The Fat Joe Story (2024 Documentary)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2024

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  • @drugstoe
    @drugstoe  11 месяцев назад +124

    NOTE: Four stories were left out during the editing process including the short Pistol Pete story. We’ll put those stories in another video here very soon and name it The Fat Joe Story deleted scenes. NOTE 2-Ryan is not the birth son of Lorena. Thank you 💜

    • @undertakerfanz628
      @undertakerfanz628 11 месяцев назад +6

      How do you leave out the Pistol Pete story shame on you

    • @Nwkcurly
      @Nwkcurly 11 месяцев назад +4

      Looking foward 🦦

    • @TC_318
      @TC_318 11 месяцев назад +4

      Definitely need to make that!!

    • @King-_-C
      @King-_-C 10 месяцев назад +1

      Can't wait!!!!!

    • @AlmightyEye
      @AlmightyEye 10 месяцев назад +3

      Look forward to that!!

  • @RebornThaRebizzle
    @RebornThaRebizzle 11 месяцев назад +55

    Very good Documentary. Fat Joe is the epitome of the Bronx spirit. Shout out to Fat Joe for repping the Bronx hard body.

  • @joejones5187
    @joejones5187 11 месяцев назад +118

    This documentary was unexpected and dope af. Thank you.

  • @YvonneMaldonado-h9i
    @YvonneMaldonado-h9i 10 месяцев назад +22

    Beautifully put my brother!!!! Thank you,
    Rock Steady Crew.
    🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

  • @galvatron2123
    @galvatron2123 11 месяцев назад +59

    That background theme is so iconic. Please never change it doesn’t feel right. Great great vid either way

  • @GrxndDxD
    @GrxndDxD 11 месяцев назад +50

    Rest in Paradise Charlie Rock.

    • @SonzOfEnoch
      @SonzOfEnoch 10 месяцев назад +11

      glad to know Charlie Rock believed in Jesus Christ before he died coz he would of never made it into the Kingdom of Heaven without Jesus Christ as his lord and saviour' i know this coz Charlie Rock mentioned he was a follower of Christ.

  • @sarachigod
    @sarachigod 10 месяцев назад +25

    First heard fat Joe in the 90s he was on rap city in the 90s. So to hear this back story is great hip hop history , legend.

  • @supakitkat
    @supakitkat 11 месяцев назад +45

    I've always wanted to see a documentary about this guys life, thank for this

  • @wesleyfreeman1834
    @wesleyfreeman1834 10 месяцев назад +14

    Exceptional, thank you very much. Salute to Drugstore Films and salute to Fat Joe a living legend indeed. ✊

  • @michaelreyes6761
    @michaelreyes6761 10 месяцев назад +22

    The power of a good steak 🥩…… This is a great documentary on Fat Joes life. You did a great job putting this together. Please do more.

  • @PhillyDee215
    @PhillyDee215 10 месяцев назад +9

    One of the most underrated💯

  • @vinnyrusso9271
    @vinnyrusso9271 11 месяцев назад +20

    I still got fat Joe's first album I used to play it in the car junior year I had a permit going to high school damn those were the days the best ERA 80s and 90s

  • @CEEPMDEE
    @CEEPMDEE 10 месяцев назад +8

    Great work here. Watched all the way through.

  • @Billykey313
    @Billykey313 11 месяцев назад +39

    Finally Joey crack got his just dues much respect for putting this together

  • @kentalks2818
    @kentalks2818 9 месяцев назад +4

    Amazing documentary. Great story telling which fills in the details of the life of one Hip-Hop’s greatest artist. Joey Crack.

  • @versalitheexoticproductcha8467
    @versalitheexoticproductcha8467 11 месяцев назад +28

    Good documentary brother, I intended on just watching the first 5 minutes but got pulled in for the whole ride.👍

  • @droski2394
    @droski2394 10 месяцев назад +10

    Thorough Doc, definitely entertaining. Fat Joe a legend for real. Keep at it

  • @ozonethedj
    @ozonethedj 10 месяцев назад +11

    This documentary was awesome! Definitely a living legend and deserves his flowers

  • @earlwilliams8884
    @earlwilliams8884 11 месяцев назад +42

    No question Joe is a living Legend!! Love the story!! He was about that life.

