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Joseph Antonio Cartagena, known to the world as Fat Joe, is opening up about a trying time in his life that he says changed him forever. Ahead of the new A+E series Origins of Hip Hop, a first-look video details the rapper’s struggle with being bullied as a teenager.
In the exclusive clip shared by People, Fat Joe shares not only his experience being routinely jumped throughout his younger years but also his story about a best friend who betrayed him as a result of peer pressure.
“When I was in junior high they would bully me every day,” he says in the clip. “I’m not gonna