Joe invited Luke to his Instagram Live to discuss the situation, and he made it clear that it was all love.
“Like I told you Luke is an Icon, living legend,” Joe said. “He created the sound of Miami. He put everybody on.” He then shared how he'd met Trick Daddy during a trip to Miami for Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999.
“Trick Daddy shit was playing all over the Carol Mart [flea market], all over the parties,” Fat Joe explained. “I went back up to New York, I sat in the office with Craig Kallman, who’s still the boss of Atlantic. I don’t fuck with him no more, but I took the demo of Trick Daddy, I put it on his desk and said, ‘You need to sign this guy, he’s the next guy.'”
But Joe made it clear that he was not trying to take anything away from the godfather of Miami rap.
“I know you discovered Trick Daddy, you discovered Pitbull," Joe clarified. "I never said I discovered them, Luke. I took his demo, out of love for Hip Hop. And Craig Kallman called me two days later and said, ‘I signed the guy Trick from Miami.’"
After Joe himself left the live, Luke further elaborated on his connections with Pitbull.
“I wanted a Cuban artist because I was from Miami,” Luke explained. “I told Jullian Boothe, he was my A&R guy, Big Teach, Jeff Sanchez, ‘We need to find a Cuban artist. I don’t give a fuck what y’all do. Go find me a goddamn Cuban artist because I will not be complete in Miami unless I have a Cuban artist. Them dudes got Big Pun and Fat Joe outta New York, we gotta compete.”