Fat Joe & Uncle Luke Clear the Air on Who Discovered Pitbull, Trick Daddy - TMZ

Fat Joe & Uncle Luke Clear the Air connected Pitbull, Trick Daddy During IG Live Sesh

12/10/2022 11:51 AM PT

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12:34 PM PT -- Fat Joe and Uncle Luke person buried the hatchet and cleared the aerial astir who discovered who -- and who's owed recognition ... with FJ conceding, yea ... it was Luke.

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The 2 hip-hop legends hopped connected an IG Live to acceptable the grounds straight, with Joe clarifying that helium didn't assertion to person discovered either Pitbull oregon Trick Daddy, but alternatively -- conscionable amplified their euphony and helped them get connected adjacent much truthful than they already were.

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Luke seemed to hold with this characterization, and they near connected peaceful terms.

Fat Joe’s latest circular of storytelling has landed him successful the crosshairs of Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell … who disagrees with Joe’s recollection of a cardinal Florida rap timeline.

Joe was a impermanent connected Math Hoffa’s “My Expert Opinion” implicit the summertime -- wherever helium claimed to person been the archetypal cosign for aboriginal legends Trick Daddy and Pitbull … and spun their aboriginal demos into palmy vocation launches -- similar the Don helium says helium is.

Joe besides took recognition for blowing up his chap Bronx rapper French Montana — but the 2 Live Crew founder, who conscionable came crossed the interview, couldn’t tummy the Pitbull and TD comments and dug into his container of receipts ... which Rick Ross recovered alternatively amusing.

He really commented nether Luke's agelong caption, laughing astatine his connection selection.

Anyway, Luke says it was HE who enactment Trick Daddy connected -- via their 1996 booty-shaking anthem collaboration "Scarred" -- recorded close erstwhile TD came location from jailhouse and started his vocation ... suggesting FJ was afloat of it for claiming helium had discovered him.

The arrogant Miami autochthonal said the aforesaid for Pitbull ... noting helium signed the Cuban megastar to his Luke Records imprint during his vocation origins, which happened backmost successful 2001.

Bottom enactment ... Luke is straight contradicting Joe's recollection of events, and dares him to close the record, arsenic helium says helium has impervious to backmost his memory. Not conscionable that, but Luke went connected to accidental helium really dug DJ Khaled out of obscurity and made him mainstream too.

Joe hasn't responded yet -- but the dude's been catching a batch of flak lately for specified tales -- including the assertion that Latinos were arsenic important successful founding the hep hop genre.

Originally Published -- 11:51 AM PT