Puerto Rico is a powerful island.
— Fat Joe
What I can tell you is that for Puerto Rico being such a small island, it has culturally impacted the entire world.
During my successes or my failures, I put it on me.
For artists, the majority of the money we make comes from us being on the road and touring.
I make hits.
I love the quality of TIDAL. I appreciate what they're trying to do and what they're trying to accomplish.
Every ghetto you go to, Latinos and blacks are the two people that are together. We don't look at each other in any different way, like 'He's black; I'm Latino.' I look at us as one.
Whenever I come out with a hit record, they'll say, 'Ah, that's because of R. Kelly. Oh, it's because of Ashanti. Oh, he's lucky.'
I ain't no Kennedy, I ain't no Diddy Combs, I ain't no Jay Z, I ain't got it like them.
There's two systems of health care: the one for the rich that's really good, then there's the one for the inner city, where they leave ladies in the emergency room unattended for 24 hours until they drop dead.
I've failed once or twice real big, independent.
I don't rate Heat fans like I rate Knicks fans. We are true basketball fans. No matter what - rain, sleet or snow, or even if we don't make it to the playoffs for 10 years - the Garden stands are still full.
Mister Cee's a legend, man.
Mike Bibby's my brother.
Talking to people from the heart matters, and it's unfortunately something brands have forgotten about. Celebrity endorsement deals try to gain recognition for brands, but at their core, what matters is if the celebrity truly backs the brand.
Once you achieve a level of success... you learn, something tells you, 'Man this ain't even for you.' You got to share with the people. You got to inspire the people.
Pun was just a natural-born genius with music, and he basically taught me so many tricks on how to make better music, even though I was the one that discovered him. He was so far advanced than me; he taught me a lot.
I beefed with 50 Cent for seven years.
Hector Lavoe is the greatest of all time. Marc Anthony is the second greatest.
When I introduce you to somebody, his name is Big Pun. When I introduce you to somebody, his name is DJ Khaled. When I introduce you to an artist, her name is Remy Ma. If I introduce you to somebody, it's Cool and Dre or Scott Storch - people who change the face of the game.
Biggie has been the logo for success, the logo for doing it big - from popping champagne, the ladies, the fashion.
It's hard to have a boom-bap hip hop record that goes No. 1 in the country.
As U.S. citizens, Puerto Rico has paid their part.
I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
It feels as if I never get my just due.
I don't think the Republicans care much about minorities.
We're in the same ghettos, same inner cities, and we're suffering from the same problems. Every problem the blacks have, the Latinos have.
I would love to coach. I'm not saying I'm qualified to do it in the N.B.A., but I would love to try.
Allen Iverson was the Tupac of basketball; he was a true revolutionary.
I ain't here to tell nobody what's right or what's wrong.
If you gay, you gay. Like, that's your preference, you know?
When I came up in hip hop, there was no such thing as a Puerto Rican rapper doing hip hop for many mainstream people, so I was the ship, the captain, and the crew.
The biggest misconception in the hip-hop industry is that people are only focused on the money. We should just be happy for everybody that is working in the hip-hop culture.
I never lose touch. If you let me tell it, I'll tell you I never got my just due and my respect for being one of the greats in hip-hop, and because of that, the fire never burned out. There's more and more of a need for me to succeed or take the legacy a step further, and that's what it is.
I was scared to fly for a long time.
There are 3.5 million Americans in Puerto Rico. So, just like we're quick to go everywhere else and help, we expect that same of America for Puerto Rico. These are U.S. citizens!
I love owning my masters.
I'm not just a rapper. I'm a child educator.
I think I'll die underrated, but it's alright, man.
Minorities have been hustling backwards from check to check.
I make hit records. I make hit records to motivate the people.
I'm just a human being. I'm from the projects, too.
I'm a huge fan of the Clintons. I love Hillary; I love Bill.
MTV shows me love.
J. R. Smith's incredible, man, just incredible off the bench.
I come from nothing, and growing up, I really didn't have many people to inspire me, at least no good people to inspire me.
There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
Envision what the end result is supposed to be... what do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you see yourself? Once we identify what the painting on the wall is, it is so much easier to bring in the right colors, canvas and brushes to paint that picture.
I'm known to be hands on 100%. I don't know any other way to be than a leader by example.
Chances are if I am the one to cosign people, they will become a big part of the industry.
