Name	DJ Khaled
Background	non_performing_personnel
Birth name	Khaled Bin Abdul Khaled
Birth date	November 26, 1975
Birth place	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Origin	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Instruments	Turntable
Genre	Hip hop
Occupation	Disc jockey, radio personality, record producer & rapper
Years active	1998–present
Associated acts	Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Akon, Cool & Dre, T-Pain, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Trick Daddy, Ace Hood, Pitbull, Ludacris, Drake, Birdman, Young Jeezy, Busta Rhymes, Plies
Label	We the Best, Terror Squad, Cash Money, Universal Republic
Website	}}

Khaled Bin Abdul Khaled (born November 26, 1975), better known by his stage name DJ Khaled, is an American record producer, radio personality, DJ, rapper & record label executive. He is a radio host for the Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR and the DJ for the hip hop group Terror Squad. In 2006, Khaled released his debut album ''Listennn... the Album''. He went on to release ''We the Best'' (2007), ''We Global'' (2008), ''Victory'' (2010), and ''We the Best Forever'' (2011). In 2009, Khaled became the president of record label Def Jam South.

Biography

Khaled was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is of Palestinian descent and lives in Sunny Isles, Florida. Currently, he hosts the weeknight program ''TakeOver'' on Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR with fellow host K. Foxx; Khaled states that he has worked for the station professionally since 2003. Early in his career he dj'd for a south Florida regional station Power 96.5 FM. In 1998, Khaled worked as a "sidekick" for Miami rapper Luther Campbell for Campbell's Friday night WEDR radio show ''The Luke Show''. In his albums, Khaled usually provides "shoutouts" that assert his representation of "the ghetto" and urges people to listen. From 2004 to 2006, Khaled assisted in the production of the hip-hop albums ''Real Talk'' by Fabolous, ''True Story'' by Terror Squad, ''All or Nothing'' by Fat Joe, and ''Me, Myself, & I'' by Fat Joe. Many of DJ Khaled's songs are known to entice the listener by hip hop chanting his name before the song starts. Khaled represents the Kendall area of Miami.

2006: ''Listennn... the Album''

On June 6, 2006, his debut album ''Listennn... the Album'' was released by Koch Records; it premiered on the Billboard 200 chart at #12.

2007: ''We the Best''

''We the Best'' followed in 2007 with singles "I'm So Hood" with T-Pain, Trick Daddy, Plies, and Rick Ross and "We Takin' Over" with Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman, and Lil Wayne. "We Takin' Over" peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #11 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 20, 2007. Khaled made a guest appearance on the single "100 Million" from Birdman's 2007 album ''5 * Stunna''; the single also featured Rick Ross, Dre, Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne. That year, Khaled won two Ozone Awards: one for Best Video ("We Takin' Over") and another for Best Radio DJ.

2008–2009: ''We Global''

In 2008, Khaled's third album ''We Global'' came out with singles "Out Here Grindin" with Akon, Rick Ross, Lil' Boosie, Trick Daddy, Ace Hood, and Plies, followed by "Go Hard" featuring Kanye West and T-Pain. RIAA certified the single "I'm So Hood" Platinum on June 4, 2008. That year, Khaled won DJ of the Year awards from the BET Hip Hop Awards and Ozone Awards.

He was appointed the president of Def Jam South in 2009.

2009–2010: ''Victory''

His fourth studio is titled ''Victory'' and was released in early 2010. The album featured guest appearances from Drake, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Nelly and more. The single "All I Do Is Win" featuring Ludacris, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg and T-Pain was certified as a double-platinum single. Other singles include: "Put Your Hands Up" featuring Ross, Young Jeezy, Plies and Schife, and "Fed Up" featuring Usher, Drake, Ross and Jeezy. The album had low sales and debuted at #12 on the Billboard 200.

