Fat Joe Gets Backlash for Saying Latinos Help Create Hip-Hop

Fat Joe is getting main backlash for saying that Blacks and Latinos are “Half and Half” in the case of the creation of hip-hop tradition.

On Friday (Aug. 26), Fat Joe hopped on Instagram Live to speak about DJ Khaled’s new album God Did however for a quick second, he addressed critics who consider that the Bronx rapper is spreading a lie about Latinos contributing to hip-hop. Joe stated the “haters” are upset after he posted a video that includes Latino pioneers in hip-hop tradition.

“Lately, they talking about Latinos wasn’t in rap…these guys are fucking delusional,” the veteran rhymer stated on the 52-minute mark within the video beneath. “We are from the Bronx, New York shit happens.”

“So when hip-hop started it was half and half,” he continued, suggesting that each Blacks and Latinos contributed to hip-hop on the identical time.

“I don’t know what the fuck is up with these people that don’t know their facts,” he added.

Joe went on to clarify the video he posted on Thursday (Aug. 25), which featured a number of Latino pioneers in hip-hop together with DJ Junebug, Prince Whipper Whip & Ruby Dee, DJ Disco Wiz, DJ Charlie Chase, The Rock Steady Crew and extra, had made lots of people mad however he stands by the visible.

“History is history…I don’t get it,” Joe stated. “They gotta stop. They gotta fucking stop.”

Additionally, Fat Joe posted one other video from Grandmaster Caz, a member of the legendary hip-hop group The Cold Crush Brothers, who reiterated Joe’s level that Latinos have been concerned in hip-hop. Watch it beneath.

Fat Joe’s remarks have generated a backlash of feedback from individuals on social media who consider that Foundational Black Americans (FBAs) have been the only real creators of hip-hop and Latinos have been by no means concerned within the tradition.

“If every single element of hip hop culture was created by Foundational Black Americans & 1 or 2 Latinos just happened to wander off into a hip hop party in the ’70s, how does that equate to Blacks & Latinos being “half & half” in the creation of hip hop?” requested creator and cultural critic Tariq Nasheed on Twitter. “The math aint mathing.”

Other individuals have jumped on Twitter to additionally vehemently disagree with Fat Joe’s assertion that Latinos contributed to hip-hop.

“*I’m a 53 year old woman from Jamaica Queens NY. Raised as a ‘church girl’ and even I know that Hip Hop was birthed by young Black Men from the Bronx (I believe),” tweeted actress Tichina Arnold. “Rap was how the different boroughs in NY communicated w/each other. Stop highjacking #BlackCulture”

Another individual wrote, “The fact that ZERO Blacks in Hip Hop have corrected Fat Joe about this OBVIOUS #Lie is f*cking PATHETIC.”

This has certainly grow to be a hot-button subject on social media.

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