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Fat Joe once claimed that he was recording a collaborative album with Biggie Smalls. However, one of Biggie’s business partners has accused him of lying.

Film director and record executive Lance ‘Un’ Rivera commented on Joe’s claims during a podcast appearance, stating he doesn’t believe they were working on a project.

“I love Fat Joe, Fat Joe is my guy,” he told The Art of Dialogue. “I love the Jada and Joe show, and now I know why they’re running with the Joe’s the King of cap. I’ma call cap. I’ma call cap without even knowing. Because I don’t know for sure, right? If there was a real legitimate album, I would have heard about that.

“I would have heard about them doing songs together, because in Daddy’s House, if B.I.G.’s going to studio, you could get a verse or you might not get a verse, depending on his mood and how much money you had in your pocket. You know what I’m saying? Because he was a ‘how much weed you got on you’ type, you know what I’m saying? But I call cap on Fat Joe. Show me the receipts.”

Joe first claimed he recorded an album with Biggie in 2021 during an Instagram Live session with Timbaland and Swizz Beatz.

“You know I say stuff and they always say I lie or I say too much,” he said. “You know I worked on an album with Biggie? We cut about five songs together. He was like, ‘You the Latino don, I’m the Black don.’ And we was in that studio going crazy. It’s verified by Puff Daddy and everybody.

“I’ma keep it real. At the time, we were dissing Tupac a lot and all that, and so that should have never seen the light of day. Which is respectfully so. But yeah, I worked with the B.I.G. for real.”

Biggie and Joe posthumously collaborated on ‘Get Your Grind On’, a track from 2005’s Duets: The Final Chapter album, alongside Big Pun and Freeway.