Fat Joe Admits Turning 40 Left Him ‘Depressed’ As He Worried About What Aging Meant For His Career

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Fat Joe Admits Turning 40 Left Him ‘Depressed’ As He Worried About What Aging Meant For His
Career

The big 4-0 had #FatJoe scared.

The rapper, now 55, opened up about his previous fears of getting older in a recent episode of his podcast, Joe and Jada. “I’ve been rapping, I’ve been in the game since I’m 19,” Joe explained. “So, when I’m about to turn 40, all I know is standing on couches and popping bottles. But that 40 hit you like a different, like… I was depressed.”

His anxiety stemmed from years of success and the pressure to stay relevant in a rapidly evolving rap scene. He admitted those fears grew stronger after hearing people say they’d “never seen a rapper hit one out the park after 40.”

Thankfully, the Lean Back artist had a strong support system that helped change his mindset. “So my man Dre [from] Cool & Dre came over on my birthday. I was straight depressed and he was like, ‘Yo, Joe, you know Tina Turner ain’t have her first hit till she was 47.’ So he start breaking all this down. Made me feel a lot better,” Joe said.

Joe clearly took that advice to heart. The #Bronx native dropped his eleventh studio album, The World Changed on Me, last December and has continued to evolve beyond music, growing his podcast platform and diving deeper into business.