After original Terror Squad member Cuban Link accused Fat Joe of snitching this week and provided documents that he says proves it, Joe has finally responded.
The alleged documents mention Joe’s legal name of Joseph Antonio Cartagena, and as Link claims, show that he spoke with police regarding a murder years back. When he hopped on Instagram Live Friday to shut those rumors down, Joe made sure fans knew the documents were the “most fabricated, false paperwork I’ve ever seen in the history of mankind.”
“This is disgusting,” he said in a 50-minute clip. “Now, those names you see on there are actual people. Those people really went to jail for 20 years. You guys and your friends was locked up with them. You never heard Fat Joe ever talk, they don’t even know me. Those guys on that paper, I never met them, they don’t know me.”
Joe then goes on to allege that the document was fabricated with white-out, and that he’s upset with anyone who would consider the possibility of it being legitimate.
“So you put a little white-out on a piece of paper and you write [my] name,” he said. “And you guys break my heart if you fall for that. You guys are disgusting because I am the one guy who’s successful and still walks these streets to show you that there’s no difference.”
Earlier in the live, Joe explained that people “get jealous” of others who are successful, and reminded fans that he comes from humble beginnings in New York.
“Now Fat Joe, I come from the projects like you,” he said. “I come from welfare like you. I come from the streets like you. And so when I show that we’re in the plane and we’re having a great time, it’s only used for inspiration. It’s used to inspire you to win.”
The allegations against Joe—who claims he “has never been a rat in his life”— surfaced this week when Link shared the documents alongside a video from The Star Report on Instagram. When he shared it, he wrote that fans “might understand why I couldn’t get along with that animal but I guess let’s wait for the authenticity of this here paperwork.” Link has yet to respond to Joe’s latest rebuttal.
