After claiming Family Ties would be his last album, Fat Joe is out of rap retirement. On the heels of dropping his Rihanna-sampling “Sunshine (The Light),” Joey Crack stopped by The Morning Hustle on Wednesday (February 10) to touch on a multitude of topics regarding his personal life and career.
When the idea of him doing a Verzuz came up, Joe is ready to go to battle. LL COOL J was floated as an opponent by one of the co-hosts, but the Terror Squad boss wouldn’t want to duel with the person who inspired him to rap in the first place.
“He’s my idol, I can’t,” Joe explained. “He’s the reason I rap. I think the ideal battle is Fat Joe-50 Cent.”
He continued, “I think the guys in the trap, the girls would be like, ‘Oh, we got a 50 Cent Verzuz Fat Joe joint, I’m tuning into that one.'”
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As far as a possible LL COOL J battle, the New York legend apparently only wants to step into the Verzuz ring if it’s against Hip Hop royalty in either JAY-Z or Drake.
“LL COOL J, I wouldn’t even feel right,” Joe said. “LL wants JAY-Z or Drake. That’s who LL COOL J allegedly wants. You asked me, so I don’t want to start any new beefs. 50’s got new TV shows and I want to be on there.”
Watch the interview below.
the ideal verzuz for Joe woulda been Nelly vs Joe. or Jadakiss vs. Joe.
LL had legit hits from the mid 80s to the mid 2000s… LL and Busta woulda been nice, but won’t happen.
The on Jay-Z versus anyone wants is Nas and that will never ever happen.
Busta. They around the same age and been in the game the same time. He knows Busta would kick his butt though. 50 is not from the early 90s like Joe
Jay vs Em would be a nice battle. DMX doesn’t have 20 joints but could go at Jay in a 10 song battle. Those would be the battles for Jay since Nas would never happen. Those 3 were by far the biggest artists post Pac/Big and until Wayne
Dmx has way more than 20 what the hell?
DMX already went
Drake vs JayZ would be good nobody else can match him with hits
Drake vs Wayne
Jay vs Nas
Busta vs Redman or Missy
LL Cool J vs Ice Cube (long careers dating back to the 80s, lots of highs and lows, evenly matched)
Winners: Wayne, Jay, Redman, Cube
Bro! Finally somebody else see what I see. it took me a while to figure it out but it’s LL Cool J vs. Ice Cube. That’s the perfect match for LL. East vs. West. Similar time frame. Similar career arc. Started out real street and crossed over, but not crossed over on no ho shit, but just naturally grew up. Shit, they can even throw the movies in it lol Perfect match.
I think LL would wash Drake though. but it would be a good verzuz. drake the new LL in away. without the pen.
Drake vs Hov is the matchup. LL isn’t even in this convo.
Or maybe Drake vs Yonce
LL Cool J is one of my favorites ever! He is in the conversation for greatest to ever do it. LL Verzuz Rakim might be interesting!