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Fat Joe’s stock has been on the rise since going virtual. Joey Crack is now booked as the host of the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards.
As per Vibe the Bronx MC is now taking his talents to one of the culture’s biggest nights. On Tuesday, September 6 the network announced they slotted the “John Blaze” rapper as the master of the ceremonies. As expected the rapper turned media personality is excited. “This will be the BIGGEST award show in history,” added Fat Joe. “It’s truly an honor to host and produce the BET Hip Hop Awards and I can’t thank Connie and the entire BET family enough for this opportunity. We’re going to celebrate music, culture, and entertainment, honor the biggest and brightest stars in the world and make this an unforgettable night full of laughs and surprises. Always remember that yesterday’s host is not today’s host.”
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The channel also made it clear that there was no other pic than Cartagena. “Fat Joe is hip hop royalty. He has represented the artform and the Bronx, the birthplace of hip hop, throughout his outstanding musical career. He is a treasured friend of the network and we’ve loved seeing and supporting his evolution to becoming the superstar he is today,” said Connie Orlando, EVP, Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy at BET in a press release. “We can’t wait to watch him take the stage with his vivacious energy, standing together with today’s hottest and beloved hip hop stars.”
Needless to say the announcement was met by some naysayers; specifically after the recent slander he caught for saying Black and Latinos created Hip-Hop. You can see some of the best responses below.
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Fat Joe’s a COVERT Racist. Who at times says he’s “Black” 2 HIDE his #racism. When NON Black ppl INSIST on saying the N word – when they KNOW Blk ppl r offended by it… it shows the disrespect they have 4 blk ppl.
“Now who’s gone tell me I can’t sat N*GGA.” – Fat Joe
Listen
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— All on one Accord
(@BlacksOrganize) September 7, 2022
2.
Letting people like Fat Joe slide is what leads to people like Tekashi 69.
— TDHBXG (@TDHBXG) September 3, 2022
3.
BET called fat Joe one of the Gods of rap …it’s getting worst out here
— Oseidobor (@NegroHistory1) September 7, 2022
4.
Fat Joe hosting the BLACK Entertainment Television awards??? pic.twitter.com/eAbTtD7vBz
— Jason Maples (@JJMaples55_MST) September 6, 2022
5.
The elevation of Anti-Black American lies orchestrated by a White Owned Company BET by proxy of their Anti-Black Latino henchman Fat Joe. https://t.co/jrLRomsp4T
— Nas (@nasescobar316) September 6, 2022
6.
@BET is a white owned network continuing to wage anti Black psychological warfare.
I haven’t watched the BET awards show and with the announcement of Fat Joe hosting sealed it again
#BETAwards pic.twitter.com/eBbyjEyPKd
— TBMW (@TBMW8) September 6, 2022
7.
The second Black Americans allowed Fat Joe to use the N word unchecked was the moment he realized he could vulture our culture. Black Americans do not be afraid to check other cultures.
— @Starwind (@Black_Starwind) August 31, 2022
8.
I stopped checkin for BET when they shut down the news and sold to Viacom.
Jackson, MS ain’t got no water.
It’s easier to argue with Fat Joe and “pull up” on random Mexicans than to actually pull up on those in office and fight for policies that uplift your community. #ADOS
— Vandal (@iamvandal617) September 7, 2022
9.
Fat Joe has never been a “God of anything”
— Nas (@nasescobar316) September 7, 2022
10.
Don’t forget when he referred to 2 black women as “dusty bit*hes” then doubled down an told Ja he had to “go to a crack house to find them bit*hes” Fat Joe is trash Bet been trash & so has the Hip Hop awards
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— Prophet The God (@ProphetThaGod) September 7, 2022