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Fat Joe Aids Relief Fund For Bronx Fire Victims

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Fat Joe is calling upon his fellow music colleagues to help some families in need. The Bronx native is looking to raise funds to provide relief to the families affected by a recent devastating fire in his hometown. Fat Joe Teams Up With NY Mayor To Launch Relief Fund For Bronx Fire Victims Fat Joe, […]

Fat Joe Creates A Relief Fund For The Victims Of The Fatal Bronx Apartment Fire

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This past Sunday, a fire erupted at an apartment building in Bronx, New York, leaving 17 people dead, nine of them children, and more than 60 people injured. It was later determined that the fire was caused by an electric space heater that malfunctioned in a bedroom within the apartment. Mayor Eric Adams called it one of the “worst fires in city history,” and added, “This is a horrific, horrific, painful moment for the city of New York, and the impact of this fire is going to really bring a level of just pain and despair in our city.”

Now Bronx native Fat Joe is stepping up to lend a helping hand. He teamed up with the New York City Mayor’s Fund to launch a fundraiser for the victims of the apartment fire. So far, he’s received contributions from Jay-Z and DJ Khaled, and he’s working on reaching out to other names in the music, sports, entertainment, and business for additional help. A statement about the fundraiser says “100 percent of all donations will help families and enable the distribution of emergency supplies for those in need.”

“I need all my people world wide to come together for the families devastated by the fire in the Bronx,” Fat Joe wrote in an Instagram post about the fundraiser. “I’m donating and I’m asking everyone that has a Heart to donate. these people are mostly immigrants that have no where to go they lost everything. it’s 10 degrees in the Bronx today!”

You can view Fat Joe’s post about the cause above and access the fundraiser itself here.

Fat Joe Is Convinced ‘Everybody’ — Including Himself — Is Afraid To Verzuz Battle Busta Rhymes

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“‘Fat Joe scared to do Verzuz with Busta Rhymes’ and so is everybody else.” So says… Fat Joe, who spoke on the possibility on his latest Friday live stream on Instagram. Amid talking about all the hot topics heading into the weekend, Joe touched on his recent Verzuz battle with Ja Rule, addressing the fan criticism that he’d ducked a similar faceoff against the other hip-hop legend, whose career of hits extends back 30 years to his breakout appearance on A Tribe Called Quest’s seminal posse cut, “Scenario.”

In defending himself, Joe praised Busta’s legacy and untouchable record of fan-favorite jams. “You gotta understand, sometimes you ever notice — you seen boxers and they knock everybody out?” he asked before insisting that, “People be scared to fight those boxers. Busta Rhymes is gonna out-rap, outperform anybody who goes up in a Verzuz with him. That’s a fact. Yo, Busta Rhymes, nobody wanna get in there with you, man. You might have to be an honorary — they gotta give you the check for no reason.”

Joe would know; in his battle with Ja Rule, despite his advantage in longevity, Rule pulled out way too many undeniable jams for him to keep up (it didn’t help he played a lot of his backpack rap favorites in a hits battle). Meanwhile, Rule had been taunting 50 Cent, hoping to joust with his onetime rival — who declined. Meanwhile, suitable opponents have yet to be found for other such legends like Eminem, Jay-Z, and Nas.