I need that for Remy. That shit is crazy. And. And so that's how I go. Like, you knew this last joint. You knew that was a hit for show for sure.

[The Baby]

Who did Lean Back? Who produced Lane, stop

[Jada]

that nigga Storch?

[Fat Joe]

How about. I was scared to write to that shit for like a whole month that's

[Jada]

up knocking and beating.

[Fat Joe]

So knocking. I was scared to write. I was driving around. I'm driving around town just listening to the instrumental through the whole New York. No, the problem I had was a problem that most artists get. When you get a hit record, you think that's your lane. So my only hit record before that, that was really a hit, was what's Love? So I'm listening to Lean Back, even though this shit is dumb hardcore. And I keep thinking, I'm gonna flip it for girls. I'm gonna flip it for girls. Then one night, I remember, I never forget, I was in 42nd street, the West side highway, whatever that is. And, man, I just said, fuck it. I'm going street on this bitch. I'm going hardcore. And it was the best decision I made in my life, you could imagine. I was trying to turn Lean Back into a what's Love, Baby, I love you. This is that. Yo, that's what it was gonna be. I was fighting that shit, fighting the power. Cause the only hit I had that went number Love. Yeah. So I'm thinking, yo, they want me to make girl songs. But the beat was too knocking. And then, thank God, I never forget when I was just like, all right, fuck it. I'm going Hard Body on it. And the hook was like, you know the hook. You know, a lot of artists can't make a hook. That's the number. Yo, there is layers to making hit records and all that. Like, a lot of artists, they could be the number one rappers. They can't make a hook. So I take pride in, you know, in my crew. Ditc. Every time we work together, I'd be like, yo, let me do the hook. Like, I like. Like Method man, right? They use Method Man a lot. Wu Tang for them hooks and I would be like, yo, I'm like the method man of the crew. I'm gonna make a hook. Don't worry, I'm gonna do it. And so you know. But I noticed by working with so many different artists that that's probably the hardest shit to do is make a hook on. That's the hit. You know, that lean back came like that. That hook came like water.

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[Fat Joe]

What you been up to my brother man? What's life like?

[The Baby]

Man? Look, taking care of these kids, grinding, hustling, getting back on they ass. You know what I'm saying? Getting back on they ass, man. Solidifying this shit for the next generation. Coming up under me in the kitchen.

[Fat Joe]

I thought the number One. I thought the number one cook in hip hop is Trick Daddy.

[The Baby]

I with the trick.

[Fat Joe]

Hold up. I've eaten Trick Daddy's food.

[The Baby]

Trick, I with you.

[Jada]

You want him to cook, man, I

[Fat Joe]

should have him cook.

[Jada]

What is he saying?

[Fat Joe]

Yo, that's a great idea.

[The Baby]

You have a cook off. Line that up. Now I have it. We can line it up, cook off. Og I with you. But there's no knife. No knife. Different.

[Fat Joe]

That's.

[Jada]

That's his name in it.

[The Baby]

You know what I'm saying? Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

What's wrong with you? Yeah. I can't cook. Jokes.

[Jada]

No knife.

[Fat Joe]

Man can't cook toast. You from New York.

[The Baby]

From New York. My.

[Fat Joe]

You can't cook toast if it's all good. It was.

[Jada]

You don't even have to cook toast for one.

[Fat Joe]

I can't even cook toast.

[Jada]

You can't cook toast?

[Fat Joe]

I can't cook shit. If I did toast, I would it up, is what I'm trying.

[Jada]

Oh, you got a herb ass toasting.

[Fat Joe]

I'll tell you one thing. The other night I went down with my daughter and she be cooking all the time and she get busy.

[Jada]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

But I said, mommy, make me something. And you know I don't eat carbs no more. So she went and made me scramble egg. Like 11 o'.

[The Baby]

Clock.

[Fat Joe]

They wasn't like my scramble eggs. I did it healthy. I didn't do. I said, no. If I make scrambled eggs, it's gonna be a mountain of butter on that.

[The Baby]

Okay? Okay.

[Fat Joe]

Cheese. Heavy cholesterol on the scrambled legs.

[Jada]

Yes.

[Fat Joe]

How you like your scrambled legs?

[Jada]

Not with all the mountain.

[Fat Joe]

My is a scrambled egg with butter. My sister scrambled soup.

[The Baby]

Hell, nah, nah, nah. You like?

[Jada]

Nah, you gotta. You gotta check.

