Fat Joe’s Instagram Live show The Fat Joe Show continues to provide interesting content for rap connoisseurs. Earlier this week, the Terror Squad vet chopped it up with fellow New York rapper Maino and the two wound up discussing the recent wave of gun violence that took the lives of both King Von and BadAzz Music Syndicate rapper Mo3.
Wearing a Santa hat and showing off his Christmas tree in the background, Joe was bluntly honest when he told Maino, “rappers are in danger.” In fact, he explained he actually wanted to call the episode “Rappers Are In Danger.”
He continued, “We seein’ rappers getting murdered every day. We’re seein’ rappers go to jail for big shit. This ain’t little shit, Maino, right? Have you managed to stay out the way, like to get caught up with these things.”
Maino replied with how “easy” it is to fall back into old habits and recalled how hope was one of the only things that kept him going during his three-and-a-half years behind bars.
“When you working toward something, you’ve got a purpose,” he said. “You set these goals for yourself, you got somewhere to go with that. The problem is that we losing focus in what is important and what’s not. Like I said before, music was a way out. That’s a door to something different. The opportunities is endless. We don’t have to dodge street niggas. How? I don’t want to die there. That’s counterproductive.”
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Joe explained the purpose of the conversation was to inspire those who may be “very bright and very good at what they do that just needs some talk from some real guys to steer them in a better way.” He then talked about his own experience of being a “street dude” who took a different path once the music took off.
“Boom, I moved on and never looked back,” he said. “I said, ‘Alright, I’ma do it in this rap shit like you did. I’m gonna do this rap shit and that’s it. It’s gotta go here.”
As the conversation wrapped up, both Joe and Maino were hopeful the younger generation will see a way out. Watch the full exchange above.
This is a generation of dumb kids. Plus social media just amplifies the stupid shits they are shooting each other for.
All by design with the intent to uplift ignorance and dumb down our culture.
Rappers are in danger? Lol I hope they go extinct.
You’re on a rap website imbecile
Stfu trumpster!
With the internet we have more opportunity than ever, but the mentality is off…it ain’t really about rhymes no more, it’s about who can show out the most online. There’s nothing to respect, so there is no respect. I just still haven’t seen that life turn into anything other than death or jail…you’d think eyes would have been opened by now with all the resources we have. It’s like how do we still have junkies when we know exactly what’s going to happen? Who doesn’t know how that choice is gonna end at this point? I think it’s just a human flaw brought out by the environment we’re in. Stop accepting the environment that breeds that shit and maybe things could change
100. Its really said but true .Nothing more ..nothing less. Also karma and balancing. Good vs bad energy all that never gets passed on or talked about except by late GREATS LIKE NIPSEY HUSSLE..RIPNIP. SALUTE
Im with you 100 on this. Know better do better does not seem to be the case for way to many of us.
EPMD said it a LONG ASS TIME AGO!!!
salute to these bruhs.
And the TREMENDOUS GROWTH displayed.
Just a few years too late to catch these youngsters with the knowledge.
Were lookin at Lil Durk and NBA Youngboy’s CHILDREN to pick up the torch of peace and run with it thru Hip Hop.
Because WE fumbled and dropped the stick on the relay hand off.
FORTUNATELY,
Coming from our environment, living in this culture, we only know one way to live this life.
Thats behind the eightball while fighting the battle uphill.
There’s a Gangster in each and every one of us.
And as long asvthe cycle keeps repeating itself..
I guess we will be right on time to finally stop it.
Peace.
Get the fuck outta here man with this ‘knowledge’ you made a fortune killing people on record and gorging on ignorance … if there was any karma or justice this entire last 15 generations of rappers would get wacked …
I was taught real gangsters don’t tell and keep low on what there doing a perfect example is frank Lucas he hot caught when he was seen flossing to much seen but not be seen… move like a shadow young fellas
There is no loyalty in the entertainment industries every rapper have been told to portray a glorified life style of capitalism,exploitation and greed by these entertainment industries putting these artists out here on blast these industries only care about their $$ out come through $$ advances it’s the modern day slave mentality moving to bigger and better sights in life depends on that individual outlook these industries are designed to use you as their tool also their slave.
Haha, hypocrites. First glorifying violence and ignorance….and amassing wealth.
And now oferring advice.
The solution is simple. Keep other rappers names out your mouth. Alot of pussy ass rappers out here run their mouth when thats all they can do. Easy peasy!