Rapper Fat Joe helps feed the Bronx in time for Thanksgiving holiday via bronxtimes
Originally from the Bronx, Fat Joe has worked with artists such as the late. He released his first album “Represent” in 1993, but his most commercially successful record was “Jealous Ones Still Envy” in 2001 — with that disk’s hit single “What’s Luv? ” still his most streamed song on Spotify.“It means everything for us,” he told the Bronx Times on Tuesday at one of his UP NYC locations on Third Avenue in the Bronx. “This is our community, this is our village, this is where we from.
One thousand bags await distribution at UP NYC at 2490 Third Ave. The men’s clothing store is owned by Hip Hop legend Fat Joe.Gus Lebiak, the president and COO of Krasdale Foods, said he was happy to come to the Bronx for the event.The event was spread out across three different Fat Joe-owned UP NYC retail locations, each with 1,000 grocery bags to hand out.
King Singh, 9, came out to the South Bronx drive on Tuesday to see Fat Joe, one of his favorite artists. Bronx native Fat Joe high fives King Singh from Queens at UP NYC in the South Bronx on Nov. 22. Fat Joe sent Singh a video message when the young boy was battling cancer in a hospital bed a few years ago.“It made him feel super special,” Michael Singh said. “For Joe to take the time to do something so kind for a cancer survivor, it just means the world and we heard he was in the neighborhood so we came by.
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