Nobody ever said Joe was a punk but I can see most of y'all believe the rep that he has painted, even those of you who claim to be from his hood. As I said, Joe is not and never was a punk...ran with wild dudes... but all his stories about running blocks and having 5 Benzes before rap are all duck tales. They're actually tales of SHOWBIZ. Joe was an underling to Show and Show was the one with all the money, cars, major weight and not to mention a not-so-much talked about rep for puttin down the m***** game. Joe has pretty much lived off of Showbiz' rep and told a lot of his stories as if they were his. Show of course allows this because Show not tryin to be a rapper, never needed the image and would also NOT want to have stories out there on him when he was still hot and in the streets in the 90s. If you a older head, know older heads from the terror era 80s BX, or know the rep surrounding Showbiz... then you know Joe is frontin a little bit.. albeit with a "license" to do so... but most all that shyt he talkin at the end of this joint:
Is all Showbiz.... Joe never lived that kingpin life... was a hardrock street thug, no doubt...but never a boss until rap.
He still gets saluted as a real one.. and I believe he is. But you know... for "rap reasons" you gotta exagerrate your story...and if you can pull from someone else's stories/life that you grew up around, and they co-sign you doing so... then why not?
