Fat Joe: “Daddy Yankee Is a Sellout”
I post Obama related songs and videos on this site because they’re relevant and interesting and sometimes even good, but for the most part, it’s my opinion that rappers should keep their mouths shut where politics are concerned. Especially this close to an election. But Fat Joe surprised me and gave a surprisingly informed statement to MTV about his fellow Puerto Rican Daddy Yankee’s endorsement of John McCain.
“Just like that! I gotta go in. I’m talking to little cousins that like [Yankee] and all that, and they’re starting to believe that John McCain is [the best candidate]. I can’t have that.
“I opened the newspaper and got sick to my stomach,” Joe continued. “I felt like I wanted to vomit when I seen that. The reason why I called him a sellout is because I feel he did that for a [publicity] look, rather than the issues that are affecting his people that look up to him. How could you want John McCain in office when George Bush and the Republicans already have half a million people losing their homes in foreclosure? We’re fighting an unjust war. It’s the Latinos and black kids up in the frontlines, fighting that war. … We over here trying to take the troops out of Iraq and bring peace. This guy immediately wants war. If not with Iraq or Afghanistan, he’ll start a new one with Iran. I feel real disgusted that Daddy Yankee would do that. Either he did that for a look, or he’s just not educated on politics.”
Ok, he’s not getting an invitation to appear on Meet The Press anytime soon, but at least he’s making some kind of sense, which is more than I expected. A misinformed 90′s baby can read that and say “ok, maybe Joe has a point.” He goes on to speak about the need for improved healthcare, changes in our foreign policy and says he’s ready to debate Daddy Yankee anytime.
Fat Joe Calls Daddy Yankee A ‘Sellout’ For Endorsing John McCain
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August 28th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
fuck daddy yankee
August 28th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Joe88 > Joe in 08.
But he made sense tho. Y’all need to get out and vote Barack in.
August 28th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
This song in a rave + Champagne >>>>>>>>>>________________
^^lmao. Big up the UK ting. Uk folk love a good rave up, word to me goin to all the old Heltah Skeltah gigs in Milton Keynes when I was 16 with my World Dance bubble goose on, gettin fucked up to DJ Hype, Congo Natty and Topcat, Nicky Blackmarket, SS n’em.
What up Rigga? No chat about football son. Boring. lol. *dap*
August 28th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Whats good Eng
Footballs been kinda boring…I was upset we lost, but then we won, so its all good for now…You see the Champion’s League groups?
Liverpool, Man U & The Gunners all got kinda tuff groups…Liverpool’s is the hardest though
You reckon you lot are gonna sell Berb’ to man u…? I fuckin hope not
August 28th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Daddy Yankee tried to go to Obama first, but for some reason they didn’t want to associate with Daddy Yankee.
August 28th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
A misinformed 90’s baby can read that and say
^^
eskay u need to stop taking shots at 90′s babies. im smarter than some of the regs.
August 28th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Obama just now: “…the failed policies of George W. Bush.” Yeah right, name one thing Bush has ever done wrong.
August 28th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
LF: itll be interesting to see what the repubs will pull out of there ass in regards to barack obama. they came up wit reverend Wright. They gonna pull one of Obamas hood cousins off the porch barbeque in Chicago.
August 28th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
hahahaha. did anybody just see Fonzworth Bentley in the audience of the democratic national convention. lol
August 28th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
>>eskay u need to stop taking shots at 90’s babies. im smarter than some of the regs.
then it dont apply to you
August 28th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
eskay u need to stop taking shots at 90’s babies. im smarter than some of the regs.
^^No shit mate, most of the fuckers on here have got a negative IQ me included.
Rigga I don’t know what to tell ya about this season bruh. We’ve been cheeks so far, as usual spent millions, looks like we’re gonna spend a lot more millions before transfer deadline and we’ll still end up midtable lol! Modric looks lightweight, Bentley looks decent though. We signed that Pavlyuchenko and looks like Asharvin is coming. It’ll take a whle before we gel as a team and we got fuckin Chelski *spits* this weekend and we’re gonna get dismantled. Don’t know if Berba will go but he looks like a proper moody cunt at the minute. Same ‘ol shit for a Yiddo!
You boys looked impressive against Twente. That fuckin Nasri looks absolutely quality. Another genius Wenger buy. Tough CL groups for all the UK teams.
Whats news in the UK hip-hop scene chap, put me onto somefing.
August 28th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
LF: Linc’s was an ill show
August 28th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Fat Joe don’t speak Spanish…
And Boricuas don’t buy his CD’s
SMH
August 28th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
being serious: there are way more white guys in the infantry than black guys. there are tons of whites and latinos… blacks are like 1 out of 10. but behind the scenes, its way closer… like 1 out of 5.
but that just says there are way less black dudes enlisting… and the ones that are are generally pretty smart.
August 28th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Did Joe ever respond to them Bang Bang Boogie niggas?
