Fat Joe wants to help the people of Haiti amid a longstanding crisis in the country that has been further exacerbated by escalating gang violence.
Addressing his followers in an Instagram Live on Saturday (March 23), Joey Crack urged those watching to get involved while also sharing his theory about why there’s an issue in the first place.
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“What’s going on right now in my mind is Haiti,” he began. “And I been home just watching Haiti. And so to me, I got a feeling — just a conspiracy — that Haiti doesn’t get the help it deserves because it is the first freed Black nation. Now I think they cursed them and said, ‘Oh y’all wanna be free? We gonna curse you for life.’ Now France, after they left, they came back and put pressure on Haiti and said, ‘Yo, for us to leave, you gotta give us a half a billion dollars.’
“Said the money going to infrastructure, going to schools, going in everything. They gave the money back to France [and] that’s why they in the situation. Then they got a lot of corruption themselves. So you gotta understand my best friend is Haitian, so I been well-versed in Haiti matters.
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“But it’s just sad that it’s right next to Santo Domingo — an hour away on a plane flight — and the shit is happening. The other thing that’s bothering me is that the Haitian people themselves that are going through the most problems, they telling people don’t come in here.”
He continued: “Haitians themselves are like, ‘We don’t want the UN, we don’t want the United States,’ so I don’t know how we gonna help them! But we gotta help them. Okay? I want everybody to remember Haiti and remember what they going through. Put them in your prayers and figure out how we can help the Haitian people directly. Zoey Dollaz, Wyclef Jean, all the Haitians – let’s get together. We gotta do some humanitarian, food whatever for Haiti. I’m in!”
Fat Joe pledges support to Haiti while detailing "conspiracy" theory behind lack of help pic.twitter.com/OoSKJSmtRq
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) March 25, 2024
In a continued effort to use his platform for important issues and pressing concerns, Fat Joe and Kamala Harris recently got together recently to discuss the legal consequences of marijuana possession.
Earlier this month, the rapper moderated a closed-door meeting with the vice president, Kentucky governor Andy Beshear and a number of people who have been pardoned for previous weed-related convictions.
“This issue is stark when one considers the fact that on the schedule currently marijuana is considered as dangerous as heroin,” Harris said during the public-facing part of the event.
“Marijuana is considered as dangerous as heroin and more dangerous than fentanyl, which is absurd. Not to mention patently unfair.”
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Though the discussion wasn’t public, the Terror Squad boss told the press he was honored to be a part of the meeting by saying: “When the vice president calls me, I stop everything.”