    • @croplaya
      @croplaya 11 месяцев назад

      It's too bad for his health that he was so fat.. maybe he should've lost some weight?

    • @antonkomarov9025
      @antonkomarov9025 11 месяцев назад +1

      Little Joseph😂😂 lol😅

  • @madmarvdesigns
    @madmarvdesigns 11 месяцев назад +91

    I didn't know Fat Joe had such a tough life growing up...he's the real been doing hardcore gangster rap from Day One representing his real life

    • @migit6foot4
      @migit6foot4 9 месяцев назад +5

      How could you not? That's the South Bronx 😮

    • @ericflores2929
      @ericflores2929 8 месяцев назад +6

      he a pillar of the culture 💯

    • @718HighbridgeBx
      @718HighbridgeBx 8 месяцев назад +5

      Forest projects was crazzyy still is

    • @markanthony1004
      @markanthony1004 День назад

      @@718HighbridgeBx Real

  • @BeNZoJosh
    @BeNZoJosh 10 месяцев назад +6

    This was a great documentary. Very informative. You did a great job putting this video together.

  • @jameshoch9632
    @jameshoch9632 10 месяцев назад +10

    This is very well done, and full of details. Amazing work brother, keep it up, your passion and hard work shows through your content

  • @Hmongsta612
    @Hmongsta612 10 месяцев назад +5

    Love this channel, I’m subscribed now and can’t wait to watch all video

  • @willmidgette9079
    @willmidgette9079 10 месяцев назад +6

    Great job. I never knew about fat joe. Learned alot my bro. Happy new year

  • @alonzojennings2172
    @alonzojennings2172 11 месяцев назад +36

    I can’t believe Joe wasted a whole turkey 😂😂

    • @johnshort7973
      @johnshort7973 3 месяца назад +2

      He went got a steak instead 🤣🤣

  • @4cornermediap.
    @4cornermediap. 11 месяцев назад +43

    Damn i was locked down with the bro angel good brother he use too always try and get me on the phone with joe so i can spit them bars but i was like nah lol the last time i seen bro was on Rikers island 2011 he seen me and gave me some chips and a apple "like son i know you hungry waiting in that cell"😆 Spent a lot of time with bro up north on the yard just talking about life real cool and humble brother a lot of people didn't know that was fat joe brother until they hear his last name on mail call or something cause he didn't broadcast for clout... Salute for this one BX run it up!!!✊🏿

  • @Doc_917
    @Doc_917 10 месяцев назад +6

    This was a great watch, well put together. Looking fwd to more of your content 💯

  • @juanpabloflores2355
    @juanpabloflores2355 9 месяцев назад +3

    This is better than I thought! And the beats are spot on!

  • @MoneyMoves23
    @MoneyMoves23 11 месяцев назад +32

    I admire how much you dig deep when writing your scripts. Great work

    • @8r33z3
      @8r33z3 11 месяцев назад +2

      nah this is straight from Fat Joes memoir "the book of jose"
      thia is fat joes word

    • @henrypeguero9520
      @henrypeguero9520 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@8r33z3I thought I was buggin lol that’s really all he did was re read it and add pics

    • @kentalks2818
      @kentalks2818 9 месяцев назад

      @@henrypeguero9520and @farhanmajid6072 what does it matter that he was reading from Joe’s book or not. It’s still a great documentary and was put together well.

    • @sonnytopboy4975
      @sonnytopboy4975 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@kentalks2818I've never read his book but yes this is a cool documentary.

  • @God_Like73
    @God_Like73 10 месяцев назад +9

    This is a great American story.
    And one of a man that rose from the Ashes and continues to reinvent himself. . Way to go Crack

    • @grahamjonathan762
      @grahamjonathan762 8 месяцев назад

      Especially since you have no social healthcare in place

  • @arikaplan8904
    @arikaplan8904 11 месяцев назад +5

    This was very well done excellent excellent excellent job my friend

  • @King-_-C
    @King-_-C 10 месяцев назад +5

    One of the greatest Hip~Hop/ Rap/Hood/Streets/Gangsta and from slum to rich then rich and fall and lastly a big change and come back story of someone who was a unwanted child/rasied as a black wolf/red headed step child, discriminated and assaulted because of his race and ethnicity. He almost gave up but did a 180* come about and dug within his will to never give up no matter what for the rest of his life. The narrator and production is unbelievablely spectacular and riveting. Just like a really great book or movie that you don't want to be distracted or disturbed because of it's effective description and details that draws and demands your total attention, focus and time as a must watch. Especially for it not being a big station, channel or media outlet, makes it even more official, gives it a more raw and realness to it because it's discriptively grittiness of someone's journey thru their realities in life.

