Fat Joe has slammed Irv Gotti for dredging up his alleged two decades-old romance with Ashanti on Drink Champs.
The Murder Inc. founder claimed during the interview that the singer’s 2002 hit “Happy” was made after they “finished sleeping together.”
Rumors have long swirled that Gotti and Ashanti were more than just collaborators during Murder Inc.’s heyday in the early 2000s, although Ashanti has never directly addressed the speculation herself.
In an Instagram Live video on Monday (August 8), Fat Joe — who worked with Ashanti on 2002’s “What’s Luv?” — called Irv Gotti out for “disrespecting” the R&B songstress by airing out their alleged fling.
“Whatever Irv has with Ashanti is 20 years old,” he said. “I know he was making some points that mean a lot to him, his heart and soul, but when you keep ranting about somebody 20 years later, it felt like he’s not over the young lady.
“Also, we didn’t know that they was fucking. ‘Cause the whole time, I’m there! ‘What’s Luv,’ Big Pun record, on tour — I never seen them together like that. Now I’m not saying they wasn’t; they was, or there was rumors they was. I never seen it. But I don’t need to know!”
He added: “He signed DMX, he signed JAY-Z, he signed Ja. The man’s a genius, there’s no question. But he makes himself look crazy disrespecting her and the woman never really disrespected him. All this shit he’s talking and all that, I’m looking like, ‘Damn, bro.'”
Joey Crack also took issue with Ja Rule for not sticking up for Ashanti — with whom he formed a formidable partnership on hits like “Mesmerize,” “Always On Time” and “Wonderful,” and has remained close to — while he was sat next to Irv Gotti on Drink Champs.
“It’s OK if it’s on a documentary — you gotta say your truth in your documentary — but to go to Drink Champs and keep calling her a bitch, keep disrespecting — I’m not the guy to stand up for Ashanti. Ja Rule was standing right next to him,” Joe said before a long pause.
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Earlier in his Instagram Live diatribe, Fat Joe labeled Irv Gotti a “sucker” for comments he made about his September 2021 Verzuz battle with Ja Rule.
“No disrespect to Fat Joe, but I knew what was going to happen,” Gotti bragged on Drink Champs. “It’s but so many records you gonna do; [Ja’s] gonna go the whole time. And let me tell you something, Rule was ready for whatever. Thank God Joe didn’t go there.
“People don’t know, [Ja] is a battle rapper! This n-gga is a savage and he’s competitive with a fucking ‘I’m gonna kill you’ [mentality].”
Joe fired back: “Irv Gotti a sucker, man. He a sucker … I’m not talking crazy to Irv because Irv just closed a deal. God bless him, he’s making money. But he trying to take shots at the wrong dude to get his little street cred off of Joe Crack. Don’t do that. We not cool. Yo Irv, stop. You’re a producer.”
Perv Gotti keeps bringing it up cuz it’s the last time he got some. Fat Joe is right tho, Perv needs to move on and stop with the sucka shit. He just signed a 300 million dollar distribution deal with 300 Elektra Entertainment. Focus on the money not the BS or you’re going to lose it again like before.
Damn if this was 15-17 years ago, I would love to hear fat Joe and 50 on a song dissing ja and Irv but then again 50 and fat Joe would had to have been cool too back then..Irv just reminds me of the coach from space jam of the goon squad, just a slime ball ready to get over on any and everyone
THIS IS VERY SMALL, INSECURE, AND UNMANLY OF IRV TO DO. WE ALL HAVE EX GFS AND ITS NEVER COOL TO AIR OUT SHIT ESP FROM 2 DECADES AGO. I ALSO WOULDN’T BRAG ABOUT SMASHING SOMEONE I WAS IN BUSINESS WITH. ITS NEVER A GOOD LOOK.
Irv, they’re badder chicks out there than Ashanti. WTF is wrong with you. You don’t settle for a Jr bacon cheeseburger when you can have Sirloin Steak. Your fat ugly ass should be able to understand that. Go for the premier meal not the lower quality one, dummy.
I just realized that Irv Gotti looks like Mr Peanut LMAO
Either I’m blind or Ashanti’s sideburns are thicker than mine! – PLK
Murder Inc was a clown crew. I never fucked with that gangsta-pop bullshit. Not surprised to see this jackass making a fool of himself.
COULDN’T HAVE SAID IT BETTER!
There’s still people riding 50 dick like it’s early 2000’s that shit funny to me. Like they need to grow up. that was getting on for 20 years ago and you still be bringin up old shit when a blog mentions Ja Rule or Irv.