about emotions (betrayal, suicidal thoughts), about past bad behaviours and regrets (bullying, cheating, etc). For example, you talk a lot about being a witness to the Bridge Wars rivalry between KRS-One and Marley Marl. Remy Ma had been incarcerated for six years [2008-2014], and then we get together and come back from nothing?

In the memoir, Fat Joe shares stories of loss and how they impacted his mental health and sense of self. Joe refers to his friends in different places by their street names and given names interchangably leaving the reader to try to figure out who is who. I kept it all the way transparent, because I seen people pass away and other people tell their story, and tell it incorrect and it wasn't factual. His family worked for what were known as “numbers spots” but often gambled away their profits; thus, perpetuating the poverty cycle. What the audience at home didn’t see was that during the commercial break beforehand, 50 Cent got out of his seat and started walking the house.I purchased a couple of other audiobooks and they let me down, because I didn't feel like they stood true with their personality, they just read it. Download and subscribe to our weekly podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, hosted by Brian Hiatt, on Apple Podcasts or Spotify (or wherever you get your podcasts), and check out six years’ worth of episodes in the archive, including in-depth, career-spanning interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey, Halsey, Neil Young, Snoop Dogg, Brandi Carlile, Phoebe Bridgers, Rick Ross, Alicia Keys, the National, Ice Cube, Robert Plant, Dua Lipa, Questlove, Killer Mike, Julian Casablancas, Sheryl Crow, Johnny Marr, Scott Weiland, Liam Gallagher, Alice Cooper, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Costello, John Legend, Donald Fagen, Phil Collins, Justin Townes Earle, Stephen Malkmus, Sebastian Bach, Tom Petty, Eddie Van Halen, Kelly Clarkson, Pete Townshend, Bob Seger, the Zombies, Gary Clark Jr.

Without going into details on how I have such a deep understanding of the BOP's education and food service programs, his accounts of COs having separate kitchens with clam sauce and pastries while inmates ate slop is downright false. Fortunately for Fat Joe, he found rapping as a way out of a cycle that was certainly leading to jail or death… Though he eventually did some jail time and was shot at (and/or wounded) on numerous occasions. I’ve had Fat Joe’s new memoir, The Book of Jose, on my Audible wishlist for a while and I finally got around to giving it a listen. I'm not a huge fan of Fat Joe, he's one of those rappers who makes a banger every 10 years or so but he's always somehow relevant.Fat Joe’s telling of his own story is heavily sanitized considering the many public dramas, be it the recent like Cuban Link labeling Joe a snitch, to the very public hatred of him from Big Pun’s family or the 50 Cent / Fat Joe beef. I was there when the Outsidaz brought out Eminem at Lyricist Lounge and no one even knew who this little skinny White boy was. Additionally, Joe has served as a guest host for The Wendy Williams Show and currently hosts the official recap for Triller’s VERZUZ platform. My relationship with my best friend Tone Montana was so tight because of that time he jumped in front of a machine gun to save my life. When his brother, Angel, went blind from his drug addiction, the author realized how his drug-dealing affected other families.

In the book, he mentions how he was bullied by kids and even betrayed by his best friend at the time. Though Fat Joe’s memoir covers some heavy (no pun intended) topics, I enjoyed listening to The Book of Jose on Audible and will definitely be giving it another listen soon (paid links. The funniest story is one where in which Joe describes how 50 Cent put out an entire Fat Joe diss tape. Fat Joe opens the book like a blockbuster movie, packed with tales of violence, drug-dealing, fast cars, and more. Tony Yayo’s “So Seductive” was the closing performance and when they finished, 50 yells into the mic, “Fat Joe is pussy, man.He gave a great account of his life in a linear fashion (he sometimes deviates from that but I think that was a good thing as he had sections where he described impactful people). It made him feel like no one really had his back and he needed to become someone tough and who people didn't mess with. Apart from getting his backstory, I appreciate his unique perspectives on the development of hip hop culture over the past few decades. And I have a one-man show, which is not a comedy, and Dave Chappelle is going to host, introduce me, stuff like that. They’re using rap lyrics that kids are doing — their demos and stuff — to jam them up for the rest of their lives.

One of the oldest rules in the hood is that you don’t get points for picking on somebody who can’t defend themselves. You started off with the Diggin' in the Crates Crew, including Lord Finesse, Diamond D, legendary Big L.It's also nice to see a fellow Latinx person succeed and so to say I'm proud to listen to his music is like wearing a badge of honor. We took in people who’d been trained since they were kids, since before their brains had even properly developed, to navigate the streets.