Fat Joe Defends Comments About DJ Khaled

Fans Were Not Happy When Fat Joe Compared DJ Khaled to the Great Quincy Jones

This past weekend, Fat Joe went on the Drink Champs podcast to discuss “The Fat Joe Show,” among other things. In the podcast, he speaks on DJ Khaled’s success in working with many high-level celebrities. “Well, he just gets a bunch of big-time rappers and puts them on the same song. There’s a million DJs and producers that try that, and those ain’t hit records,” said Joe on the Drink Champs podcast. “… So DJ Khaled really is the Quincy Jones of hip-hop right now.”

Fans were quick to respond to this claim, arguing the validity of the comparison. Fans were not susceptible to the idea that DJ Khaled could compare to the many accomplishments of Quincy.

“Khaled is more like the ‘corner store owner in the hood’ of hip hop…”

– Harry Knucklez ♌ (@Harry_Knucklez) 5/14/2021

Fat Joe was quick to respond to the fan backlash. He responded with “All these back seat drivers Monday morning quarterbacks always got an opinion but can’t do it themselves sh*t crazy.” Since his relationship with Khaled is strong, it is clear that Fat Joe does not have much regard for the fan response, and stands by his opinions. Joe claimed that Quincy was just a reference to the work Khaled has released, rather than a side-by-side comparison of achievements.

Quincy Jones has a long history of playing, writing, composing, award-winning, and more. Because of this, it is clear to see why the DJ Khaled comparison is off to many people. Twitter users listed out many different artists and producers from this generation that would be better comparisons to the great Quincy Jones. These included Kanye, RZA, Skateboard P, and more. DJ Khaled has reached great success in the field and has many accomplishments. Despite this, it is clear that his accomplishments just don’t stack up next to Quincy.

Written By:

Hannah Botnick (@hcbotnick)