2011–present: ''We the Best Forever & Kiss the Ring''

DJ Khaled announced the title of the album, ''We the Best Forever'', on Twitter. On August 19, Khaled signed to Cash Money Records along to Universal Motown, the album will be released under the label, also under E1 Entertainment, Terror Squad, Def Jam South and Khaled's own label We the Best Music Group, with confirmed guests as Fat Joe, Chris Brown, Keyshia Cole, Cee Lo Green, Cool & Dre, Rick Ross, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nas, Birdman, Lil Wayne, T.I., Akon, Drake and Nicki Minaj The first single titled "Welcome to My Hood", featuring Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Wayne and T-Pain was released in January 13 of 2011, which was produced by The Renegades, and co-produced by DJ Khaled himself and The Nasty Beatmakers. The song is the first released under Cash Money Records and Universal Motown, a music video was filmed in Miami, Florida and directed by Gil Green, featuring cameos by Flo Rida, Bow Wow, Busta Rhymes, and other artists. The next single, "I'm On One", featuring Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne, was released on May 20, 2011. It debuted at #10 on the Hot 100, becoming Khaled's and Ross' highest charting song. "I'm On One" also reached the number-one spot on the Rap and Hip-Hop/R&B Songs charts, becoming Khaled's first #1 song on both charts. It was #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart for 11 non-consecutive weeks, and on the Rap chart for 13 consecutive weeks, the third most of any rap song on the latter chart. The song also got a triple-platinum certification, which is Khaled's and Ross' first. ''We the Best Forever'' debuted on the Billboard 200 at #5, selling 53,000 copies. It is his most successful album. The album also debuted at #1 on the Rap Albums chart, becoming his first number-one album on that chart. On December 10, 2011 DJ Khaled announced the title of his next album, ''Kiss The Ring'', via a video, with the release date as "coming soon", presumed 2012. DJ Khaled is working on the project with T-Pain, R. Kelly, Nas, TLC, Gwen Stefani, Ice Cube, Ace Hood, Kanye West, Ryan Leslie, Rick Ross & Maybach Music Group artists (Meek Mill & More), Drake, Young Money & Cash Money artists and many more. Khaled mentioned that he has a verse from someone very special. The first single released was "Take It to the Head" featuring Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne.

Performances

DJ Khaled performed at BET Awards 2011 with Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne which aired on June 26, 2011.

Discography

2006: ''Listennn... the Album''

2007: ''We the Best''

2008: ''We Global''

2010: ''Victory''

2011: ''We the Best Forever''

2012: ''Kiss The Ring''

Awards and nominations

BET Awards

2008, Best Collaboration ("I'm So Hood (Remix)") with Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman, & Rick Ross (Nominated)

BET Hip Hop Awards

*2009, DJ of the Year (nominated)

2008, DJ of the Year (Won)

2008, MVP of the Year (nominated)

2008, Best Collabo ("I'm So Hood (Remix)") with Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman, & Rick Ross (Won)

2007, People's Champ Award ("We Takin' Over") with Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman, & Lil Wayne (nominated)

2007, Best Hip-Hop Collabo ("We Takin' Over") with Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman, & Lil Wayne (nominated)

Grammy Awards

*2012, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "I'm On One" (nominated)w/ Drake, Lil' Wayne, Rick Ross & Birdman

Ozone Awards

2008, DJ of the Year (Won)

References

External links

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name	Chuckie
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Clyde Sergio Narain
alias	DJ Chuckie
birth date	June 25, 1978
origin	Suriname
genre	Dutch House
occupation	DJ, producer
years active	1993–present
label	Ministry Of Sound
associated acts	Hardwell, LMFAO, DJ Daaar, Skrillex
website	http://www.djchuckie.com/
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Chuckie, born Clyde Sergio Narain (Paramaribo, 25 June 1978) is a Dutch DJ and producer of Surinamese descent.

Biography

Chuckie grew up in Suriname and was influenced by the large number of musical genres of the country. When one of his friends started working as a DJ, his interest for DJing started at the age of thirteen when he started experimenting with remixing at home. Gradually, he built his own record collection. At first, he played at parties of his friends and family.

In 2003, he started working as a DJ in club Voltage in The Hague. Nowadays, he performs all the time in the Netherlands and abroad. Chuckie did remixes for other bands, including David Guetta, K-Liber, The Partysquad, and Gio.

