Fats Joe nonetheless has his finger on the heart beat of Hip Hop tradition, and this was extra evident than ever from the stacked visitor appearances at his most up-to-date present.
On Tuesday (April 2), the Terror Squad boss hosted the Fats Joe & Buddies live performance on the historic Apollo Theater in New York Metropolis’s Harlem neighborhood.
Through the set, he welcomed quite a few rap veterans on stage resembling 50 Cent, Ghostface Killah, Lil Kim, Ashanti, The LOX, Remy Ma and State Property, amongst many others.
Try the complete listing of cameos under:
The complete listing of visitor appearances on the Fats Joe & Buddies live performance in Harlem’s Apollo Theater pic.twitter.com/PT8OsSfNLm
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The live performance, which was put collectively in celebration of the 20 12 months anniversary of Joey Crack’s 2004 hit “Lean Again,” additionally featured performances of “Shook Ones, Half II” by Mobb Deep‘s Havoc, “Déjà Vu (Uptown Child)” by Peter Gunz, “We Fly Excessive (Ballin’)” by Dipset and lots of extra.
Try clips from the stacked present under:
Dipset performs “We Fly Excessive – Ballin’” on the Apollo 🎤
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Fats Joe introduced out Lil Kim throughout his present on the Apollo Theater 🙌
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Ashanti joins Fats Joe on the Apollo 🙌
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With reference to honoring the individuals who elevated Hip Jump over the previous few a long time, the Fats Joe lately joined the choose group of people that have proven assist for Diddy amidst his ongoing authorized points.
In late March, the 53-year-old shared his ideas in regards to the Unhealthy Boys mogul’s worsening struggles throughout an interview with Sizzling 97.
“What I can say in essentially the most respectful manner is, I don’t know all the small print,” he mentioned. “However I’ve been praying for him and his household. He’s my good friend for 30 years. And so, I’m gonna simply see what the result is, and I’m praying for the most effective factor for him, and his household, and all people concerned.”
He continued: “So I’m not disrespecting no person. I’m simply praying for this complete state of affairs — this complete nightmare — I’m praying that it goes away.”
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Equally, Maino additionally made it clear the place he stands on the problem whereas making enjoyable of Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who filed a lawsuit in opposition to the mogul for sexual assault again in February.
“You bought some dude named Lil Rod,” he mentioned throughout an interview on The Baller Alert Present. “To begin with, there ought to be a fucking pause on his title. The n-gga’s title [is] Lil Rod? That’s pause.”
He went on to check the sexual-assault instances and federal intercourse trafficking investigation in opposition to the businessman to the FBI’s COINTELPRO (COunterINTELligence PROgram), which focused organizations such the Black Panther Celebration that had been deemed subversive.
The 50-year-old mentioned that he seen comparable dynamics within the complaints and investigation in opposition to Diddy, drawing parallels to the Bureau’s “snitch jacketing” strategy of falsely labeling a member of a focused group as a police informant.
“[I]f you understand something in regards to the ’60s and what they did with Black management and all that, these had been a number of the ways,” he added. “To destroy you, principally they divide and conquer.
“COINTELPRO, what they might do was, they might put out misinformation. Have us one another. They sending out letters and sending out issues saying, this one speaking about that one, this one obtained caught doing this. And it retains us disorganized. Additionally, propaganda, which is fueled by means of the media, is a device that’s all the time been used.”
