Fat Joe is mourning the loss of his mother just a few months after his father passed away.
On Saturday, May 3, the New York native announced his mom, Marie Del-Carmen Cartagena, has died. She was 77. Joe honored the matriarch of his family in an emotional post on Instagram.
"This a real one, rest in peace to the woman who brought me in this world," he began. "She didnt have much but she gave us everything. Anyone who knows my Mom knows she had a heart of gold, she refused to move out the projects for many years even though i had money."
"She loved her community, she loved her people,Ms Ruby the Terror Squad Queen," he continued. "she was sooooooo proud of us meaning everyone in the crew. She asked about Remy , Khaled , Rich, Terrell everyday. I have to give thank’s to the father my God for letting me have her in my life this long, truth is she died of a broken heart 60 years with a man and he recently just died, my Dad wanted her with him. I tried everything humanly possible. she was happy."
Fat Joe has experienced too much loss in his family over the past two years. In 2023, the Terror Squad rapper revealed that the group's longtime member Raul Conde unexpectedly passed away. One year later, Joe announced that his older brother Angel "Money Man" Cartagena died just after Thanksgiving. Tragedy struck Joe's family again last February after his father, Ernesto Cartagena, passed away at age 89.
"To the Castro family, the Cartagena family, the Delgado family i love you and thank you for the outpouring of love," he concluded. "Mommy till i see you again you were my world, my heart, my everything. I’ll continue to make you proud."
We offer our condolences to Fat Joe and his family. Rest in peace to the Terror Squad queen.