  • @JamesBond02119
    @JamesBond02119 11 месяцев назад +12

    Great job! There’s stories mixed in from his autobiography plus more that aren’t in the book. Excellent work bro! Keep it up 💪🏽

  • @Nurunomics
    @Nurunomics 11 месяцев назад +10

    Joey was a real Gangster. Solid. Don Cartagena

  • @whateverwhatever4026
    @whateverwhatever4026 5 месяцев назад +4

    Hes been thinking about that steak for years...
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @thechampchamp8973
    @thechampchamp8973 9 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for this, big respect.

  • @GreyJ47
    @GreyJ47 11 месяцев назад +14

    Love your videos man this one was a banger, his story always fascinated me. Also love that you used your real voice for this one, keep up the good work

  • @darrenbrown1187
    @darrenbrown1187 11 месяцев назад +13

    Great documentary, always been a fat joe fan.

  • @feyeahstone3021
    @feyeahstone3021 11 месяцев назад +12

    Salute Joe Crack!! Straight out the Trenches

  • @ConnieRamos-xk7io
    @ConnieRamos-xk7io 13 дней назад +1

    You really did a beautiful job doing this documentary on Fat Joe I really really liked it ...
    Your a great Story teller , you should write books you are so talented and have a special gift...
    Looking forward to watch more of your talented videos keep up your amazing job..

  • @scottmiller6270
    @scottmiller6270 10 месяцев назад +2

    Thank You for the schooling. I learned way more than any other channel. Respect!

  • @rogeronealjr8051
    @rogeronealjr8051 10 месяцев назад +3

    LOVE THE SFX!!!!!!! HEAVILY IMPROVES NARRATION.

  • @oceankite7442
    @oceankite7442 10 месяцев назад +8

    Appreciate the man while he still here with us, we love Joe Crack

  • @caseycameron5370
    @caseycameron5370 11 месяцев назад +9

    Beautifully done doco shows the drug game as it is tragic very well done

  • @killapapo773
    @killapapo773 10 месяцев назад +32

    Blacks 🤝Puerto Ricans we are alike in so many ways.✊🏿✊🏽

    • @bigtruex
      @bigtruex 7 месяцев назад

      You puerto rican folk ARE black

    • @Black-my4un
      @Black-my4un 3 месяца назад +3

      Always had love for Puerto Rican boxers lol #Tito #Cotto

    • @nathanaelito
      @nathanaelito 2 месяца назад

      Pero hablo claro
      we are not the same
      Especialmente en 90's
      Te lo hacen saber

    • @Adam-w1k8d
      @Adam-w1k8d 2 месяца назад

      Because Puerto ricans are from a country made of 3 races...black, Spanish, and native. The original "puerto ricans" were natives tho...the Taino. So yeah...that's probably why...I'm native and I get mistaken for a Puerto Rican sometimes...lots of black Ricans tho! Shout out to my Puerto Rican's! ❤

    • @timothylogan1204
      @timothylogan1204 2 месяца назад

      Yes, very true I can agree with that

  • @songszmusic
    @songszmusic 10 месяцев назад +10

    great documentary..the way it is put together is very well made..also the music and the style of the commentator, makes this documentary feel like a mafia documentary.
    this is very cool

  • @AmberSantana-is3dq
    @AmberSantana-is3dq 10 месяцев назад +5

    This dude is an absolute beast on making docs way better then 90% of dudes on the net legit keep this structure you cracked the matrix w this one

  • @waltdiesel
    @waltdiesel 10 месяцев назад +10

    Joe is a great story teller. I've watched many interviews

  • @watitduful
    @watitduful 10 месяцев назад +12

    Cool documentary and very insightful.
    I really felt sad during that part about his so called best friend betraying him like that. That’s beyond messed up. I’d rather get beat down standing up for my friend than to do what he did. Very messed up.

