# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fat-joe
# Generated: 2026-09-08T19:03:57.179Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fat-joe"
name: "Fat Joe"
slug: "fat-joe"
description: "Joseph Antonio Cartagena, 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. Cartagena 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."
tagline: "American rapper, songwriter, actor and producer (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FatJoeApr2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1970-08-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           79.37
  momentum:             5.756508102181336
  historical:           24.86282533333333
  currentAttention:     20.26229774998983
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1580000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/fatjoe"
    handle:    "fatjoe"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/fatjoe/"
    handle:    "fatjoe"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/fatjoe"
    handle:    "fatjoe"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0196117/"
    handle:    "nm0196117"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ScY9CQxNLQei8Umvpx5g6"
    handle:    "3ScY9CQxNLQei8Umvpx5g6"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.fat-joe.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9AZd4iksgpbPbWlHCTgYFw"
    handle:    "@joeycrackts"
    followers: 1580000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "فات جو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "فات جو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "فت جو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فات جۆی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "فت جو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%98_%D7%92'%D7%95"
    title: "פאט ג'ו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ファット・ジョー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%BB_%EC%A1%B0"
    title: "팻 조"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Joe"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a6a4c910-2b22-4a6f-aebe-805b176c47b8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309888"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59785"
    title: "Fat Joe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump