Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper. He began recording as a member of hip hop group Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.) in 1992, and pursued a solo career with the release of his debut studio album, Represent (1993) the following year. Cartegena formed the hip hop group Terror Squad and its namesake record label in the late 1990s, through which he has signed fellow New York artists including Big Pun, Remy Ma, Tony Sunshine, and Cuban Link, as well as then-unknown producers DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre.

Filmography

• Fat Joe Talks — Self - Host, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2024This Is Me…Now — Therapist
• Grails: When Sneakers Change the Game
• 2022Hustle — Fat Joe
• 2020Fearless — DJ (voice)
• 2018Night School — Bobby
• 2017Lady Rider — Flash
• She's Gotta Have It — Winny 'Win' Winfield, Winnie 'Win' Winfield
• 2016Checkmate — Freddy "Flash" Morales
• 2016VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
• 2015Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
• 2015Supermodel — Xavier
• 2014179th Street — King Cesar Colon
• 2011Narx — Big Ed
• 2011The Cookout 2 — Bookie
• 2010Plies: Goon In the Trap
• 2006Happy Feet — Seymour (voice)
• Pimp My Ride International — Host
• The Shop
• Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
• The Andy Milonakis Show
• 2005The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
• The Celebrity Apprentice
• 20032 Fast 2 Furious — Songs
• 2003Paper Chasers
• 2003Scary Movie 3 — Fat Joe
• 2002Big Pun Live
• 2002Empire — Tito Severe
• 2001Blazin' — Big Jay
• 2001Prison Song — Big Pete
• 106 & Park
• 1999Cope 2 Kings Destroy — Joey Crack
• 1999Thicker Than Water — Lonzo
• 1999Urban Menace — Terror
• 1999Whiteboyz — Don Flip Crew #2
• TRL
• 1994I Like It Like That — Biker Inmate

Appearances as themselves (41)

• Joe and Jada — Self - Host
• 2024The Greatest Love Story Never Told — Self
• 2023All Up in the Biz — Self
• Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World — Self
• 2023Hip-Hop @ 50: Rhythms, Rhymes & Reflections – A Soul of a Nation Presentation — Self
• King Charles — Self - Guest
• 2023Rap Trap: Hip-Hop on Trial — Self
• 2023The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports — Self
• 2022Mixtape — Self
• 2022The Greatest Mixtape Ever — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• 2021You're Watching Video Music Box — Self
• The Drew Barrymore Show — Self
• 2019Savage X Fenty Show — Self
• 2019The Fabulous Chi Ali — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Untold Stories of Hip Hop — Self
• The Shop — Self
• 2017Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth — Himself
• Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party — Self
• 2016Straight Stuntin Chronicles: Volume 3 - The Man in the Mirror — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self - Contestant
• 2009DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd — Self (archive footage)
• 2009DJ Juice: The King is Back Mixtape Blend DVD Vol. 70 — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Mistarello Presents: Hard Body Blends Volume 4 — Self (archive footage)
• The Wendy Williams Show — Self - Guest Host
• 2006Jim Jones - A Day In The Fastlife — Self
• 2006Tats Cru: The Mural Kings — Himself
• My Super Sweet 16 — Self
• My Coolest Years — Himself
• 2003Jennifer Lopez: The Reel Me — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 2003The Blackout - Fat Joe Vs Jay-Z At The Rucker — Self
• 2002Big Pun: Still Not a Player — Self
• 2002Outlawz: Worldwide — Self
• BET Awards — Self - Performer
• 2000Jennifer Lopez | Feelin' So Good — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self