{"product_id":"book-of-jose-memoir-fat-joe-9780593230657","title":"The Book of Jose | Fat Joe","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Book of Jose: A Memoir | Fat Joe \u0026amp; Shaheem Reid\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrammy-nominated, multi-platinum–selling artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist \u003cstrong\u003eFat Joe \u003c\/strong\u003epulls back the curtain on his larger-than-life persona in this gritty, intimate memoir about growing up in the \u003cstrong\u003eSouth Bronx \u003c\/strong\u003eand finding his voice through music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“An adrenaline rush... buckle up and lean back.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Spin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFat Joe is a hip-hop legend, but this is not a tale of celebrity; it is the story of Joseph Cartagena, a kid who came of age in the South Bronx during its darkest years of drugs, violence, and abandonment, and how he navigated that traumatizing landscape until he found—through art, friendship, luck, and will—a rocky path to a different life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoe is born into a sprawling Puerto Rican and Cuban family in the projects of the South Bronx. From infancy his life is threatened by violence, and by the time he starts middle school, he is faced with the grim choice that defined a generation: to become predator or prey. Soon Joe and his crew dominate the streets, but he finds his true love among the park jams where the Bronx’s wild energy takes musical form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis identity splits in two: a hustler roaming record stores, looking for beats; and a budding rapper whose violent rep rings in the streets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Joe’s day-to-day life becomes more fraught with betrayal, addiction, and death, until he himself is shot and almost killed, he gravitates toward the music that gives him both a voice to tell the stories of his young life and the tools he needs to create a new one. The challenges never stop—but neither does Joe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis memoir, written in Joe’s own intensely compelling voice, moves with the momentum of pulp fiction, but underneath the tragicomedy and riveting tales of the streets and the industry is a thought-provoking story about a generation of survivors raised in warlike conditions—the life-and-death choices they had to make, the friends they lost and mourned, and the glittering lives they created from the ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9780593230657\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/strong\u003e0593230655\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors: \u003c\/strong\u003eFat Joe \u0026amp; Shaheem Reid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBook Binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages: \u003c\/strong\u003e304\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eRoc Lit 101\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: \u003c\/strong\u003e2023-11-07\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51557267636539,"sku":"0593230655","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780593230657.jpg?v=1786744282","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/book-of-jose-memoir-fat-joe-9780593230657","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}