  • @obreezyo
    @obreezyo 10 месяцев назад +4

    Great job! Loved it! 💯

  • @kennethcarmen2152
    @kennethcarmen2152 9 месяцев назад +1

    This was a great doc! Extremely informative!!

  • @Gabriel-r6s8d
    @Gabriel-r6s8d 10 месяцев назад +4

    This is facts I'm born and raised in the South Bronx and I seen all this, on God 💯💯💯

  • @JeffFroment
    @JeffFroment 9 месяцев назад +1

    Really enjoyed watching this. Great job.

  • @fantainautumn77
    @fantainautumn77 10 месяцев назад +4

    Great Job On This👍👍

  • @papigangatv7002
    @papigangatv7002 11 месяцев назад +6

    Great documentary!!! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @TS-hl3ru
    @TS-hl3ru 11 месяцев назад +9

    I love the way they put that together. It was really good. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @JayeRock
    @JayeRock 10 месяцев назад +4

    Wow, you did a great job on this documentary 👀🌎🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

  • @mikegreen5502
    @mikegreen5502 11 месяцев назад +92

    I CAN'T LIE THIS DOCUMENTARY IS SPOT ON.

    • @Godbody77
      @Godbody77 11 месяцев назад +4

      It's from the book

    • @Godbody77
      @Godbody77 11 месяцев назад +3

      I can tell you read the book

    • @therapsheethoodbook
      @therapsheethoodbook 11 месяцев назад

      Cap 🧢 I quest I don’t have to read the book 📖

    • @mikegreen5502
      @mikegreen5502 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@Godbody77 i helped write the book

    • @mikegreen5502
      @mikegreen5502 10 месяцев назад

      @@emoney2046 Is that you Eric fall back lame

  • @esanti7873
    @esanti7873 9 дней назад

    Great video. Learn so much. Keep up the good work.

  • @cristyawareart
    @cristyawareart 11 месяцев назад +1

    I enjoyed watching this

  • @looklistennlearn1174
    @looklistennlearn1174 11 месяцев назад +6

    Taking a moment here to appreciate the music to this joint. I really dug the angles. Especially that graffiti rock wild style type beat at the beginning was right on the money. But basically all of it was just RAW and moved with the narrative in a very dope way.

  • @nardoEBK148
    @nardoEBK148 11 месяцев назад +4

    Finally a documentary on Joe crack tha don 💯🔥

  • @nestorbrown4718
    @nestorbrown4718 10 месяцев назад +4

    I used to see Joe in his shearling rocking truck jewelry in the clubs like Emerald City, Octagon, Palladium. Saw him outside Home Base and remember him chilling by the museum steps on 5th Ave in 1992 at the PR parade. That’s when I noticed the buck 50 he’s got on the back of his neck. Last time I seen him he was outside a recording studio on 33rd st in 2007.

  • @cordalenichols1986
    @cordalenichols1986 11 месяцев назад +5

    Bravo I always wondered about his story i know he was official but he certified now. Never had an album imma binge listen now

  • @Buck-t8p
    @Buck-t8p 10 месяцев назад +3

    Enjoyed the hell outta this.

  • @fettieteam2333
    @fettieteam2333 9 месяцев назад +53

    Black n Puerto Ricans been having love for each other. We stay in the same ghettos. ❤❤ much luv and respect to all my PR brothers.

    • @Cleveland-fp8kh
      @Cleveland-fp8kh 8 месяцев назад +7

      We love yall too

    • @hennynoirdesign
      @hennynoirdesign 8 месяцев назад +4

      Real talk. I got boriqua blood fam in the Bronx.

    • @Neriyah-d6w
      @Neriyah-d6w 8 месяцев назад

      That's not true at all!! You're delusional

    • @ds8290
      @ds8290 8 месяцев назад +2

      Much love to all of you as well.

    • @oscarreal7662
      @oscarreal7662 8 месяцев назад +5

      But we ignorantly kill each other in extraordinary numbers. If we could only use that negative non-stop energy to positive and unite as a community, we could not only change our condition but also the world.

