Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell attends the 10th Annual ONE Musicfest at Centennial Olympic Park on September 07, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
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Fat Joe Praises Luke After Disagreement

Fat Joe Praises Luke After Disagreement

Published Sun, December 11, 2022 at 1:00 AM EST

Fat Joe and Uncle Luke made it clear that there is zero bad blood. The two icons had a bit of a disagreement after Joe's recent appearance on The My Expert Opinion Podcast, where he claimed that he'd put on several stars out of Miami. Luke disagreed with Joe's claim that he helped Miami-based artists like Trick Daddy and Pitbull get signed.

“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 of the lock up and by he stayed with me,” Luke wrote. “I also discovered signed @pitbull to the platinum selling Luke records label he did his first song’s with me.

“Maybe I’m missing something here I do have the receipts,” Luke continued. “By the way because you don’t see me all in the videos at the birthday partys [sic] yes @djkhaled i found him on underground radio mix 96 brought him to main stream, radio @99jamzmiami The Luke Show.”

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.”

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