According to Fat Joe, Latinos and Blacks are equally responsible for the creation of Hip Hop. [Jump to 52 minutes.]
"Lately, they’ve been talking about, ‘Latinos wasn’t in rap.’ These guys are f*cking delusional. We’re from the Bronx, New York. Sh*t happens. This is where Hip Hop started. It’s Latino and Black, half and half. But they going at me because I’m like the only Spanish dude with a big voice. Like, ‘F*ck that. Latinos wasn’t there. You was invited. You are a specimen.’ I don’t know what the f*ck is up with these people that don’t know their facts.”
Needless to say, some folks on Twitter took exception to Joe's 50/50 comments.
Here is a taste of some of the vitriol directed at the Bronx rapper turned media figure.
RACIST WHITE LATINO FAT JOE is trying to STEAL HIP HOP FROM BLACK AMERICANS by saying that Hispanics created Hip Hop! CANCEL THIS CULTURE VULTURE!!! #FBA pic.twitter.com/QSOJUkYvph
— Pharaoh Jones (@PharaohJones3) August 27, 2022
When Black ppl REALLY start paying attention… Fat Joe will go down as one of the biggest COVERT Anti-Black #Racist in Hip Hop history.#HipHopColonizers pic.twitter.com/QaEOY74IzT
— All on one Accord 🇺🇸 (@BlacksOrganize) August 28, 2022
Fat Joe logic 🤦🏽♂️ pic.twitter.com/sXOAn6ua1P
— Mike Baggz (@MikeBaggz) August 29, 2022
I’m not here to sh*t on Fat Joe or tear down his legacy. But his rhetoric needs to be addressed and checked. If he avoids this conversation he will be destroying his own legacy. I’m also more surprised at the guys around him that aren’t saying anything. Silence means complicit.
— Mike Baggz (@MikeBaggz) August 26, 2022
People like Fat Joe were playing this type of music while black people was fighting for hip hop to be born. After it’s birth they jumped onboard … Latino’s ain’t hip hop! #DoTheRightThing pic.twitter.com/5jxZOhXKIA
— Speaker (@Spkr2Animals) August 28, 2022
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