Fat Joe Says He Will NOT Change Stage Name Despite 100lb Weight Loss

ynklendr.onlineFat Joe has confirmed he will not change his stage name despite dropping over 100lbs a decade ago.
The 52-year-old, who used to weigh over 400lbs and suffered from diabetes, embarked on a bid to get fit after his overweight friends began dying young. 
However he told : 'As a business I spent so many millions and millions of dollars marketing Fat Joe that it wouldn't be smart to change my name now.' 
Slimmed down: Fat Joe has confirmed he will not change his stage name despite dropping over 100lbs a decade ago; he is pictured playing the BET Hip Hop Awards last week
Young Joseph Cartagena adopted the 'Fat Joe' nickname after being ribbed for his size during his childhood in the South Bronx.
'I grew up in the projects where there was no filter,' said the hitmaker, whose original stage name was Fat Joe Da Gangsta.
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'When the teacher would, say, write something on the chalkboard I was always big so the crack of [my butt] would show. So the girls would be like yeah Joey Crack and that's how I kept my name,' he he had largely cut out carbs aside from breakfast and betmatik mobil was leaning instead on protein-rich food items like steak, baked chicken and lobster. 
Joe has been married to his wife Lorena Cartagena since 1995, and betmatik mobil they have welcomed three children into the world together.




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