Rap veteran Fat Joe is twisting in the wind while trying to fumble out a rationale for buying Donald Trump’s sneaker line despite not supporting the former president.
The New York born-emcee, 53, told his six million Instagram followers that he has no intention of deserting the Democratic Party and voting for the former president.
However, the Bronx-bred lyricist, whose real name is Joseph Antonio Cartagena, explained his decision to proudly purchase Trump’s Never Surrender kicks, specifically the exclusive Family & Friends edition.
“If you collect art, do you really know what [Jean-Michel] Basquiat was into?” he asked his viewers. “Do you know what Andy Warhol was into? Any of these artists that you were into? You love the art, so you get it. I guess they separate art from the person. Now, me as a sneaker collector, I had to get my hand on the Trumps.”
Fat Joe tried giving another example by evoking Kanye “Ye” West.
“But listen, I have thousands and thousands and thousands of pairs of sneakers. When everybody flipped on Kanye [West], I went and bought the two most exclusive Kanye’s ever,” Joe continued.
Joe concluded this stream of consciousness by clarifying that he is on the opposite side of the political spectrum from Trump.
“Once again, I’m not a Trumper,” he asserted. “I dislike Trump. I’m not voting for him — not now, not ever — but I’m a sneaker collector into the art.”
Fans were not buying Joe’s meek explanation and aired him out on social media.
🤔 Seems like “Fat Joe” got some explaining to do ….#FatJoe is one of the cultures biggest vultures and it has come to light that he has also been doing things to underage females…
If this why Joe refuses to call out African Bambaataa ? pic.twitter.com/vaJi1TQswM— Anti Cheetah Pee (@EddieRuffinJr) December 25, 2023
Black & Brown coalition never existed.#Trump #FatJoe #BlackAmericans pic.twitter.com/5Cb6kv8NYm
— Black Army Veteran 2 🇺🇸 (@CoonDocumentary) February 27, 2024
Since Fat Joe is trending for buying the Traitor 6s, all I say is that he's not black (actually closer to white), says the n word a lot and called black (#FBA) women "b's" with a lot of black rappers on stage and not happened#FatJoe
pic.twitter.com/A49LVYVRpS— P. Against The World🤘🏿🕊 (@chillin662) February 28, 2024
