Fat Joe

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-08-19 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York, USA

Fat Joe

Biography

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.

Acting

1994

I Like It Like That

as Biker Inmate

2001

Prison Song

as Big Pete

2006

Happy Feet

as Seymour (voice)

2002

Empire

as Tito Severe

1999

Whiteboyz

as Don Flip Crew #2

1999

Urban Menace

as Terror

2011

Narx

as Big Ed

2022

Hustle

as Fat Joe

2024

This Is Me…Now

as Therapist

2014

179th Street

as King Cesar Colon

1999

1999

2015

Supermodel

as Xavier

2017

Lady Rider

as Flash

2001

Blazin'

as Big Jay

2003

Scary Movie 3

as Fat Joe

2016

Checkmate

as Freddy "Flash" Morales

2018

Night School

as Bobby

2020

Fearless

as DJ (voice)

2011

The Cookout 2

as Bookie

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