Fat Joe says his long-awaited introduction to Bruno Mars didn’t go quite as planned.

During the latest episode of his Joe and Jada podcast, which aired Thursday (Oct. 9), the Bronx MC recounted an awkward run-in with the Grammy-winning singer at an awards show. According to Joe, the exchange turned tense when he questioned Mars’ Puerto Rican heritage.

“You know, he’s Puerto Rican — at least that’s what they say,” Joe began, explaining that he’d been waiting 15 years to finally meet Mars. “I was excited to meet him.” But before making his move at the awards show, Joe says someone tried to stop him. “The guy next to me said, ‘You might not want to do it. He’s a f**k ni**a,’” Joe recalled. “I said, ‘What? Yo, Bruno, what’s up, man?’”

The “Lean Back” rapper claims that Mars, who

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