Fat Joe supports Young Thug, admits to lying in most of his songs.
Young Thug is still going through trials, and it is reported that his rap lyrics can be used against the YSL boss. The decision is getting criticized by fans and artists, and now Fat Joe comes in support of the rapper through an interview with CNN’s Gayle King.
During the conversation, Joe states that rap lyrics are not based on real life, and he has lied in most of his songs. “I’ve been rapping professionally for 30 years… I’ve lied in almost 95 percent of my songs,” Joe began. “I’m being honest. I write like I feel that day. I’m just being creative. You couldn’t build a jail high enough for the lyrics I’ve said on songs which are all untrue.”
He continued, “What I am is a family man, the person who gives back to my community all the time, opens businesses in my community. So the music would never amount to the actual person, Joseph Cartagena.”
“What’s even more horrible is that the district attorneys, they know those lyrics ain’t real. They know that’s creativity. But if it helps their case, they’ll use it to put these guys in jail. And here, we’re having a fun show about it and discussion, but there really is six defendants in Atlanta who might spend the rest of their lives in jail for something that’s totally not true. This is very serious. This destroys families.”
Check out the interview below.
