Fat Joe is honoring his late father, Ernesto Cartagena, who passed away at 79, sharing heartfelt memories and a tribute on Instagram.

Hip-hop has always had a love-hate relationship with the Grammys. In fact, the prestigious award show that’s catered to honoring the music industry's most talented composers, songwriters and ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FAT TONY SONG, "COOL WHIP") CHANG: On a recent afternoon at NPR West, I got to sit down with rapper Tony Obi, who performs as Fat Tony. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "COOL WHIP") TONY OBI ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FAT TONY SONG, "COOL WHIP") CHANG: On a recent afternoon at NPR West, I got to sit down with rapper Tony Obi, who performs as Fat Tony. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "COOL WHIP") TONY OBI: ...

Rapper and musician Anthony Obi, known by his stage name Fat Tony, talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about losing his home in Altadena to the Eaton Fire earlier this month. Christopher Intagliata is an ...

Every year, we run a series introducing you to first-time Grammy nominees, and we were right in the middle of reporting that series when the terrible fires broke out in the Pacific Palisades and ...