A fresh allegation in Remy Ma and Papoose’s increasingly public split put one of her closest friends in an awkward position. Asked whether Papoose was telling the truth when he suggested he wrote Remy’s rhymes, Fat Joe made it clear that he has never witnessed anyone penning bars for his longtime Terror Squad collaborator.
The question came about an hour into Joe’s appearance on The Real Report with Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda. Yayo brought up Papoose’s new diss record “Jezebel” and noted that Remy already had records with Big Pun and Fat Joe before her relationship with Papoose. Joe immediately explained why he generally stays out of the former couple’s conflict.
“Her daughter’s my goddaughter,” he said. “I make it a habit of not getting involved between them because I can’t have no problem with my goddaughter. I love her too much, and I don’t want her father and me to be going at it like that. So, I try my best to mind my business.”
He did, however, answer the songwriting question directly. “Personally, Fat Joe has never seen nobody write Remy’s rhymes, ’til this day,” Joe said. “She just did ten songs this week. She’s barred up. This week! So, I don’t know what to tell you.”
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Joe Doesn't Want Their Feud To Affect His Goddaughter
Papoose reignited the ghostwriting conversation with “Jezebel,” released earlier this month amid his ongoing divorce from Remy. Complex reported that the track includes Papoose claiming he secretly wrote some of his estranged wife’s raps while publicly praising her abilities. Remy had already rejected that narrative months earlier. On April’s “W.Y.F.L.,” she pushed back against claims that Papoose had ghostwritten her material.
Joe avoided weighing in on the rest of their marital dispute. He repeatedly returned to his relationship with their daughter, Reminisce, emphasizing that he wants to remain in her life without creating problems with either parent. He even joked that he has more photos of his goddaughter in his room than he does of his own children.
That boundary leaves Joe unwilling to referee the divorce, but on one specific question, he did not hesitate. Whatever Papoose says happened behind closed doors, Joe says that across his decades of knowing and recording with Remy, he has never personally seen anyone write her bars.
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