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" When I came up in hip hop, there was no such thing as a Puerto Rican rapper doing hip hop for many mainstream people, so I was the ship, the captain, and the crew. "

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" The hip hop industry is most likely owned by gays. I happen to think there's a gay mafia in hip hop. Not rappers - the editorial presidents of magazines, the PDs at radio stations, the people who give you awards at award shows. "

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" We go after legacies because we just know that, sooner or later, people will understand what we bring to this culture and bring to the game. "

" 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. "

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" My coldest days, my darkest days, ain't no sun out, all I got is my fans. They the only people I ride for. Believe it or not, if you're a real Fat Joe fan, a Terror Squad fan, I do it for ya'll. "

" DJ Premier, this guy is like a god, a walking god. Guru, he put it down legendary. "

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" Latinos been a part of hip-hop culture and every other culture; we've been influential in every aspect of life. "

" Food is like a legal drug. You can take 50 cents and walk into the store and buy a Twinkie and get high. And it's killing people. "

" I was really from the streets, and I really did hustle in a major way. When I got my record deal, I left the streets alone as far as hustling. I never, ever hustled again. I said, 'I'm gonna change my life, I'm going legit. This is where I'm at.' "

" Every ghetto you go to, Latinos and blacks are the two people that are together. We don't look at each other in any different way, like 'He's black; I'm Latino.' I look at us as one. "

" As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything. "

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" Never get involved with a business that you can't really be hands-on - that if your employees quit, you can't run yourself. If I can't cut hair, why open a barbershop? "

" As U.S. citizens, Puerto Rico has paid their part. "

" To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on. "

" To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me. "

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" I think I'll die underrated, but it's alright, man. "

" I always loved being fat, obviously. I'm Fat Joe. "

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