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Fat Joe

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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, Cuban Link, Triple Seis, as well as then-unknown producers DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre. Represent was preceded by his debut single "Flow Joe", which entered the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked atop the Hot Rap Songs chart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Fat Joe is the 1,989th most popular singer (down from 1,635th in 2024), the 10,860th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,583rd in 2019) and the 540th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Fat Joe ranks 1,988 out of 4,381Before him are Chance the Rapper, Bebe Rexha, Eleni Foureira, Long John Baldry, and Claudia Brücken. After him are Natalie Horler, Alejandro Fernández, Roza Rymbayeva, Iveta Bartošová, Brad Delp, Paul Jones, and David Bisbal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Fat Joe ranks 336Before him are Gauri Khan, Xie Jun, Igor Kirillov, Richie Kotzen, Yaël Braun-Pivet, and Nancy Faeser. After him are Andrea Nahles, Antonio Mohamed, Kylie Ireland, Lynn Okamoto, Nicola Sturgeon, and Anatoly Bibilov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fat Joe ranks 10,859 out of 20,380Before him are Doc Watson (1923), Norman Dello Joio (1913), and Zebulon Pike (1779). After him are Marion Roper (1910), D. W. Moffett (1954), John Jakes (1932), Richard Morris Hunt (1827), Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882), Phyllis Thaxter (1919), Priscilla Dean (1896), Debbie Meyer (1952), and Kate Bruce (1860).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Fat Joe ranks 540Before him are Joyce DiDonato (1969), Don Dokken (1953), Samuel Ramey (1942), King Curtis (1934), Chance the Rapper (1993), and Bebe Rexha (1989). After him are Brad Delp (1951), Telma Hopkins (1948), Sunny (1989), Taylor Dayne (1962), Arthur Alexander (1940), and Robin Beck (1954).