In 2008, he performed as the opening act at the dance event Sensation. Afterwards, he stated that this was a dream come true for him: he had visited the very first Sensation event in 2000 and promised himself that one day he would be standing behind the DJ table.

The song "I'm In Miami Trick" (or "I'm In Miami Bitch") was originally by hip-hop group LMFAO, the remix Chuckie did was titled "Let The Bass Kick In Miami Girl" (or "Let The Bass Kick In Miami Bitch"/"Let The Bass Kick In Miami Bitch"). MYNC also did an edit of the Chuckie remix which was titled "I'm In Miami Bitch (MYNC I'm In Richmond Bitch Remix)". In 2011 Chuckie was also featured on Hardwell's song "Move It To The Dru"m, which also featured vocals by Ambush. In 2012 Chuckie released "Who Is Ready To Jump?" this was solo work and the song was featured on many Ministry of Sound compilation albums including ''Addicted To Bass'' and the ''Ministry of Sound Annual'' (2012). The song was also featured on ''Cream Club Anthems 2012''.

Discography

Remixes

David Guetta -ft. Akon - Sexy Bitch (Chuckie & Lil Jon Remix)

David Guetta -ft. Estelle - One Love (Chuckie & Fatman Scoop Remix)

Bob Sinclar - Love You No More (Chuckie Remix)

Chris Kaeser - Who's In The House (Chuckie Remix)

David Guetta - Everytime We Touch (Chuckie Remix)

Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano - Pondo (Chuckie & Silvio Ecomo Mix)

Groovewatchers - Sexy Girl (Chuckie Remix)

Joachim Garraud - Are You Ready (Chuckie Remix)

Luis Lopez vs Jesse Lee - Is This Love (Chuckie Remix)

Robbie Rivera - Let Me Sip My Drink (Chuckie Remix)

Sidney Samson feat. Lady Bee - Shut Up & Let It Go (Chuckie Mix)

Sidney Samson feat. Lady Bee Bizee - Come On Lets Go (Chuckie Remix)

Nari & Milani and Cristian Marchi with Luciana - I Got My Eyes On You (Chuckie Remix)

Yolanda be Cool & DCUP - We no speak Americano (Chuckie & METI Remix)

DJ Daaar - Massive ßallzacka (Chuckie Zchit In Your Face Remix)

Pendulum - Witchcraft (Chuckie Remix)

Pitbull ft Enrique Iglesias - I Like it (Chuckie remix)

Lil Jon ft Claude Kelly - Oh What a Night (Chuckie Remix)

Mohombi - Bumpy Ride (Chuckie Remix)

Enrique Iglesias Feat. Ludacris - Tonight (Chuckie Remix)

3OH!3 Feat. Kesha - First Kiss (Chuckie Remix)

Michael Jackson - Hollywood Tonight (Chuckie Remix/Dub)

The Saturdays - Notorious (Chuckie Remix)

Jean Roch feat. Flo Rida & Kat Deluna - I'm Alright (Chuckie Remix)

Bassment Jaxx - Where's Your Head At (Chuckie Cold Blank Mash Up)

Erick Morillo & Eddie Thoneick feat. Shawnee Taylor - Stronger (Chuckie & Gregori Klosman Remix)

Marina & The Diamonds - Radioactive (Chuckie Remix)

Nause - Made of (Chuckie Remix)

Rihanna - We Found Love feat. Calvin Harris (Chuckie Remix/Dub)

SARVI - Amore (Chuckie Remix)

Black Eyed Peas - Rock That Body (Chuckie Remix)

Production:

Marina & The Diamonds (with Stargate) - Radioactive

Pitbull - It's Not You (It's Me)" (T-Pain vs. Chuckie featuring Pitbull)

References

External links

Category:Club DJs Category:Dutch DJs Category:Surinamese DJs Category:People from Paramaribo Category:Remixers Category:Living people Category:Dutch electronic musicians

