Fat Joe Didn’t Discover Me—Trick Daddy Sets Record Straight
Trick Daddy refuted the allegations made by Fat Joe, who asserted that he was responsible for discovering him and facilitating his success in the world of Hip-hop.
In a recent interview on VladTV, Trick Daddy implied that Fat Joe may have exaggerated his role in Trick’s career, following Joe’s claims on My Expert Opinion in 2022. Uncle Luke also contested Joe’s statements, adding to the controversy surrounding Trick Daddy’s rise to fame.
“Fat Joe gotta be older than me,” he said. “Because I go to be forgetting things, but I never hallucinate. Fat Joe said he took my CD into Craig Kallman at Atlantic Records. If you got my deal, how do I get a CD? I see him telling a lot of stories. Maybe he got it confused.”
In 2022, Uncle Luke took the opportunity to address this matter directly. The legendary rapper shared a video on Instagram where Fat Joe fervently asserted that he was the one who discovered Trick Daddy and Pitbull. However, Uncle Luke, known for his straightforwardness, firmly stated, “That’s not how it went down.”
“I love Joe, but I find this very interesting because I discovered @trickdaddydollars. He did his first song with me as soon as he got [out] of the lockup and he stayed with me,” Luke began.
The 61-year-old didn’t stop there. He clarified that he was also the one who “discovered [and] signed @pitbull to the platinum-selling Luke Records Label [and] he did his first songs” with him. Next, the “Face Down A** Up” artist explained why working together meant so much to him. “Because I’m from Miami, I felt the importance of signing a Cuban rapper, so I discovered him off of battle rap tapes,” he shared in his social media post.
After mentioning Joe’s account of events and saying, “Maybe I’m missing something,” Luke also revealed he had a hand in DJ Khaled’s success. “I found him on underground radio, Mix 96, [and] brought him to mainstream radio, @99jamzmiami, [for] ‘The Luke Show,’” the rap veteran said of the GOD DID artist. It didn’t take long for his followers to join in on the discussion. “Tell them, Hero.
Sometimes they forget! Luke always been that dude. He was [one] of my heroes and still is. Y’all have no idea what this man fought for. The music [you] listen to today is because of his heart [and] conviction and his willingness to fight for what he believed. #FloridaBoy,” former NFL player Deion Sanders wrote in Luke’s comment section.
He responded, “Thank you, Coach. One thing about us, we are trailblazers. It’s important that history speaks for itself. Love you, my brother.”