[The Baby]

Runny egg.

[Jada]

Busy in the kitchen.

[Fat Joe]

I know he does dinner. Lunch, Daddy. Nice, man.

[The Baby]

Yeah, Trick, I with you.

[Fat Joe]

You know my man Cool from cooling.

[The Baby]

Drake.

[Fat Joe]

Nice, too. It gotta be one of them.

[The Baby]

I with. I with all y'.

[Fat Joe]

All. No. You think you better hit Trick. I'm not trying to start no. Yo, chick.

[Jada]

Glasses off.

[Fat Joe]

Hold on.

[The Baby]

Oh, gee. Look, this ain't got nothing to do with you. I don't around and no knife. He different. We can go whatever route you want to go.

[Fat Joe]

What's your favorite dish to make?

[The Baby]

All of them. All of them, Joe. Every last one of them.

[Fat Joe]

All.

[Jada]

I ain't gonna lie.

[The Baby]

You know what I just ate? You know the last. Ask me the last thing. The very last thing I made.

[Fat Joe]

The last thing you made, jerk.

[The Baby]

Lamb chops, stuffed salmon. Stuff with you a culinary crab? Yeah, crab. You got spinach Cream cheese.

[Fat Joe]

You got Danny DeVito loving that shit. He looking like busy crap. That look like Farrah Fawcett, brother.

[The Baby]

Garlic butter breast brioche rolls. I go crazy.

[Fat Joe]

Garlic butter brush.

[The Baby]

Garlic butter brush.

[Fat Joe]

Garlic keto free. I'm not carbs. I haven't been eating no carbs. No rice, no potato, no pasta.

[The Baby]

You could have just no bread. You could just. Yeah, you just don't.

[Fat Joe]

Don't eat the bread. You know what I ate? Yeti squash squash. Spaghetti squash with. What are you talking about? I'm trying to live with. Yeah, with seafood. Lobster scallop. Did this is incredible. I ate that.

[The Baby]

I can't.

[Fat Joe]

I gotta eat.

[Jada]

Giving me mixed emotions.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Jada]

Just had a glizzy at nascar.

[Fat Joe]

That's a different example.

[Jada]

Ain't no keto.

[Fat Joe]

You see how I look?

[The Baby]

You looking good.

[Fat Joe]

They take my blood. I'm definitely like about 32, 28 or something.

[Jada]

Oh, if you come back 228, we gonna get steak and lobster.

[Fat Joe]

You know what?

[The Baby]

Hey, man, you fat Joe.

[Fat Joe]

Let me tell you something.

[The Baby]

You gotta go get steak.

[Fat Joe]

I've been diabetic since I'm 14. Yeah, they got the A patch now. I'm real disciplined in everything in life. I'm really disciplined. I was always scared to get the patch because the patch will tell you if your sugar high low. Because I knew I'm. Once I get this, I'm not gonna cheat. Like, if I didn't have the patch, I would sit down with you and eat the garlic bread it up. Who gives a. Yeah, like that. Yeah.

[The Baby]

Wilding like everybody can hear it.

[Fat Joe]

Yeah, your phone kind of like. It's kind of like play yourself. It's almost like handicapped. Yeah, that's up the phone give you a little ding, ding me and let you know, yo, sugar high. You wild out. I'll tell you the Jamaican. I ate the Jamaican spot in Miami and I ate no carbs.

[Jada]

It's what they cook.

[Fat Joe]

What is called Nah, nah, nah, nah. It's the real deal. It's oxtail. I ate oxtail. I ate not collard greens, some other kind of greens. Who gives a my went sky high with no rice, no potato, no bread, no nothing, huh?

[The Baby]

Yeah, that's what it fucked me up.

[Fat Joe]

So, you know, you gotta think about it. You gotta think about it. When you go outside to a restaurant to eat, there's ways to cheat. I just show you. I eat. I make a mean scrambled eggs with some extra butter. Or butter. Or butter. You know what you think they do when you go to the pizza shop and you Say this good. They sprinkle sugar on that sauce. People cheat. Like, when you go to these restaurants, they cheat for that extra. They're not doing what you're doing.

[Jada]

What you saying?

[Fat Joe]

You making it restaurants cheap. Like, they throw extra shit on it that we addicted to, that we'll love. Say, you ever been in a pizza shop where the pizza is incredible, but it's sweet?

[Song Vocalist]

No.

[The Baby]

Hell no.