  • @Half138
    @Half138 8 месяцев назад +2

    SOUTH BRONX STAND UP 💪🏾💪🏾💯

  • @Livefromthewhytehouse
    @Livefromthewhytehouse 11 месяцев назад +3

    Dope doc!

  • @Muhamed239
    @Muhamed239 11 месяцев назад +5

    Joe one of the greatest to ever spit bars

  • @chriscabo5741
    @chriscabo5741 10 месяцев назад +6

    Totally inspiring and motivated knowing about FAT JOE aka CRACK.Since growing up in the south Bronx is not easy.Satute fam for your glory and all achievements,continues blessings. TS 4 ever.🤟🖤

  • @brucebanter-theincrediblej7927
    @brucebanter-theincrediblej7927 10 месяцев назад +5

    A lot of people never knew Joe was Cuban/Puerto Rican.. I remember reading that in a 1999 issue of XXL

  • @NYC578
    @NYC578 10 месяцев назад +2

    As always, a very good documentary, peace and love from Germany ✌🏼

  • @JmLgyo
    @JmLgyo 11 месяцев назад +10

    Terror squad.

  • @Tgfufirifjf7th
    @Tgfufirifjf7th 11 месяцев назад +7

    Big up Fat Joe iconic Legend I remember all his tapes

  • @killapapo773
    @killapapo773 10 месяцев назад +2

    Troynoke did a great amazing incredible job from the beginning to the end.👏🏽

  • @soldier1806
    @soldier1806 11 месяцев назад +3

    Dis doc was 🔥🔥🔥🔥 BX stand up. Everything was super facts

  • @djchinodmv6573
    @djchinodmv6573 10 месяцев назад +2

    Epic documentary thank you gang🔥🔥💯

  • @harryo.5177
    @harryo.5177 10 месяцев назад +3

    I always remembered that the 50 cent beef started with the rob the industry song when he mentioned pun. Which was earlier then stated in the documentary.

  • @AnthonyFlowers-pt9dr
    @AnthonyFlowers-pt9dr 10 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome documentary brother!! A1

  • @josemalave3795
    @josemalave3795 10 месяцев назад +4

    Terror squad ruled the bronx.in the 90s .I was there down with them

  • @papotaino1516
    @papotaino1516 8 месяцев назад +1

    Papa you rocked this well done research and editing🎼🎤

  • @I.am.tommyboi
    @I.am.tommyboi 10 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing Documentary, I think if he had won that Grammy it would’ve shown him that his hard work payed off, Fat Joe is the epitome of Legend, he should have won just on merit alone, he helped so many people and he was a Genuine Dude, Joey Crack lean back 🙏

  • @darronstephens2404
    @darronstephens2404 11 месяцев назад +12

    Peace to the God's,it's crazy that Fat Joe first album isn't thought to be a classic that shit go hard,to me it's a classic hands down

    • @BLANCODABARBER79
      @BLANCODABARBER79 10 месяцев назад

      My favorite track from his first album was called SUCCESS💪🏽
      That joint official and that whole album too. Everytime I listen to it it brings me back in the good old warrior dayzzz.
      🇵🇷🫡

  • @JadeiraSpady
    @JadeiraSpady 10 месяцев назад +3

    Can’t lie fat joe is a legend 💯

  • @TC_318
    @TC_318 11 месяцев назад +5

    Man I’m from Austin TX but moved up to PA for 3 yrs and visited New York then moved down to Shreveport, been here 20 yrs now.. I’ve always heard about fat Joe but more when I was up north.. but being from the south I’ve always wondered what fat Joe was like. I fuse he’s kinda the suge knight of New York? But I’m glad you made this one. Only 2 mins in but appreciate it

  • @nigelsmart3367
    @nigelsmart3367 11 месяцев назад +2

    Excellent!