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name	Fat Joe
background	solo_singer
birth name	Joseph Antonio Cartagena
birth date	August 19, 1970
Birth place	New York City, New York, U.S.
alias
genre	East Coast hip hop, mafioso rap, hardcore hip hop
occupation	Rapper
years active	1992–present
label	Terror Squad Entertainment, Relativity, Atlantic, Imperial, E1
associated acts	Big Punisher, Terror Squad, D.I.T.C., DJ Premier, Cool & Dre, Scott Storch, Streetrunner, Just Blaze, DJ Infamous, Scoop DeVille, The Beatnuts, Kool G Rap, Apache, Grand Puba, R. Kelly, KRS-One, Raekwon, Jadakiss, Big L, Capone-N-Noreaga, Diddy, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Irv Gotti, Jennifer Lopez, Busta Rhymes, DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Birdman, Kill All Rats
website	www.myspace.com/fatjoe }}

Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad.

Fat Joe's first album was ''Represent'', released in 1993, followed by ''Jealous One's Envy'' in 1995. From 1998 to 2006, he was signed to Atlantic Records, releasing four albums under the label, ''Don Cartagena'' in 1998, ''Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)'' in 2001, ''Loyalty'' in 2002, and ''All or Nothing'' in 2005. Around the release of ''All or Nothing'', Fat Joe became involved in a highly publicized feud with another New York City-based rapper 50 Cent, who attacked Fat Joe in his song "Piggy Bank". His most popular song in which he performed was his Remy Ma duet "Lean Back" with Terror Squad. The song was a number-one hit in the summer of 2004.

Starting in 2006, when his album ''Me, Myself, & I'' was released, Fat Joe was signed to Imperial Records, which distributes through Terror Squad Entertainment. His follow up album was''The Elephant in the Room'', which was released in 2008; ''Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2)'', the sequel to ''Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)'', was released in October 2009. His tenth album ''The Darkside Vol. 1'' was released on July 27, 2010.

Early life

Fat Joe was born on August 19, 1970 in the southern Bronx area of New York City, where he was raised by parents of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. He lived in public housing and began stealing at a young age to support his family. He also states that he was a bully in his childhood. His brother introduced him to rap music. As a teenager, he was highly influenced by fellow Latino rapper Big Pun. Fat Joe explained the rapper's influence on him by saying "Latinos before us who had the opportunity to do it just didn't know how to do it. They came in trying to do this black music, waving flags. [But] we're trying to kick in the doors for other Latinos and represent our people, and it shows."

Music career

1992–1995: Early years

Under stage name Fat Joe da Gangsta and part of the Diggin' in the Crates (D.I.T.C.) rap group, Cartagena was signed to Relativity Records in the early 1990s, recording material and working with many artists who he would later sign to his own label. In 1993, his debut album, ''Represent'', was released, featuring production from The Beatnuts, Diamond D, Lord Finess, and others. Its lead single, "Flow Joe" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart; other minor singles from the album included "Watch the Sound" and "This Shit is Real".

In 1995, Fat Joe released his second studio album, ''Jealous One's Envy'', which peaked at #71 on The Billboard 200 and at #7 on Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums. The album featured a guest appearance from KRS-One and production from Diamond D. The lead single was Success, which did not chart, but his second single, "Envy" peaked at #8 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. The success of this album led Fat Joe to be featured on the remix of LL Cool J's single "I Shot Ya" along with Foxy Brown, Keith Murray and Prodigy of Mobb Deep.

1998–2005: Signing to Atlantic Records, Terror Squad, feud with 50 Cent

Released in 1998, ''Don Cartagena'' was Joe's third album and his first for Atlantic Records. It peaked on The Billboard 200 at #7 and #2 on Top R&B/Hip Hop albums, eventually being certified gold by the RIAA.

The album featured two hit singles "Bet Ya Man Can't Triz", and "Don Cartagena". Guest appearances included Nas, Diddy, Big Pun, Raekwon, Jadakiss, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Within the album, Fat Joe debuted his own group Terror Squad that consisted of the late Big Pun, as well as Cuban Link, Triple Seis, Prospect, Armageddon and later Remy Ma. Joe himself acknowledged, in an interview with HipHopGame.com, that he has received criticism for releasing only one solo album by a former Terror Squad member, Remy Ma, as well as barely featuring original members Prospect and Armageddon on "True Story." Terror Squad singer Tony Sunshine has had possible album release dates pushed back over three years, and Joe had stated that artists Prospect and Armageddon have not released solo albums yet as the result of them being "really lazy". Former Terror Squad member Triple Seis also went on record when asked who had written Fat Joe's lyrics, stating that he and Pun were Joe's ghostwriters, and asserts that Joe continues to hire ghostwriters. In 1999, he appeared on Jennifer Lopez's single "Feelin' So Good" from her ''On the 6'' album with late rapper Big Pun.

