FAT JOE - FAT JOE GOES PUBLIC WITH 50 CENT DISDAIN

Heavyweight rapper FAT JOE has hit back at comments 50 CENT made about him on new track PIGGY BANK by phoning in his thoughts to a New York radio station.

Fat Joe, real name JOSEPH CARTAGENA, called in to New York's HOT 97 on Thursday night (24FEB05) to criticise his rival for his latest war of words.

The angry rapper called 50 a "coward", adding, "Them steroids is getting to him. He ain't built like that. These dudes is hilarious to me."

Fat Joe told rap show host KAY SLAY that he had no idea of a feud between him and 50 Cent before he heard the track, which blasts the heavyweight star for his friendship with arch-rival JA RULE.