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Fat Joe Honors His Mother After Her Passing: ‘She Gave Us Everything’


Fat Joe is mourning the loss of his mother, Marie Del-Carmen Cartagena, in a heartfelt tribute on social media.

On Saturday (May 3), the 54-year-old hip-hop icon shared a heartfelt tribute on social media honoring his mom, Marie Del-Carmen Cartagena, who passed away at the age of 77. “This a real one, rest in peace to the woman who brought me in this world,” Joe wrote on Instagram alongside a slideshow of family photos. Joe also shared that his mother died of a “broken heart” following the recent death of his father, Ernesto Delgado, who passed away earlier this year at age 89.

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