“How can you expect to live off of Big Pun’s name, being his wife, and you’re putting out DVDs with him pistol-whipping you, and you’re calling him a animal and a beast…at the same time as you’re saying I’m Pun’s wife, take care of me, you’re disrespecting his legacy. I don’t believe that no man should [put their hands] on no woman in the universe, and I never seen him do that, personally…But in the end, she is his wife, so I never wanted to go back and forth with her. But its been 10 years…the truth is, I did the right thing.”
“[Rosenberg asks about the kids living in a shelter] Whenever I’ve tried to reach out to the family, believe I’d love to have his kids in my house, but they’re been brainwashed to believed that Joe robbed them. I have royalty statements, I have never made a dollar off Pun since he passed away…She has to find a job, somehow, someway, she has to find a job.”
Big Pun’s widow, Liza Rios, then calls herself, to the Hot97 “Ciph and Rosenberg” Morning Show
“I just wanna clarify some things, when Pun passed away, I was bugging out, we didnt have much money, I didn’t ask him to do anything…the hundreds of hundreds of hundreds of thousands of dollars was not so….from Sony I only received $125k for endangered species. Then in 2004, I received one royalty check that showed up at Pun’s old lawyer..for $15k…
About me getting a job, I have worked. I have survived 10 years plus without any money from Pun, without ever asking anyone for a handout, I never stepped to your door….I survived on my own.
(Rosenberg: Liza are you and your kids actually living in a shelter?)
Well, that I will not speak on, I will not speak on…you guys will know the truth soon another.
I could have made alot of choices different…but at the end of the day, if I say they still owe Pun, they still owe Pun….Pun doesnt get paid for any of his music that gets used….the fans need to know that when you run out and buy his album, his iTunes, his ringtone, whatever, its not supporting the family. That was my whole reason for saying this…
I just want to see…you keep showing me the same royalty statement for 10 years that there’s a million dollars un-recouped. I can’t believe that he still hasn’t recouped anything . And why would I get a royalty check for Endangered Species in 2004. So where’s all the checks after that? Who’s getting it? If he’s not getting it, I’m not getting it, who the heck is? I have no idea.”
More of the Big Pun and Liza Rios transcript after the jump….
A more complete transcript of what Fat Joe said in his phone call….
“Big Pun made millions and millons of dollars while he was alive. He spent alot of money, 10 Mercedes-Benzes, 10 motorcyles, whatever, I had no clue that he was broke. She steps to me, Joe I’m broke, we got no money. I said listen, people aren’t gonna feel sorry for you because you’re Big Pun’s wife forever. Now what do you do? She said, I like to do hair. Well why don’t you go to school for hair, maybe open up a few beauty salons and continue to support your family…if I died, I don’t expect no one to give my wife, 5 dollars….We do the album Endangered Species, no one got paid, the full advance which was hundreds of thousands of dollars went to Liza Rios and the family….I thought I did the right thing. She spent the money unwisely, comes back and says Joe I’m doing bad again. We give her a check out of our pockets, because at the end of the day, Pun’s my brother…[but then the DVD happened]”
More of Liza Rios’ transcript…..
“…I could have joined with [Fat Joe's] enemies and destroyed him…he said in interviews that I’m extorting him, he doesnt know what extortion is, I coulda been extorted him….
(Rosenberg: Liza are you and your kids actually living in a shelter?)
Well, that I will not speak on, I will not speak on…you guys will know the truth soon another. But I got proof of everything…where’s the paper trail. I can show you all statements from the 2 bank accounts that I have and they can show you I’ve never had hundreds of thousands of dollars….
Its a sad situation for Pun…if my kids wanted to befriend [Fat Joe] then they can…
(Ciph: …you’re dragging Pun’s name thru the mud)
I talk about the abuse because for 10 years suffering from it, I had to….it was a demon I had to let out, I had to do it for my kids, my son was becoming very abusive towards a girl….it had longterm effects on my kids….
