Fat Joe recently spoke with Florida’s WEDR 99.1 FM Miami for their 99 Jamz Live event and took a quick stroll down memory lane.
The Bronx rapper recalled a time where he passed on a young, hungry rapper who will become an international superstar.
“What happened was Eminem out here in Miami, he gave me his demo like six different times,” Joe said. “And everywhere I went there was this little White boy and he kept giving me his demo he was like ‘yo listen to my music, I am telling you, I am nice, I’m nice, I’m nice.’ And I never really, I didn’t do it, and now he is the biggest guy in the universe. ”
The Terror Squad head honcho doubled down on his statement on social media and says that was the biggest mistake of his life.
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