Fat Joe

Fat Joe Criticized By Journalist

Writer Chastises Rapper's 'Gangsta Lyrics' 8:30PM ET May 18th, 2012 Contributor : Martin James A Rocky Williform Company A New York Daily News writer has blasted rapper Fat Joe and the Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr's decision to honor the Terror Squad rhymer with a spot on the Bronx Walk of Fame. Patrice O'Shaughnessy criticized Joe in a new column this week. "I thought maybe Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. had temporarily lost his mind," she wrote. "He announced that this weekend, he will induct rapper Fat Joe into the Bronx Walk of Fame, for being 'an outstanding citizen and a role model to countless Bronxites. He has positively represented the Bronx and throughout his music career has helped keep the Bronx on the 'musical map,' becoming one of our very own homegrown success stories.' I guess one can get beyond Fat Joe's brushes with the law, and even his gangsta lyrics idolizing guns and demeaning women; most people are kind of inured to that stuff now."