Pun wasnt happy being an abuser…if people listen to the “Wishful Thinking” song, he apologized to me in that song, and I hold that forever in my heart….he was human being…at the end of the day, the industry had a problem with it, but you know how many people thanked me for bringing that to the light….if it helped a few people out, then its all good for me.”
“[Rosenberg asks about the kids living in a shelter] Whenever I’ve tried to reach out to the family, believe I’d love to have his kids in my house, but they’re been brainwashed to believed that Joe robbed them. I have royalty statements, I have never made a dollar off Pun since he passed away…She has to find a job, somehow, someway, she has to find a job.”
Big Pun’s widow, Liza Rios, then calls herself, to the Hot97 “Ciph and Rosenberg” Morning Show
“I just wanna clarify some things, when Pun passed away, I was bugging out, we didnt have much money, I didn’t ask him to do anything…the hundreds of hundreds of hundreds of thousands of dollars was not so….from Sony I only received $125k for endangered species. Then in 2004, I received one royalty check that showed up at Pun’s old lawyer..for $15k…
About me getting a job, I have worked. I have survived 10 years plus without any money from Pun, without ever asking anyone for a handout, I never stepped to your door….I survived on my own.
(Rosenberg: Liza are you and your kids actually living in a shelter?)
Well, that I will not speak on, I will not speak on…you guys will know the truth soon another.
I could have made alot of choices different…but at the end of the day, if I say they still owe Pun, they still owe Pun….Pun doesnt get paid for any of his music that gets used….the fans need to know that when you run out and buy his album, his iTunes, his ringtone, whatever, its not supporting the family. That was my whole reason for saying this…
I just want to see…you keep showing me the same royalty statement for 10 years that there’s a million dollars un-recouped. I can’t believe that he still hasn’t recouped anything . And why would I get a royalty check for Endangered Species in 2004. So where’s all the checks after that? Who’s getting it? If he’s not getting it, I’m not getting it, who the heck is? I have no idea.”
More of the Big Pun and Liza Rios transcript after the jump….
A more complete transcript of what Fat Joe said in his phone call….
“Big Pun made millions and millons of dollars while he was alive. He spent alot of money, 10 Mercedes-Benzes, 10 motorcyles, whatever, I had no clue that he was broke. She steps to me, Joe I’m broke, we got no money. I said listen, people aren’t gonna feel sorry for you because you’re Big Pun’s wife forever. Now what do you do? She said, I like to do hair. Well why don’t you go to school for hair, maybe open up a few beauty salons and continue to support your family…if I died, I don’t expect no one to give my wife, 5 dollars….We do the album Endangered Species, no one got paid, the full advance which was hundreds of thousands of dollars went to Liza Rios and the family….I thought I did the right thing. She spent the money unwisely, comes back and says Joe I’m doing bad again. We give her a check out of our pockets, because at the end of the day, Pun’s my brother…[but then the DVD happened]”
More of Liza Rios’ transcript…..
“…I could have joined with [Fat Joe's] enemies and destroyed him…he said in interviews that I’m extorting him, he doesnt know what extortion is, I coulda been extorted him….
(Rosenberg: Liza are you and your kids actually living in a shelter?)
Well, that I will not speak on, I will not speak on…you guys will know the truth soon another. But I got proof of everything…where’s the paper trail. I can show you all statements from the 2 bank accounts that I have and they can show you I’ve never had hundreds of thousands of dollars….
Its a sad situation for Pun…if my kids wanted to befriend [Fat Joe] then they can…
(Ciph: …you’re dragging Pun’s name thru the mud)
I talk about the abuse because for 10 years suffering from it, I had to….it was a demon I had to let out, I had to do it for my kids, my son was becoming very abusive towards a girl….it had longterm effects on my kids….
Pun wasnt happy being an abuser…if people listen to the “Wishful Thinking” song, he apologized to me in that song, and I hold that forever in my heart….he was human being…at the end of the day, the industry had a problem with it, but you know how many people thanked me for bringing that to the light….if it helped a few people out, then its all good for me.”
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