I have been Fat Joe since I was a kid. It's always been my name and always will be.

Fat Joe ain't out here trying to battle-rap everybody in the world. That's not what I'm about.

As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.

I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.

I've been a weirdo since I was a kid.

I was a diabetic for 16 years, since I was 14. Being that I lost weight, no more diabetes. You don't have to lose your eyesight, cut off your toes, have a stroke, get kidney failure. You just have to lose weight - you know - for most of the diabetes.