Fat Joe is looking incredibly slim these days!
The legendary rapper, 55, best known for hits like "Lean Back" and "What's Luv?", previously weighed as much as 470 pounds. Snapped by the cameras alongside Diego Boneta, Joe (real name: Joseph Antonio Cartagena) looked mighty svelte as he hit the red carpet at CIBO at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday evening to attend the Killing Castro party after shedding 250 of those unwanted pounds. Looking happy, healthy, and in shape, the hip-hop legend sported black pants and a white cardigan sweater for the occasion.
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The loss of his best friend, Big Pun, from a heart attack in his 20s was a shocking revelation for Joe about how his future could end up if he didn't change his habits.
' “I went to his funeral and I felt like Ebenezer Scrooge. Like, I seen me," he told Men's Health in 2023. "And I’m looking at his little daughter. She was the same age as my daughter. I said, ‘You gotta lose weight; otherwise you outta here.'"
It also kicked off a period of major depression for the rapper.
"That’s what depression was like to me," he continued. "When you’re fighting yourself, there isn’t a wall high enough that you can build. There isn’t an island you can go to. There isn’t a place you can go to where you get away from it, because you’re fighting your mind. You wake up, and then the minute you think about it, your brain sends you a message to say, ‘We’re not supposed to be happy.’ And then you fall right back into depression."
How Did Fat Joe Lose the Weight?
When Joe decided to make changes, he knew he had to overhaul his habits.
"We just try to eat everything with the least carbs as possible,” Joe told Us Weekly last year. “So we try to stay away from the bread, the pasta, the rice. That’s the smartest way to eat.”
He went on to say that portion control is the most important lesson, so he still eats carbs in moderation.
“Like this morning, I ate breakfast, I had this toast. I cut the corner off, ate it and kept it moving,” he shared. “Normally I would’ve ate the whole thing. But you know, that’s what we do. We cut carbs and try to be smarter.”
He also takes Ozempic to treat his diabetes, which helps keep him in check.
"Ozempic says you may only have two pieces of your favorite stuff,” he continued.
Will Fat Joe Finally Change His Name?
Don't expect Fat Joe to be changing his name to "Slim Joe" anytime soon. The rapper says that a switch-up wouldn't be okay with his wife, Lorena Cartagena.
“My wife would kill me. She likes me being a big boy,” Joe added. “She hallucinates like I’m still that big boy. She loves that.”
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