Fat Joe released his fourth album ''Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)'' in 2001, featuring production from the then-popular Irv Gotti. The album featured a star-studded line up from the likes of Ashanti, Ja Rule, N.O.R.E., Busta Rhymes, Petey Pablo, M.O.P., Ludacris, R. Kelly, Buju Banton, and artists from his Terror Squad label. The lead single "We Thuggin'" featuring R. Kelly was a big hit in late 2001, but would not reach the level of the Irv Gotti-produced "What's Luv?" which was a massive hit in early 2002 and featured The Inc. superstars Ja Rule and Ashanti. The album was Fat Joe's biggest hit as it was successful from its January release all the way into May, being certified platinum. However, Fat Joe's fifth album ''Loyalty'', released later in 2002 and featuring production from Irv Gotti, was not as successful.

In 2003, Fat Joe was featured in the pop single "I Want You" by Mexican singer Thalía. The same year, he and Tony Sunshine performed the single "Crush Tonight" from ''Loyalty'' on the Comedy Central program ''Chappelle's Show'', hosted by comedian Dave Chappelle.

Despite the setback, Fat Joe scored a number-one hit in 2004 with his group Terror Squad, collaborating with Remy Ma on the Scott Storch production "Lean Back" from the album ''True Story''. The song was criticized twice by conservative columnist L. Brent Bozell III for its extensive use of obscenity. However, Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic called the song "a perfect club-ready duet between Joe and Remy Ma that boasts a trademark Scott Storch beat and a memorable singalong hook and dance-along step".

A year later, in 2005, Fat Joe released his sixth album ''All or Nothing'', noted for featuring the popular diss track "My Fofo", aimed at fellow New York rapper 50 Cent, who had dissed Joe for recording with Ja Rule. ''All or Nothing'' spawned the singles "So Much More" and "Get It Poppin" featuring Nelly, also with guest appearances from Eminem, Mase, Remy Ma, Mashonda, and R. Kelly. Responding to "My Fofo", 50 Cent attacked Fat Joe in his song "Piggy Bank" from his best-selling 2005 album ''The Massacre''. Fat Joe subsequently attacked 50's street credibility and called him a "coward" on a phone interview with Kay Slay of New York City hip-hop radio station WQHT. The conflict carried on at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, while Fat Joe introduced the reggaeton act featuring Daddy Yankee, Joe remarked, "I feel safe with all the police protection—courtesy of G-Unit." Shortly after, when MTV switched to a commercial break, 50 Cent directed an obscenity at Joe, and 50 Cent jumped on stage as Fat Joe was leaving.

2006–2008: Me, Myself & I, The Elephant in the Room, the 50 Cent feud continued, and more

''Me, Myself & I'', released in 2006, is Fat Joe's seventh album. It was his first album released on his new deal with Virgin Records. It featured the hit single "Make It Rain" with southern rapper Lil Wayne, followed by "No Drama (Clap and Revolve)". Fat Joe did a freestyle cipher segment for VH1's "Freestyle 59" competition in October 2006 prior to the VH1 Hip Hop Honors featuring New Jersey emcee Neuse.

In June 2007, the Reverend Michael Pfleger targeted Fat Joe as among several rappers he believed promoted misogyny in his billboard campaign "Stop Listening to Trash", which was launched June 18, 2007 throughout Chicago, Illinois, where Pfleger preaches. Also that month, Fat Joe was featured in the DJ Khaled singles "We Takin' Over" alongside Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Birdman, and Lil Wayne and the remix to Khaled's "I'm So Hood" with Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Ludacris, and Birdman. Verbal disputes between Fat Joe and 50 Cent continued during this time period: in September 2007, on the BET program ''Rap City'', 50 Cent accused Fat Joe of being cowardly for not willing to confront him, but Fat Joe dismissed this claim as nonsense. Later in January, 50 Cent released another Fat Joe diss, called "Southside Nigga (I'm Leaving)". At the end of January 2008, Fat Joe and his longtime accountant Brian Dittrich both denied rumors spreading on the Internet that Fat Joe owed the IRS in taxes.

