The Book of Jose: A Memoir

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His life is clearly interesting, but it was told way too casual to be impactful - he did things like say "waaaaayyyy" and "sooooooo" which I don't think I've ever seen a person do in a book before, that wasn't dialogue of some sort.

What hurt the most was that Chris had always been there for everybody and many of us felt like we failed him. You going to feel like you were at that spot in the book and be like, "Wow, they created it visually. The funny thing is, right before the show, me and 50 were both saying in our interviews that we were done with the beef and ready to move on. but there was always an element of street grittiness that make seeing him guest host Wendy Williams’ talk show or making happy chat with Drew Barrymore feel a little jarring.And I said, "This album has to let this guy hear this and feel like he's on the street, like he's part of the story. Some of those meetings were literally just me and him, brainstorming, bouncing ideas off each other. I try to say it so much less now, but moments when I'm not thinking and I'm in my house, I say it to my son, I say it to my daughter. The grace I give is that I enjoy people in their own words, whether their stories offer extra fluff or not. His family means so much to him and you can see that when he talks about his wife, kids, and immediate family.

They're going to learn, "Wow, you mean he performed the night his sister died in Chicago in the House of Blues? The year before that, you and Cam’ron saw New York rapper Big L lifeless on the street after being shot in Harlem. As a Social Purpose Corporation and 100% employee-owned company, we pursue both social and financial goals in the for-profit context, even if those social goals may at times conflict with the corporation’s financial interests. He has shined in limited acting roles, most notably starring alongside Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish in “Night School” as well as in Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” Netflix series. I do think some of his expressions and word usage were a bit cliché and he often repeated himself throughout.He describes people in his life as best friends or assigning familia terms like brother or sister to people not of blood. If you did business with 50 who was the rising biggest rapper in the world, you couldn’t do business with Fat Joe. You mentioned that the recording process was a little difficult, but have you listened to the audio yet? I didn't know anything about Fat Joe before reading this book and I do feel like the book actually made me understand what makes him tick.