Fat Joe Says Bruno Mars “Screamed On” Him After He Asked About His Puerto Rican Roots: “Man, Broke My Heart.”
Fat Joe says his long-awaited meeting with Bruno Mars didn’t go as planned.
During a recent episode of Joe & Jada featuring producers Hit-Boy and The Alchemist, the Bronx rapper shared a story about meeting the 24K Magic star for the first time — and how things allegedly went left after he brought up Bruno’s Puerto Rican heritage.
Joe said he’d been a fan of Bruno for years and was excited to finally meet him at an awards show. But before approaching the singer, someone nearby warned him not to.
“The guy next to me said, ‘You might not want to do it. He’s a f— n—a,’” Joe recalled.
Still, he went over to say hello.
“I said, ‘Yo, Bruno, what’s up, man?’” Joe recounted. “‘Yo, what’s up, Joe?’ [he replied]. He’s with Anderson .Paak. I’m like, ‘Yo, you Puerto Rican?’ He got up.”
That’s when Joe says Bruno became visibly upset.
“‘The f— you mean? I’m a real Puerto Rican from Bushwick, Brooklyn! Don’t ever ask me that s—t in your life,’” Joe claimed Mars told him.
According to People, Bruno’s father, Peter Hernandez, is from Brooklyn and is of Jewish and Puerto Rican descent.
Fat Joe said the interaction left him disappointed, explaining that Bruno walked away from the conversation and sat on the other side of the venue.
“Man, broke my heart. I wasn’t challenging him,” Joe said. “Like, ‘Tell me something. Who’s your father?’ [I asked in] the nicest way… Man, screamed on me. Went to the other room and was mad.”
Joe ended his story with forgiveness.
“Bruno, if you don’t remember it, I forgive you. But you did that, brother.”