Fat Joe's eighth solo studio album ''The Elephant in the Room'' was distributed by Imperial Records, a division of Capitol Records and Terror Squad Entertainment, and released on March 11, 2008; its lead single was "I Won't Tell" featuring singer J. Holiday. The album debuted at the sixth position on the Billboard Hot 100. "Ain't Sayin' Nuthin'" followed and featured Plies.

On March 20, 2008, shortly after record sales were released for Fat Joe's new album ''The Elephant in the Room'', 50 Cent released a video via his YouTube account, which features the "funeral" of Fat Joe, which shows 50 Cent crying in the fake footage. 50 Cent then talks about Fat Joe's record sales, and states that he ended Fat Joe's career (like he says he did to Ja Rule's) and that his mixtape blew out Fat Joe's album.

2009: Jealous Ones Still Envy 2

Fat Joe's ninth solo studio album, ''J.O.S.E. 2'', was released towards the end of June 2009. The project reprises the title of Joe’s 2002 RIAA-Certified Platinum release, ''Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)'', and marked Joe’s third release since bringing his Terror Squad imprint to the EMI family in 2006. For this album, Joe has reached out to many artists, landing assists from Ron Browz, Fabolous, Lil' Kim, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, and Akon. Producers include Jim Jonsin, The Inkredibles, and frequent collaborator StreetRunner. "One", featuring Akon, was the first single. The album was released on October 6, 2009 and sold 11,000 copies in its first week. It debuted on The Billboard 200 at #73.

2010: Signing to E1 Music and ''The Darkside''

In January 2010, Fat Joe announced that he was working on a new album, ''The Darkside Vol. 1''. MTV News reported that Fat Joe intended "all the material...to be much harsher" than his previous album. Production comes from The Alchemist, Cool & Dre, Streetrunner, DJ Premier, Scoop DeVille, Just Blaze, Scram Jones, Raw Uncut and DJ Infamous with guest appearances by Busta Rhymes, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, R Kelly, Clipse, Cam'ron, Rico Love, Too $hort, TA and Young Jeezy. The first single from ''The Darkside Vol. 1'' is "(Ha Ha) Slow Down," which features Young Jeezy. The second single off the album is "If It Ain't About Money" and features Trey Songz.

On March 28, 2010 Fat Joe signed a record deal with E1 Music. ''The Darkside Vol. 1'' was released on July 27, 2010 and sold approximately 12,000 copies in the first week and entered the Billboard 200 at #27.

On August 6, 2010 Fat Joe was interviewed on MTV RapFix Live by Sway. Fat Joe announced in the interview that he planned to record 2 more volumes of ''The Darkside'' and then retire.

2011–present: Darkside Vol. 2 mixtape and new album

Joe was featured on a remix to DJ Khaled's song "Welcome to My Hood", which also features Ludacris, T-Pain, Bust Rhymes, Twista, Mavado, Birdman, Ace Hood, Game, Jadakiss, Bun B and Waka Flocka Flame. It is included as the final track on Khaled's fifth studio album ''We the Best Forever''.

In an interview with XXL Magazine on September 21, 2011 Fat Joe stated ''Darkside Vol. 2'' is going to be his first ever official mixtape and will feature the Mark Henry produced songs "Massacre on Madison" and "Drop a Body", both of which were released earlier in the year. Joe went on to say he is also working on an album which is yet to be named but the first single is called "Another Round" produced by Cool and Dre and Young Lad and features Chris Brown.On October 19, 2011 ''Another Round'' the first single off Joe's yet to be named eleventh studio album was released on iTunes

Personal life

Family

Fat Joe currently lives in Miami and is married with three children.