[Fat Joe]

I'm telling you, they did sweet pizza. I'm telling you. Well, the Jamaican spot, I've been eating keto just so you could understand.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

For three months, the alarm ain't go off. For three months, the alarm ain't go off. I don't eat stock sales, lobsters, all type of stocks. Forget. You know, you go to Houston. Stocks like, no, no, no, no, no. You go to certain. You go to Houston's, you get your little shrimp. Eat the fucking. The steak, you eat the little spinach. Good. No sugar.

[The Baby]

Yeah,

[Fat Joe]

that lit me up.

[Jada]

Kicked me out of Hillstones the other day.

[Fat Joe]

Houston's another racist restaurant.

[Jada]

Didn't manage it politely said I smell like marijuana.

[Fat Joe]

Listen, if you ain't got the hair like him, Teddy survives.

[Jada]

I would walk around and block. Get the out of here.

[Fat Joe]

They told you to do what in front of there?

[Jada]

Me no kiss?

[Fat Joe]

I know you a superstar, but you can't block trees.

[Jada]

I didn't blow. I didn't blow.

[Fat Joe]

I want it.

[The Baby]

It was too dope.

[Jada]

Oh. Oh.

[Fat Joe]

I didn't smoke.

[Jada]

I didn't smoke.

[Fat Joe]

I didn't blow smoke.

[Jada]

I'm sorry. I didn't smoke.

[Fat Joe]

I didn't blow.

[Jada]

They don't care.

[Fat Joe]

You know, it's rare when I catch him. I hear this in a lot.

[The Baby]

Oh, got him.

[Fat Joe]

Got him. You know, Eustace, what they did to me. I went in Atlanta.

[The Baby]

I don't eat that.

[Fat Joe]

You don't eat that Smart. No, I went to Atlanta, and they fronted on me, and they was looking. What's crazy is it was the black people working. It was fronting on me. No, I'm telling you the truth. It was the craziest shit. So I'm sitting there, I'm like, huh? They're like, oh, well, you know, no reservations, no.

[The Baby]

This they keep better than everybody.

[Fat Joe]

They did the black cop, Black cop, black cop, black cop. Killing all your. Then I w. Up in there. I couldn't believe it. Then this guy runs from behind from. From the thing that. The. The manager. Yeah. Hey, Joe. Hawaii. White dude know you from Miami? Houston. Come inside. How many of you are four or five? Not a problem. I'm like, yo, what kind of is this?

[Jada]

I call that reverse racism.

[Fat Joe]

What's crazy is sat down and everybody was like, yo, this is when I went around, because, you know, some happened to me. I talk a lot. So I started telling everybody, everywhere I go, yo, you should. They be like, yo, we don't with it. We know what it is.

[The Baby]

Yeah, that.

[Fat Joe]

Like that all the time. Apparently, it's like that.

[Jada]

I ain't going back. I'm good off that.

[Fat Joe]

You're not going back to the spinach dip?

[Jada]

No.

[Fat Joe]

Or the shrimp cocktail? I'll tell you some crazy. I used to go to this Italian restaurant in South Beach. It was the best Italian restaurant on South Beach. This was dead nice. It was incredible. I put Jlo on. I put people. It was quiet. No, no, listen around.

[The Baby]

Yeah, the carbs, they got their pops.

[Fat Joe]

Oh, no, no. I'm talking about back in the day. But let me tell you, you gonna

[The Baby]

end up back in the day.

[Fat Joe]

I took my man, and I'm gonna say his name. I took my man.

[Jada]

Who?

[Fat Joe]

My man Stan. Oh, you know Stan from my ex.

[The Baby]

Yeah, that's my nigga.

[Fat Joe]

So Stan, I take them in there, we eat whatever. The owner says, hide this snack. Stan goes back, and they did some racist shit to him. Like, they didn't let them in. They skipping everybody in. You know what's going on, right? So Stan comes back, he says, yo, you know your restaurant over there, man, they. They handled me wrong. They did me. I said, I'll never step foot in that again. That place. About a month later, I couldn't help it. I went back for the. I walked back up in that shit with them peas, and I had that mix to him, like, a year later. I said, yo, Stand. You know, the boycott, you know, I stopped.

[Jada]

Boycott's over.

[Fat Joe]

That food was too good, D. That shit was legendary.

[Jada]

Did Stand wrong.

[Fat Joe]

I couldn't hold my end of the bargain.

