Fat Joe

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Fat Joe

Acting 56 August 19, 1970

The Bronx, New York, USA

Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper. He began recording as a member of hip hop group Diggin' in the Crat…

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Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper. He began recording as a member of hip hop group Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.) in 1992, and pursued a solo career with the release of his debut studio album, Represent (1993) the following year. Cartegena formed the hip hop group Terror Squad and its namesake record label in the late 1990s, through which he has signed fellow New York artists including Big Pun, Remy Ma, Tony Sunshine, and Cuban Link, as well as then-unknown producers DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Joe and Jada

    TV show Self - Host

  2. 2024
    Fat Joe Talks

    TV show Self - Host

  3. 2024
    The Greatest Love Story Never Told

    Movie Self

  4. 2024
    This Is Me…Now

    Movie Therapist

  5. 2023
    King Charles

    TV show Self - Guest

  6. 2023
    The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports

    Movie Self

  7. 2023
    Hip-Hop @ 50: Rhythms, Rhymes & Reflections – A Soul of a Nation Presentation

    Movie Self

  8. 2023
    All Up in the Biz

    Movie Self

  9. 2023
    Rap Trap: Hip-Hop on Trial

    Movie Self

  10. 2023
    Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

    TV show Self

  11. 2022
    Grails: When Sneakers Change the Game

    TV show

  12. 2022
    The Jennifer Hudson Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  13. 2022
    Hustle

    Movie Fat Joe

  14. 2022
    The Greatest Mixtape Ever

    Movie Self

  15. 2022
    Mixtape

    Movie Self

  16. 2021
    You're Watching Video Music Box

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2020
    The Drew Barrymore Show

    TV show Self

  2. 2020
    Fearless

    Movie DJ (voice)

  3. 2019
    Untold Stories of Hip Hop

    TV show Self

  4. 2019
    Savage X Fenty Show

    Movie Self

  5. 2019
    The Kelly Clarkson Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  6. 2019
    Tamron Hall

    TV show Self - Guest

  7. 2019
    The Fabulous Chi Ali

    Movie Self

  8. 2018
    Night School

    Movie Bobby

  9. 2018
    The Shop

    TV show Self

  10. 2017
    She's Gotta Have It

    TV show Winny 'Win' Winfield

  11. 2017
    Lady Rider

    Movie Flash

  12. 2017
    Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth

    Movie Himself

  13. 2016
    Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

    TV show Self

  14. 2016
    VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens

    Movie

  15. 2016
    Straight Stuntin Chronicles: Volume 3 - The Man in the Mirror

    Movie Self

  16. 2016
    Checkmate

    Movie Freddy "Flash" Morales

  17. 2015
    Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

    Movie

  18. 2015
    Celebrity Family Feud

    TV show Self - Contestant

  19. 2015
    Supermodel

    Movie Xavier

  20. 2014
    179th Street

    Movie King Cesar Colon

  21. 2011
    The Cookout 2

    Movie Bookie

  22. 2011
    Narx

    Movie Big Ed

  23. 2010
    Plies: Goon In the Trap

    Movie

  24. 2009
    DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70

    Movie Self (archive footage)