Community work

Fat Joe has been back to his old school in the Bronx, New York to donate computers for the students.

In 2008 He attended the grand opening of the Hip Hop Soda Shop in Miami which was community outreach project set up by Ben Chavis for the youth to hang out and do things such as record music, use the computers and play on Xbox 360s.

At a "School is Cool" assembly in Public School 5 in Jersey City, New Jersey on June 11, 2009, Fat Joe was a speaker.

Weight loss

By 1996, he weighed 300 pounds. In 2005, ''Stuff'' magazine and ''ContactMusic.com'' profiled Fat Joe's weight loss efforts.

In 2011, Fat Joe unveiled his latest weight loss efforts in the video for his song "Drop a Body" after shedding 88 pounds off his previous weight of 350 pounds. He has said although he loves to eat KFC, McDonald’s and other less healthy foods he had to stop due to losing several friends, including former Terror Squad member Big Pun to obesity and he wanted to stay alive to see his children grow up. He lost the weight without the help of supplements and fad diets by combining 2 hour cardio and weight lifting sessions with proper eating habits. Instead of Burger King, KFC, and McDonald’s, he opted for smaller portioned meals of fruit, vegetables, and lean meats. Furthermore he follows a low-carb approach, eating some sweet potatoes but not eating bread, rice and pasta.

Basketball

Fat Joe is a huge fan of the New York Knicks and was involved in convincing Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony to sign with them.

Legal issues

On September 8, 1998, Fat Joe and Big Pun were arrested on assault charges for hitting a man with a baseball bat and stealing the man's gold chain on June 14 that year.

Joe was arrested again on May 12, 2002 for allegedly fighting with another man at B.B. King's Blues Club in Times Square, but the charges were dropped on January 10, 2003.

In two murder cases, Fat Joe has been named a witness:

Joe's former bodyguard, Jose Mulero (also known as Sing Sing), was arrested on September 17, 2004 for the April 15, 1994 shooting death of 16-year-old Ernesto Rivera at a Bronx nightclub. Responding to a subpoena, Fat Joe claimed to have heard the shooting and seen people fleeing the scene, but investigators argued that he was standing closer to Mulero, by a door.

Miami Beach police also named Fat Joe as a witness in a Memorial Day double homicide outside David's Cafe II in South Beach. Jermaine ''Wufgang'' Chamberline of Miami Gardens was accused of shooting Lessli Paz and Joey Navarro to death on that morning; Fat Joe and the two victims were sitting in a rented Cadillac Escalade parked outside the restaurant when a fight broke out between passengers and another man.

LGBT people

During an interview with Vlad TV, Joe stated that while not gay himself, gay people should not hide their sexuality and stand by what they are. He mentioned that it's possible that he has done songs with gay rappers and that there are likely several gay people besides just rappers in the Hip Hop industry who are in the closet, describing it as a "Gay Mafia".

His comments came after being asked to comment on Mister Cee being arrested for public lewdness with a transgender.

Discography

Studio Albums

''Represent'' (1993, as Fat Joe da Gangsta)

''Jealous One's Envy'' (1995)

''Don Cartagena'' (1998)

''Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)'' (2001)

''Loyalty'' (2002)

''All or Nothing'' (2005)

''Me, Myself & I'' (2006)

''The Elephant in the Room'' (2008)

''Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2)'' (2009)

''The Darkside Vol. 1'' (2010) ''TBA'' (2012)

Filmography

''Thicker Than Water'' (1999) - Lonzo Medina

''Prison Song'' (2001)

''Empire'' (2002)

''Scary Movie 3'' (2003) - ''As Himself''

''Happy Feet'' (2006) - voice of Seymour

See also

List of famous Puerto Ricans

Latin hip hop

List of number-one dance hits (United States)

List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

External links

Official website (archived from 2009)

Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:American entertainers of Cuban descent Category:American people of Puerto Rican descent Category:American voice actors Category:Atlantic Records artists Category:Diggin' in the Crates Crew members Category:Hispanic and Latino American rappers Category:Imperial Records artists Category:Rappers from New York City Category:LGBT rights activists from the United States Category:People from the Bronx Category:Terror Squad members

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