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\n\tThroughout the Knicks<\/a>\u2019 playoff run this spring, Fat Joe<\/a> has been everywhere. Maybe you\u2019ve seen him on national television, dancing<\/a> and waving his\u00a0hands <\/a>in an effort to make Victor Wembanyama miss free throws (he thinks it\u2019s working). Maybe you\u2019ve read his widely circulated quote during the NBA Finals, as his hometown Knicks sit one game away from winning their first championship since 1973: \u201cI see Hasidic Jews break dancing with Black kids,\u201d Joe claimed<\/a> with his plainspoken absurdity. \u201cThis is the greatest unification of the city since 9\/11.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIf not, you\u2019ve likely seen him make some sort of similar, humorously hyperbolic proclamation on Joe & Jada<\/em>, the fast-rising hip-hop podcast he co-hosts with Jadakiss. On the twice-weekly talk show, Fat Joe riffs on everything from hating how loud the birds are outside his home<\/a> to the time, per his telling, the Taliban once \u201ctook a day off\u201d<\/a> following Michael Jackson\u2019s death.<\/p>\n \n\tThis summer, you\u2019ll only be hearing much more of Fat Joe, thanks to his forthcoming album produced by Cool & Dre (it\u2019s tentatively slated to come out in mid-July). This week, he released the first preview of the album, \u201cVictory Lap (Him)\u201d, an intergenerational tapestry of New York City hip-hop that weaves together a 1988 MC Lyte sample and an all-too-brief Jadakiss appearance while flipping \u201cVictory,\u201d the posthumous Notorious B.I.G.\u00a0collaboration with Diddy. The song is a boastful homage to the rapper\u2019s hometown: \u201cI\u2019m so New York,\u201d he raps at one point. \u201cLong shorts and fresh Timbs.\u201d<\/p>\n