Fat Joe has revealed that Killer Mike, the Grammy-winning rapper, was the key influence behind his return to the rap game
Fat Joe has opened up about the key influence behind his return to the rap game: Killer Mike, the Grammy-winning rapper.
During an interview with Billboard on Tuesday, 7 January, the Bronx rap legend said that he was inspired to make his new album, The World Changed on Me, because of Killer Mike’s success at the 2024 Grammy Awards: He won Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance, thanks to his album Michael.
“I told him: he’s the guy who inspired me,” Joe explained. “I retired. I was gone. I had an infamous phone call with Eminem, where he was trying to talk me into not retiring: ‘Joe, we need you. You’re one of us.’
“I was super done, but I got back out because of Killer Mike. The man won that Grammy. The one thing I never got in this business is a Grammy.
“When I seen it, I called Dre. I was like, ‘Yo, it’s possible. Let’s get back in the kitchen. Let’s cook.’ And so [Mike] inspired me to come out of retirement.”