[Jada]

How important is family, Kids?

[The Baby]

That's the most important thing. Family in general, that's the most important thing. I see you got your son in here with you.

[Fat Joe]

Yeah.

[The Baby]

You know what I'm saying? But that's my favorite, favorite, favorite thing to do. You know what I'm saying? Be my kid's father. You know what I'm saying? Hold it down for my. My nieces and my nephew. And then my kids, they turn, man.

[Fat Joe]

They.

[The Baby]

Yeah, they. Yeah, they. The truth. I ain't.

[Fat Joe]

I ain't nothing.

[The Baby]

I ain't with them.

[Fat Joe]

They know who you is.

[The Baby]

Yeah, they know.

[Fat Joe]

They know Remy's daughter went to 10,000 arenas with us and didn't know who he was even though he was performing. They don't know they little kids.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

So they don't know the difference. And then I think it finally kick. She be like telling Remy like papa, that's his song, right? She can hit me with a video one day. Lena, she had no clue. She's on stage with us. Hey, bring her out and everything golden. They know who you is.

[The Baby]

Not for sure. For sure.

[Fat Joe]

My father the best rapper.

[The Baby]

Word rapper you around. Think they wrote it.

[Fat Joe]

How about your parents?

[The Baby]

Yeah, Mom Dukes. My pops passed 20, 19. Mom deuce, though. She living it up. She.

[Fat Joe]

She. Yeah, she living the life. She got it, man.

[The Baby]

She careful.

[Fat Joe]

She got a mansion. You was about to say that.

[The Baby]

Yeah, I just. I just. I just bought 40 acres. So I'm about to.

[Jada]

Oh, yeah, some noise for that. That's Jewish.

[Fat Joe]

40 acres.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

Listen, if we buy a crack house here, it's 5 million. This I don't give a who you.

[The Baby]

I don't know nobody with no a New York.

[Fat Joe]

No. Ain't nobody got no anchor in New York. They smoke you for acres up here, crack houses. A crack house out here, trap house. Cost you a million dollars. You can't get out here. We think you blew up. You got a one in one, you know, one bedroom, one bath. We like that. Living a life.

[The Baby]

Yeah. Even the hotel rooms, them be about dead small.

[Fat Joe]

Right.

[The Baby]

Square feet them be.

[Fat Joe]

But in North Carolina, you walk.

[The Baby]

I walked in that. Tripped over the bed.

[Fat Joe]

Yeah.

[The Baby]

He was right. Right in front of the door.

[Fat Joe]

And if you want some room and if you want to rest some room, you got the stand back.

[The Baby]

Yeah. Oh, man, you 27.

[Fat Joe]

That might be the biggest. Biggest flex. You walk in somebody hotel room in New York, they got a little room

[The Baby]

and they suitcase can fit on the floor.

[Fat Joe]

Open it up. You can open it up or whatever. That man these, you know, you pay it.

[The Baby]

You got my clothes out the suitcase.

[Fat Joe]

Shout out to Heavy D. Rest in peace. I went to see him one time in the. In the hotel. Yes.

[The Baby]

He had the penthouse over the said

[Fat Joe]

you had him Central Park. No, no, no, no. You always been my idol. You know what I'm saying?

[The Baby]

No, I'm saying you had him up like he got the big room and

[Fat Joe]

the man had the big with

[The Baby]

it

[Fat Joe]

was over Central Park. I don't even want to sit the Trump Hotel.

[The Baby]

Okay, okay.

[Fat Joe]

Back in the days. But the. He had overlooking the whole Central Park. And I was just sitting there, I was like, damn, that ain't Heavy D. Heavy D Living the life.

[The Baby]

You know what I'm saying?

[Fat Joe]

But that's what I'm about. Living the life. You know, Life too short. No, I'm telling you. I went to a funeral the other day, shout out to Power from Wu Tang. I pulled up and it made me realize. I mean, I lost my mom, my father. I don't want to make this depressing. I lost my mom, my father, my brother. Same year, last year. I've been through some shit. I never been a funeral. It made me realize, like, yo, life is short. Like Powers, I'm sitting there seeing all the guys I came in the industry with. Everybody looking old kids, everybody looking to go. Like, everybody I came in the game with. I'm sitting there and I'm looking. They like, yo, you know, you. Once you get diagnosed, this. It just made me realize, like, this could be super over. So we might as well just blow

[The Baby]

the bag faster and just finish.

