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Fat Joe has called out fans of the Brooklyn Nets who have had a change of heart and are now rooting for the red-hot New York Knicks.
Over the weekend, Joey Crack took to Instagram Live after the Knicks beat reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets 116-110 at Madison Square Garden, and the Bronx native was elated about his team’s success. However, something has been happening among the Big Apple’s basketball fans that Fat Joe felt compelled to address.
Since the Knicks have put together an impressive season where they are currently the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 42-30 record, new fans have been popping up all over the city. According to the Terror Squad MC, these fans didn’t just come out of nowhere.
“My Knicks? Phenomenal. Hottest team in the NBA. What’s up? [Jalen] Brunson back, we beat The Joker. You gotta stop,” Joe said. “Look, do me a favor, fake people. All of a sudden, I’m driving around New York, and I’m seeing Knick jackets, Knick hats, they coming up to me, ‘Yeah, brother, let’s go Knicks!’
“No, you is Brooklyn. You know how you on Instagram and get them fake little ads now, ‘Yo Brooklyn Nets fans?’ My, how the tables have turned!”
The Brooklyn Nets’ season didn’t turn out as planned, given how much of a roller coaster it has been since October 2022. What was shaping up to be a championship year turned sour as Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant were shipped away midseason and Ben Simmons struggled to find his groove.
The team is currently sixth in the East with a 39-32 record, right behind the Knicks. The battle for the Big Apple was once in favor of the Nets, but the Knickerbockers are making a strong case in taking back the reins.
This isn’t the first time Fat Joe has expressed his excitement with this Knicks team. Earlier this month, the 52-year-old boss celebrated his team going on a nine-game winning streak after defeating their rivals, the Boston Celtics.
“Go New York, go New York go! I told y’all man nine in a row don’t play with us,” he asserted on Instagram Live. “This is real. Yo Cool & Dre, this is real. This is real, America, Boston, I love you but we are the New York Knicks. We are not playing. This is our year! Remember I told you, it’s Crack, baby!”
Perry Farrell has released another public apology following an on-stage confrontation involving his bandmate Dave Navarro.
The Jane's Addiction frontman was involved in a physical altercation with guitarist Dave Navarro last year during a live performance, an incident that prompted the band to cancel their reunion tour and eventually led to their split.
“I'd like to address what happened on stage last year,” Perry, 66, said in a statement shared across both his personal Instagram account and Jane's Addiction’s official page. “I've reflected on it and know I didn't handle myself the way I should have. I apologize to our patrons and my bandmates for losing my temper and for disrupting the show.”
He went on to admit that he did not meet fan expectations and described himself as deeply remorseful toward everyone impacted by the incident.
“Jane's Addiction has been at the center of my life for decades. The band, the songs, the patrons, and the impact that we've had on music and culture mean more to me than any words I could ever possibly write down,” he shared.
“My aim has always been to give our audience the best possible show, something real, honest and positive. In Boston, we fell short of that, and I'm truly sorry to everyone who was impacted.”
Jane's Addiction also issued its own statement regarding the altercation, which ultimately led to the group’s remaining members filing a lawsuit against Perry alleging assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract.
“Today we are here to announce that we have come together one last time to resolve our differences, so that the legacy of Jane's Addiction will remain the work the four of us created together,” the band wrote, signaling that the group would not move forward with Perry. “We now look forward to the future as we embark on our separate musical and creative endeavors.”
