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"Fat Joe has described the extensive media attention surrounding his recent weight loss as &amp;quot;crazy&amp;quot;.  The &amp;#039;Lean Back&amp;#039; rapper shed over 100 lb (45 kg) in the past year after becoming motivated by the early deaths of several of his overweight friends.  Fat Joe - born Joseph Antonio Cartagena - told MTV News that he decided to get healthy for the sake of his family and had no idea that it would garner press coverage.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not trying to impress nobody or nothing like that,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m just trying to get healthy so I can be here for my family and take care of my kids and live the life that was intended for me to live, so it was crazy when I started getting all this attention.  &amp;quot;Two weeks from now, CNN is coming to my house, Sanjay Gupta, a big special, and all this attention is crazy.&amp;quot; Fat Joe added that he hopes to inspire others to change their unhealthy lifestyles and follow in his footsteps, saying: &amp;quot;One of my boys lives in Detroit, he said he came out his building, he got two dudes that been the fattest dudes on the block forever.  They have weights outside and was running around the block and he was like, &amp;#039;Yo, what&amp;#039;s up?&amp;#039; and they were like, &amp;#039;We on that Fat Joe wave!&amp;#039;&amp;quot;  Fat Joe previously praised 50 Cent for the dramatic weight loss he underwent as part of his role in the film Things Fall Apart. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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