[Fat Joe]

Spend that. Just have your fun. Spend that. Make sure the kids good. They got 40 acres.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

Pay that off if you could.

[The Baby]

Good.

[Fat Joe]

They'll have. Yo, my thing is this, yo. If we leave you some, we ain't get. We in the South Bronx, the projects across the street, we didn't have. If we give you something, we gotta do something. Perhaps something for the nose gotta make that. No, no. I'm just saying, like, now it's on you. Yo, I tell my family all the time. I tell them them all the time, yo, if something happens to me, they're gonna give you some money. It's a fact. They're gonna give you some money. If you blow that, like, Fat Joe still here right now. That's on you. If you want to be the laugh and stop like, yo, Fat Joe died. We gotta sell a mansion. We gotta go in the fliest townhouse ever. Million dollar townhouse. We don't need no 10 million. You're not performing.

[The Baby]

Right? Right.

[Fat Joe]

You're not doing none of that. Yeah, you can't make no money. Fact. Y' all could go on a weekend. You would go on the weekend. You would go on the weekend, come back with the bag. Yo, we good. Fat Joe, not animal. So there's no reason for you to be sitting in a ten million dollar mansion. Get your PC off that too. Besides the money you got, downsize the flyest townhouse you ever seen. Get an elevator, get marble all over. But it's a million dol.

[The Baby]

You gotta start, like, elevating that.

[Fat Joe]

No. Sound phenomenal.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

Cause guess what? Nobody gave me a croissant.

[The Baby]

Come on now.

[Fat Joe]

Give me something.

[The Baby]

I heard about when you robbed the whole gym. I like to this store.

[Fat Joe]

I did the baby. That's why I like you. Cause you a real one. You said Joe, the whole gym. And they helped me with the Walkmans and the Jacks.

[The Baby]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fat Joe]

Let me tell you something. I stuck up this kid once around here.

[Jada]

Come on.

[Fat Joe]

Don't get him started right around here. Let me tell you something. I'll tell you a funny story. Your kiss. You stop me if I said it before. I'm not gonna stop. So I'm robbing everybody, right? I don't trust nobody. When I go home, I go a different way. When I dismiss that, I do everything because I know I robbed everything. I know what this is.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

From every level to this day. Yo, it's gonna be very hard for you to rob me to this day. Because I've seen everything on the other side of you. Gotta be AI or some shit, right? So I go like this. I said, I'm robbing everybody. But I can't even fit the stuff. There's no fly fat. No, you're not understanding. I'm sticking people up. Just rob.

[Jada]

Shouldn't get a tailor.

[Fat Joe]

Wasn't no Taylors. It was very hard. One of my wife's biggest JO folks is fat with the discus T shirt. There was nothing fly for fat. There was no gear that didn't exist, right? So I would rob guys and then give it to my man that was skinny. My man Stacy from across the street, he doing. He caught three bodies right across the street. Yeah, he been up there forever. Cops beat him up so many times, he got steel in his chest. I'm not bullshitting you. My man told Montana so I would stick a nigga up and give it to my man. Cause I can't even fit the shit. Yeah. One day, a fat dude walks in his school. He got that chocolate. Shirley. Gotta have it. That is immediate. Like, yo, my man. Yo, my man come up off the now. At the school in this one hot second. It was his first day in school. Like, yo, my man, run that in the hallway. Nothing to talk about. Yo, my, come up off the now. Now. I throw this on. But check this out. I always tell a story. They call me the best storyteller. That's the only problem. I go back to the block. I got the chalk. Ms. Shirley, I'm telling you, I was a bum, right? I got the chocolate. I finally stole something from me.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

I'm upstairs. I heard a car go. I heard another one go. Another one go. Another one go like ten Earths. My man Opie Megatron, come out the car. I can't. I'm upstairs. Yo, Joe. I look out the window, it's about a honey get a grown men gangster.

[The Baby]

Oh, he's somebody.

[Fat Joe]

His brother was the biggest in the universe. So Opie calls me Opie. Must have been like, I know him. Jill, please. This. He's a kid. This. This Joe, yo, what up?

[The Baby]

Oh, from out the window.

[Fat Joe]

And yeah, from the projects, yo, come down, yo, and bring the Shirley. The one victory I ever had, I come down with the Shirley.

[The Baby]

You handed that over.

