Fat Joe & Uncle Luke Clear the Air on Who Discovered Pitbull, Trick Daddy

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12:34 PM PT — Fat Joe and Uncle Luke have buried the hatchet and cleared the air about who discovered who — and who’s owed credit … with FJ conceding, yeah … it was Luke.

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The two hip hop legends hopped on an IG Live to set the record straight, with Joe clarifying that he didn’t claim to have discovered either Pitbull or Trick Daddy, but rather — just amplified their music and helped them get on even more so than they already were.

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Luke seemed to agree with this characterization, and they left on peaceful terms.

Fat Joe’s latest round of storytelling has landed him in the crosshairs of Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell … who disagrees with Joe’s recollection of a key Florida rap timeline.

Joe was a guest on Math Hoffa’s “My Expert Opinion” over the summer — where he claimed to have been the first cosign for future legends Trick Daddy and Pitbull … and spun their early demos into successful career launches — like the Don he says he is.

Joe also took credit for blowing up his fellow Bronx rapper French Montana — but the 2 Live Crew founder, who just came across the interview, couldn’t stomach the Pitbull and TD comments and dug into his bag of receipts … which Rick Ross found rather amusing.

He actually commented under Luke’s long caption, laughing at his word selection.

Anyway, Luke says it was HE who put Trick Daddy on — via their 1996 booty-shaking anthem collaboration “Scarred” — recorded right when TD came home from jail and started his career … suggesting FJ was full of it for claiming he had discovered him.

The proud Miami native said the same for Pitbull … noting he signed the Cuban megastar to his Luke Records imprint during his career origins, which happened back in 2001.

Bottom line … Luke is directly contradicting Joe’s recollection of events, and dares him to correct the record, as he says he has proof to back his memory. Not just that, but Luke went on to say he actually dug DJ Khaled out of obscurity and made him mainstream too.

Joe hasn’t responded yet — but the dude’s been catching a lot of flak lately for such tales — including the assertion that Latinos were equally important in founding the hip hop genre.

Originally Published — 11:51 AM PT