Fat Joe Reveals Where He Stands w/ Irv Gotti Following The Producer’s Questionable Remarks About Having An Alleged Sexual Relationship w/ Ashanti: I’m Not His Friend, But I Love Him

October 5, 2022 by Tsai-Ann Hill in Music with 0 Comments

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Fat Joe Reveals Where He Stands w/ Irv Gotti Following The Producer’s Questionable Remarks About Having An Alleged Sexual Relationship w/ Ashanti: I’m Not His Friend, But I Love Him

Fat Joe hasn’t been in contact with Irv Gotti recently but says they’re still brothers for life.

As previously reported, on Aug. 7 Fat Joe took to Instagram to disagree with Irv Gotti’s “Drink Champs” interview where he spoke on his alleged romantic relationship with Ashanti that took place 20 years ago.

In a recent interview with “The Breakfast Club,” rapper Fat Joe addressed rumors regarding his alleged beef with Murder Inc.’s Irv Gotti. Fat Joe, born Joseph Antonio Cartagena, shared:

“I love Irv Gotti. I love his whole entire family. His mother. One time I canceled the show to go to his mother’s birthday party from L.A. I love they whole family.”

The Bronx native continued:

“Now my problem was like, if im ‘sis’ing’ you, you’re my sis. If you’re Remy Ma, you’re Ashanti, you’re my sis. You’re Natina. When I see you ‘sis! I love you sis!’ No matter how much I love a person, I cannot sit there and watch this man disrespect my sister. That I call my sister everyday. I feel like a sucker if I don’t address it now.”

He added:

“I been so used to IG and cameras being in my face maybe was that the right platform or maybe it was a private call, don’t know, it’s done already. Irv Gotti’s correct. I’m not his friend, [but] I love him, he’s my brother. He helped me at a time when nobody wanted to help me and I’ll never forget that. I don’t wanna cause harm to him, or have people looking at him a different way. I was watching it and it just made me feel crazy. I was just like ‘yo, you know what?’ I addressed it, and I moved on. I love Irv. He did a lot for me and my family. I’m never gonna be one of those guys.”

Fans speculated Joe had beef with the producer following his previous remarks regarding Irv’s statements about his rumored past relationship with Ashanti. On Instagram Live, Joe came to Ashanti’s defense and said:

“Whatever Irv has with Ashanti, is 20 years old. I know he was making some points that mean a lot to him..But, when you keep ranting about somebody 20 years later, it felt like he’s not over the young lady. Also we didn’t know that they was f**king. The whole time, I was there, on tour – I never seen them together like that.”

The 52-year-old continued:

“I’m not saying they weren’t because they were, there were rumors that they were, I never seen it. But I don’t need to know! It’s okay if it’s a documentary, but to go on Drink Champs and call her a b*tch [and ] keep disrespecting her [is wrong.]”

He explained:

“I’m not the brother trying to stand up for Ashanti, Ja Rule was right next to him… I’m not telling stories about a girl I dated 20 years ago. In fact, I hope you die. Leave me alone….. So when you’re doing this, it looks like you’re caught up and not over the sh*t… On top of that, it brings less credibility to everything else you say.”