[Fat Joe]

What was like, yo, he said, that's my little brother. He was a drug dealer from out here, the biggest. He said, yo, he got killed, too. But he said, this my brother, from now on, you make sure he's good. I said, no problem. His brother would walk past me with a little smirk in the school and

[The Baby]

all that like this.

[Fat Joe]

Know what time it is. Like he know what it is. But, you know, it's the one time I had something that fit me that's up, I couldn't get it all.

[Jada]

He had an hour with the brown with the chocolate shell. Good owl.

[The Baby]

Foreign.

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[Fat Joe]

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[Fat Joe]

The up in life is when you go through the struggle and you like, why me? Why God? Why I gotta go through this? And shit is up and other is fly and they parents could get them shit and this and this and that. And then once you get it, you realize that the journey was worth everything.

[The Baby]

100%. Them niggas used to be spoiled in high school.

[Fat Joe]

Them niggas, oh, they finished. But that's not what I'm saying. What I am saying is it's like you appreciate it so much. You know what I mean? That's what I meant by when I asked you, how does it feel to have a hit right now after all the shit you went through? You know, you could sit back and look, you know me. They took all my money. Yeah, they took all my money. I went to jail for taxes. They took millions of dollars, so called rich for a good 10, 15 years. Private planes, wilding out. Kept looking at the bank account ship saying, 2, 3, 5 million. I'm good to me, right? Man, they took all that shit. And let me tell you something. Motherfuckers wasn't coming to see me. Nobody helped me. Nobody gave me a dollar. Nobody did. Everybody thought it was over. This, this, this. So it was beyond the learning experience. So that when all the way up came out and the blue, I knew how to act with niggas and I knew what it was. But let me tell you something. It happened to me three times in my life where I was very successful. Number one, then I fell, then I became number one, then I fell the third time. And let me tell you something. In this hood, I used to drive around with 29 dudes following me. And they all had the same truck, paid for cash every single night. Steak and lobster every single night. Moet, every single night. Like, I was treating these dudes like, you know, get locked up. They'd be like, yeah, $50,000. We want them out, right? I be in the middle of the Bronx court making a movie. We want them out now. Yeah. I got my man Ira. The bell bonds with me. Get him out.

[The Baby]

Right, Right.

[Fat Joe]

But you know to only find out none of them niggas was loyal, right? And then I put out all the way up. Me and Remy, they give us. They say, yo, come, they had a number one club out here, Asus. And they said, yo, do the single release, we go there. The fucking club is on tilt. Everybody you name is in that motherfucker. It's just ran packed. The walls is sweaty. The mirrors were sweaty, right?

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

So I'm up in there with Remy, Me and I get to my section. There's a hundred dudes in there already there. God, we made it, my brother. We made it. Oh, she's force again. Yo, this, this, that. So I turn around, I perform. I'm walking out the door, the lights is on, right? I turn around and I go, you, you, you, you. Who you was talking to him too, all the. With me.

[The Baby]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fat Joe]

I never want to see you again in my life.

[The Baby]

You said it like that.

[Fat Joe]

Like that. Never in my life come around me again. The whole club when we say, yo, you heard that? What I couldn't have the. The nerve of doing right.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

You don't call a dude a dude went to jail. You didn't write him a letter. You didn't say sorry. You didn't care. You didn't bring me an ice cream. You ain't do nothing. I put out a miracle. That all the way up was a fucking miracle. And you gonna be sitting in the section thinking like it's forgiveness.

[The Baby]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Fat Joe]

They never hung out with me again in my life.

[The Baby]

All the way up. They was all the way up.

[Fat Joe]

Yeah. The new album, what's the name of it?

[The Baby]

Be More Grateful.

[Jada]

Be More Grateful with the Be More Grateful talk. Make sure you get your tickets. Make sure you tap in with a real one.

[The Baby]

Come on, man.

[Jada]

You know what I'm saying, baby.

[Fat Joe]

Who you got on the album?

[The Baby]

I went light on the features. I got my daughter.

[Fat Joe]

Fire.

[The Baby]

My favorite feature on there. A song with my daughter. I got Honcho Coray and another name getting nothing but baby.

[Fat Joe]

No doubt, baby. Air side of him I like Cordless Ray.

[The Baby]

Not for sure.

[Fat Joe]

Everybody go out there, get that album. Go.

[The Baby]

Be More Grateful.

[Daniel Cormier]

Be More Grateful.

[Jada]

The flavor title I heard in a long time.

[The Baby]

Come on now. That's where I met with it.

