Joe and Jada - Common on Fat Joe SAVING HIS LIFE in Ice Cube beef, Chicago hip hop & Jennifer Hudson
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🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Fat Joe and Jadakiss sit down with Chicago rap legend Common. The three hip hop OGs talk about Common coming up alongside Joe, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and The Beatnuts on Relativity Records, the time Joe saved Common's life during his beef with Ice Cube, how his iconic song "I Used To Love H.E.R." inspired the 2002 Taye Diggs film ‘Brown Sugar,’ composing the new theme to the NBA on Prime Video, the influence of KRS-One on conscious rap, where Will Smith and Tupac Shakur rank in his list of top rappers-turned-actors, and his successful acting career leading to roles in 'John Wick: Chapter 2,' Apple TV's 'Silo,' and 'Smokin' Aces.' Joe also tells priceless stories about turning down a role in 'Shaft,' Queen Latifah chasing him around the studio, and surprising Styles P (a vegan) with coconuts at one of his parties.
5:30 - Joe saving Common's life during Ice Cube beef
12:30 - Why nice guys like Common are successful with women
15:30 - Relationship with Jennifer Hudson
22:00 - Winning awards while ALWAYS repping hip hop
25:30 - KRS-One & conscious hip hop
35:00 - Joe's story of why he left Relativity Records
38:00 - Acting roles in 'John Wick: Chapter 2" & more
41:30 - Story behind "I Used To Love H.E.R."
45:45 - Fat Joe says he turned down a role in 'Shaft'
48:15 - Being a ball boy for Bulls during Michael Jordan era
51:30 - Queen Latifah CHASED Joe in the studio
53:00 - Top 5 rappers-turned-actors
55:00 - Composing the theme to NBA on Prime Video
1:00:00 - Joe tries his hardest to sign Common for Rewind It 10
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| 0:00.0 | man, you practically saved my life. |
| 0:02.2 | Oh, get the other flag back. |
| 0:04.4 | Take the other flag up. |
| 0:06.6 | Yo, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:09.2 | Yo, Jay, Jay. |
| 0:11.3 | He got his flag. |
| 0:12.0 | Yo, that man really saved my life. Yeah, yeah, what up, y'all? |
| 0:30.0 | This is Fat Joe, the gangster. |
| 0:32.1 | Your boy, Jada Kiss, you know what it is, the Joe and Jada show. |
| 0:36.7 | Every show legendary. P show. Every show legendary. |
| 0:38.6 | Pow. |
| 0:39.1 | Every show iconic. |
| 0:41.4 | And you get just what we tell you you're going to get. |
| 0:45.4 | Today's guess, you think of hip-hop. |
| 0:49.6 | And you think of bars. |
| 0:51.5 | Speak on a dog. |
| 0:53.3 | You think of a strong black man. When you think of bars. Speak on a dog. You think of a strong black man. |
| 0:55.7 | Mm. |
| 0:56.0 | When you think of morals, principles. |
| 0:59.7 | When you think of craftsmanship. |
| 1:02.3 | Mm. |
| 1:03.4 | When you think of transitioning to becoming a very great actor. |
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