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MLB Fans Universally Blast Fat Joe's Awkward Performance Before World Series Game 3
Fat Joe isn't going to hear the end of this for a while. Neither will the New York Yankees.
Before the Yankees hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the 2024 World Series, Fat Joe gave a performance in the middle of the infield. It seemed to be an answer to the Dodgers having Ice Cube perform before Game 2. And, man, was it awful.
MLB fans weighed in and their reaction to Fat Joe's performance.
Fat Joe doing karaoke versions of Fat Joe songs… pic.twitter.com/pBTtADtAe1
— tdotstarr (@tdotstarr) October 29, 2024
This fat joe opening is the the worst thing I’ve ever heard in my life #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/aMBzzzr1cc
— Miles (@MilesEckert) October 29, 2024
Yankees fans watching Fat Joe single handedly kill Yankee Stadium’s aura pic.twitter.com/zUePrPkrzv
— Freddie🫡 (@YankeesSzn99) October 29, 2024
Fat Joe opening up for the Yankees might be one of the worst things I’ve ever witnessed 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/O6oF1P3uX9
— ʜᴀᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ🦈(ɪɴᴋ) (@HammerTimeLays) October 29, 2024
Who thought this Fat Joe performance before #WorldSeries Game 3, in the middle of the field all by himself, was a good idea 😂😂?
— Andrew Jerell Jones, Luke 1:37 (IG:twdbk3) (@sluggahjells) October 29, 2024
Man is having to Ab lib almost all three songs instead of the actual words 😂. pic.twitter.com/0rGHSuE5t2
Fat Joe & Nestor Cortes battling it out for worst World Series performance. pic.twitter.com/lpFXK0Q2h0
— Klein25 (@Klein25) October 29, 2024
Dear New York,
— Beeks 🐥 (@beeksvybe) October 29, 2024
Fat Joe is not Ice Cube.
Sincerely,
The rest of us
This Fat Joe performance is embarrassing for everyone involved. The Yankees. The city of New York. Fat Joe himself. Dodgers by 70.
— Bronx Bomber Ball (@BronxBomberBall) October 29, 2024
Fat Joe performance had big "Dodgers in 4" energy
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) October 29, 2024
That man Fat Joe on the mound in Tims. I KNOW them groundskeepers off camera having a heart attack. 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/GgziwF3a6T
— Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@roywoodjr) October 29, 2024
It's hard to get Americans to agree on anything, but when it comes to what they saw before Game 3 of the World Series, there is 100% agreement. It's staggering to see.
The Yankees desperately need to find momentum in a series they are losing 2-0. They suffered soul-crushing defeats in the first two games and needed to come out guns blazing in Game 3 to turn things around. A bad, bumbling performance by a rapper is probably not what they were looking for.
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Ryan Phillips is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in digital media since 2009, spending eight years at The Big Lead before joining SI in 2024. Phillips also co-hosts The Assembly Call Podcast about Indiana Hoosiers basketball and previously worked at Bleacher Report. He is a proud San Diego native and a graduate of Indiana University’s journalism program.