Fat Joe has expressed his admiration for Chris Brown by acknowledging his talent and comparing him to the iconic Michael Jackson, whom he considers the greatest musician of all time.
The New York-born rapper, who comes from a background of Puerto Rican and Cuban heritage, even speculates that Chris Brown could have surpassed Michael Jackson if it weren’t for the unfortunate controversy surrounding his altercation with Rihanna on the night of the Grammys.
“If Chris Brown never got into the controversy with Rihanna, we would be calling him Michael Jackson right now,” he said. “Not like Michael Jackson — Michael Jackson. He is the most talented singer, artist, performer, hit maker of our time.
“There’s nobody even close to Chris Brown, and it’s time we move past it. It’s been 20-something years that I know of — there’s no more incidents. We gon’ let this lifetime go by without saying the truth?
“What happens is, when the truth is an unpopular decision, everybody gets scared to say it. They get canceled — especially famous people. But you know, the streets — they know what it is. Streets always know, they tell you the truth.”
Fat Joe claimed the “streets” are still listening to R. Kelly despite being sentenced to 20 years in prison for child sexual abuse.
“The streets still bumping R. Kelly,” he said. “He’s in jail, he did terrible things.”
Fat Joe went on to say that Chris Brown’s catalog and the amount of hits he’s had needs more respect.
“So what I’m tryna say is that it’s a shame that we lying and we not giving it up to the king of R&B,” he said. “We be thinking he could battle Michael Jackson, that’s all I’m tryna say. I’m not lying. If you really look at his body of work and you look at all his hits, you see what he does.”
Fat Joe made clear that he doesn’t condone his actions towards Rihanna, but claimed he was a “little kid” at the time.
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