August 28th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Whats news in the UK hip-hop scene chap, put me onto somefing.
^^^^
Outside of me punching rappers in the nose bridge, I couldnt tell ya to be honest lol
Thats real talk
Look out for my brother from another mother Mic Assassin tho…he’s coming back in a big way
August 28th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
# FuckUPayMe618 Says:
August 28th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Did Joe ever respond to them Bang Bang Boogie niggas?
^^^
who?
August 28th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
make the debate happen
August 28th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
pap-poose pap-poose
August 28th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
@State of Grace: you gotta be kidding me, right?? Try: Iarq, Afghanistan, the FISA/domestic wiretap scandal, katrina, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the Valeria Plame scandal, gas prices & the economy in general, for starters….
August 28th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
yeah lets give more people money for not working!!!
August 28th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
lol..WHERE DO I START??WHO R U FAT HOE??U ARE IRRELEVANT IN THE RAP GAME SO WHAT MAKES U THINK THAT ANYONE IS GONNA TAKE POLITICAL ADIVCE FROM UR FAT ASS?…ALL U CHARACTERS TALKIN ABOU OBAMA THIS OBAMA THAT DONT KNOW SHIT…YA JUST WANNA VOTE HIM IN CAUSE HE’S BLACK.YA THINK HE GONNA COME SAVE THE “HOOD” BUT HE AINT FROM NO HOOD OR EVER HAD A HOOD LIFE SO WHAT MAKES U THINK HE’S GONNA CATER TO U FOOLS?…IM NOT A FAN OF MCCAIN AT ALL…BUT I AINT GONNA VOTE 4 OBAMA NEITHER IF THESE FUCKING ELEMENTARY DROPOUT FUCKS KEEP GETTIN IN SHIT THEY DONT BELONG IN TRYING 2 TELL PEOPLE WHO 2 VOTE FOR…99% OF THESE MOTHERFUCKERS DONT OR CANT EVEN VOTE….LONG STORY SHORT:FAKE ASS WANNABE STUDIO GANGSTAS STAY IN UR LANE AND DONT SPEAK POLITICS…U SOUND STUPID!
August 29th, 2008 at 1:11 am
^^^^
still SMH@SIMPS
August 29th, 2008 at 2:09 am
Thank God 4 Dat White !
August 29th, 2008 at 2:53 am
# eskay Says:
August 28th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
>>eskay u need to stop taking shots at 90’s babies. im smarter than some of the regs.
then it dont apply to you
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^^
thats exactly why i don’t get all sensitive when the older heads say shit like that…
i’m far more informed than those in my age group when it comes down to it…
its all good…
and FUCK DADDY YANKEE!!!
i was disgusted by that shit too…
how u gonna just sell out the hood like that…
by the way…i ain’t against voting republican…its just 95 percent of the time their candidate is not in line with my views…
also
born in 88 raised in the 90′s and i fuckin loved it…
nothin like rap in the 90′s mayne
cheah!!!
August 29th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Wow Joe, I agree with you an 100%. Daddy Yankee for the Repubs, this nicca has no sense. He(Daddy Yankee) really thinks republican crackers care about minorities, especially latin. My friend (Daddy Yankee), who has been the chief promoter of fencing off the US border (land which was once Mexico).
DADDY YANKEE is what you call a BLOODCLAAT FOOL, DEM BOY DE A BIG PUSSYHOLE.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I AGREE WIT JOE DADDY YANKEE CRAZY!COOL BUT CRAZY!
August 29th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
# Mag Says:
August 28th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Fat Joe don’t speak Spanish…
And Boricuas don’t buy his CD’s
SMH
^^^^
wtf Mag, i speak no spanish and bag plenty butter pecans!
*quietly waits for a “Brown Star” featuring Fat Joe and Immortal Technique*
August 29th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
that’s right kids, i called Fat Joe a conscious rapper
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I recently did a post on the whole Fat Joe/Daddy Yankee/John McCain thing and honestly as insane as it sounds, I think it’s Daddy Yankee’s right to endorse whoever he wants and I don’t think anyone should be critical of it the way Fat Joe is. Some may say Daddy Yankee has a strong Latino fan base who he owes it to to not back someone like McCain but he Daddy Yankee’s vote is his own and I think Fat Joe should keep his comments to himself and just make sure he and everyone he knows votes on election day.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:15 am
That is some wacked out stuff to be knockin Daddy Ynakee for his political belief. You’ll don’t respect others views but your own. You put down people with more talent, and hate on them because you life sucks and you wish you were in their shoes. And for all you so called hustlers, wouldn’t you want less government and less taxes. Also, take a look of who deregulated the mortgage market in the last 1990′s. I don’t think G.W. Bush was in Office. If you wanna blame anyone for yo momma being broke, blame the guy you consider the “first black President” Bill Clinton. Sorry this came months after the fact patos.