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Fat Joe<\/a> has been working hard to slim down. Now, the hip hop star is opening up about the very personal and heartfelt reasons for <\/span>his 200-pound weight loss transformation<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Joe recently spoke with ET’s Kevin Frazier to discuss both his health and his gig <\/span>hosting this year’s BET Hip Hop Awards<\/a>, and explained that his main motivation for putting in the effort and losing weight is simply, “I just wanna stick around.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Unfortunately, when you get to my age and you look around, you see the guys who are unhealthy and the guys who are at least trying to be healthy,” said Joe, 53. “Every other week, every other month, somebody we know passes away, maybe even younger than us. And so, you know, we’re just trying to be as healthy as possible.”<\/span><\/p>\n The artist explained that he’s also trying to keep healthy for his 17-year-old daughter, Azariah, whom he shares with wife\u00a0Lorena Cartagena — alongside their two adult sons, Joey and Ryan.<\/span><\/p>\n “My daughter is my work, daughter calls all the shots. She runs the family,” Joe shared. “So I definitely did it for her.”<\/span><\/p>\n