  • @dblockvillin
    @dblockvillin 11 месяцев назад +4

    Exellwnt job on this! Joe a legend

  • @seanreiddj250
    @seanreiddj250 10 месяцев назад +11

    That was 🔥 it was a lot of info in there I didn't know and I followed his career closely. It's dope that Ultimate Force is included in his story 🎉

  • @UFOsAreRealArea51
    @UFOsAreRealArea51 10 месяцев назад +29

    If you didn't know about Fat Joe in 1993 then you were probably only a platinum hip hop artist listener. Those first two albums of his were awesome!!! ❤🎉

    • @richardrottmayer9835
      @richardrottmayer9835 10 месяцев назад

      Joe did his thing especially with BIG PUN

    • @BoogieBoogsForever
      @BoogieBoogsForever 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@djmack1nyThe rapping wasn't that good but there were some good songs (Bad Bad Man, Watch The Sound, Envy come to mind off the bat).
      There was also the overall vibe and flavor of the albums. Plus the DITC elements.
      They are an important part of real hiphop history. Not top tier for important LPs, but 2nd or third. highest tier.

    • @mopar215swp
      @mopar215swp 10 месяцев назад

      Joe's personal drops were never on the same level as the east coast heavyweights but his cultural significance from his music spilled over into the sneaker game/fashion/ball/anything and everything hiphop hood related. Bro was constantly the next new cultural collaboration... but often it was just with Joe's old & new self 😂

    • @reginaldjames5793
      @reginaldjames5793 10 месяцев назад

      Good to hear 😅

    • @moneygetten
      @moneygetten 9 месяцев назад

      Joe is not very talented, his flow got sharp when pun started writing... Geddy wrote a lot on his first 2 albums... Joe is trash

  • @supakitkat
    @supakitkat 4 месяца назад +1

    the music that you're using in the background are they free samples? If so, can you please tell me the names of some of them.

  • @Mad_Mike_414
    @Mad_Mike_414 10 месяцев назад +2

    Joe is the perfect example of somebody that grew into a man that values family and living life over the B.S that can swallow us up if we let it. Salute to Joey Crack!

    • @simonesmith3864
      @simonesmith3864 9 месяцев назад

      Crack killed our community,He needs to get that shit out his name.. I'm sure he's moved on from that stupid shit ain't nothing cool about that shit homie it's all bad!!

  • @joklfilip1247
    @joklfilip1247 10 месяцев назад +1

    Big up! This is it!🔥🔥🔥

  • @michaellott210
    @michaellott210 10 месяцев назад +2

    Great Doc ✌🏾

  • @tjd4874
    @tjd4874 10 месяцев назад +2

    That echo about halfway through got me, im to high 😂

  • @CedricSmith-un6vm
    @CedricSmith-un6vm 9 месяцев назад

    This was awesome.

  • @Mr.kn0witall
    @Mr.kn0witall Месяц назад

    Really enjoyed this. Thx

  • @obijuankenobi5284
    @obijuankenobi5284 10 месяцев назад

    Excellent Documentary. Shout out to Fat Joe !

  • @joshuabeal8912
    @joshuabeal8912 11 месяцев назад +7

    Nicely done. It is obvious, in putting together this piece you got a hold of some old actual photos and seems that the beginning of Fat Joe’s story was either witnessed or told to u by people close to Joe. I understand needing to protect sources, but how did u glean so much insight? If it was all done through research I must say Bravo! The only suggestion I have is that n the last chapter while doing a sum of the later parts of Joe’s life and career that are already public, I would refrain from commenting on people’s feelings and motivations. I am not picking on you. It is a trend I have noticed for years and in this piece there seemed to be very little. That is the reason I even say anything about it. You are obviously talented and refrained from making assumptions about others in previous chapters. It seems these days people take for granted assumptions on people’s intentions. I feel it is very important in storytelling, if one presents something as non fiction, then reporting the what when where and how is fair game. I must say u do that well. My problem with reporting, writing, storytelling or any other way information on other people is presented, the presenter all too often adds in their version of the why in the story and labels the work non fiction. Unless the presenter has direct knowledge or the subject has been quoted directly, these “why” comments should be qualified as opinion not told as they were fact. Ok I will step down off the “when I was young” soapbox and stop shaking my finger …lol. I also would like to say our society needs more of the advice which u wrap up your documentary. Hard work, loyalty and perseverance are essential to success. Again nicely done !

  • @DiceB
    @DiceB 10 месяцев назад

    That was great thank youv

  • @cincytino9153
    @cincytino9153 11 месяцев назад +8

    I always said fat joe was the most powerful in ny all the way back to the early days cause he had a whole ethnic group behind him and they ate the closest to the sicilians