[Jada]

Be more Grateful.

[The Baby]

You need to be more grateful.

[Fat Joe]

Everybody need to be more grateful. You like?

[The Baby]

That's how I feel to have the record right now. I feel grateful.

[Fat Joe]

My.

[The Baby]

I should have.

[Fat Joe]

What? It must feel like a miracle.

[The Baby]

Come on now.

[Fat Joe]

I'm grateful you got that number one joint. You don't went to. You seen everything. You went through the too 100 and you turned around and you were surprised. You was like, oh, I thought everybody

[The Baby]

was like, come on now.

[Fat Joe]

Family. I thought everybody was 100. I thought everybody was this and that. Crazy is you probably had a friend that was still putting hits out the park. Walk. They could have just threw you a verse and get you where you need to be. And you like, damn, they're not coming. Am I lying or not?

[The Baby]

Throw a dog a bone or something. Something.

[Fat Joe]

Listen, this ain't that piece of.

[The Baby]

Piece of bread with some garlic butter brushed on it.

[Jada]

Garlic butter brush.

[Fat Joe]

Don't know about that. Garlic butter brush.

[Jada]

Let's hear something, man.

[Fat Joe]

Where you gonna play it? That what? Speaker. Oh, this is bad.

[The Baby]

Yeah.

[Jada]

Make sure sound quality is right, man.

[Fat Joe]

You got the crackhead speaker.

[The Baby]

Oh, damn. It is a little.

[Fat Joe]

See, Ruby could do it. If Ruby could do it.

[The Baby]

Yeah, you could play that on any side. Speaker definitely pop that mix is right.

[Jada]

You can play that on there.

[Fat Joe]

We know to pop that. They nothing new. We ain't got no songs new. Oh, I got this.

[The Baby]

No, you know who you with, man? You want me to go to you?

[Fat Joe]

Let me go to the notes in my phone. Tell you something. The strip club must be crazy to that you know that we released the new My man was in Magic City last like two days ago. Yeah, they was doing this up in the ceiling. I said, God damn, I ain't been outside in a while.

[The Baby]

For sure, y'. All.

[Fat Joe]

Sheesh. That pot this that must be going crazy in the strip club going.

[The Baby]

I ain't even been in strip club since it drop. We a been in the strip club.

[Fat Joe]

It's gonna cost you a lot.

[The Baby]

Exactly. I'm have come in there. They got oh, yeah. N hell no.

[Fat Joe]

Oh, I will walk in the club they go, they throw the spotlight on me. No rain,

[The Baby]

let's go.

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[Fat Joe]

control Suck that thing till your throat

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[Fat Joe]

your face on the floor that shit

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till your legs can't stand Hot freak bitch with the world in her hand.

[Song Vocalist]

She got the world in her hands. She make it 12 when she dance yeah, I got the world in my hands. I got your girl in my pants yeah. You know I love the way you move I do you with your girl today school. It's simple I ain't going to do the that I do for you if I was out here to trying to do it for.

[The Baby]

Spread that you know what I'm saying? You know.

[Fat Joe]

White America, come on now. Exactly got that. Exactly got that.

[Song Vocalist]

She got the world in her hands she make it 12 when she dance. Yeah, I got the world in my hands. I got your girl in my pants. You know I love the way you move I do you with your girl today school for you I ain't got no problem waiting on my turn. Teach me how to turn you to my BAE and I'mma learn suck dick dick put your hands on the meat ride my dick till your legs get weak Put your legs on the headboard baby make a mess Let me see if you can spread on the sheets talk that shit baby savvy so your brain send my government into the neighbors number name with the jury on yellow bracelet and the chains.

[Fat Joe]

That was easy work that was easy work.

[The Baby]

Yo, howtomake a hit.com man pop that

[Jada]

thing out right he sure make this

[Fat Joe]

make a arena rock. I try to Jesus. That's a super duper duper duper duper sm congratulations you appreciate you my this ain't that, that ain't this make some noise for the baby.

[Jada]

One of the most perfect.

[The Baby]

I just let it happen.

[Fat Joe]

Yeah, you gotta let them hits breathe. Gotta let that I be trying to tell people all the time the hits why Jada is da da da da why now that when they're not like you can't. You ain't gotta force it. No, you just gotta let the track breathe.

[The Baby]

Let that happen.

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[Fat Joe]

Thank you, my brother.

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[Fat Joe]

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