On November 25, Stephen A. Smith appeared on the Joe and Jada podcast hosted by rappers Fat Joe and Jadakiss. Almost towards the end of the conversation, Smith said that he had to confess and would do it in front of Joe. He told Joe:“I blame you for the Yankees losing to the Dodgers last year.”The rapper replied:“You full of sh*t. Steve, you full of sh*t.”Stephen A. Smith said:“I was very mad at you for doing that sh*t. You know what I said? No, that that's for the Knicks. That's not for the Yankees. You ain't identified with the Yankees.”On November 1, 2024, the New York Post published a report mentioning that the Yankees lost against the Dodgers. The rapper and Ice Cube performed at the match. At the time, baseball pitcher Joe Kelly said it was Fat Joe’s curse that led to the team’s loss. He said:“They put Fat Joe up on the board, and I was like, ‘Oh, it’s an easy dub now.’ You know Fat Joe is the curse. And you know, they started kicking the ball around.”Kelly said that the rapper appeared on the big screen. He mentioned:“I’m pretty sure, right before the fifth. I looked over at [Brent] Honeywell and said ‘The Fat Joe Curse, watch.’ and we started chipping away, chipping away, chipping away. And bad play, bad play, bad play. And I end up getting my second one with the Dodgers.”More about Stephen A. Smith’s conversation with Fat JoeMeanwhile, on the podcast, Stephen A. Smith explained that after Ice Cube showed up in front of the New York Yankees and acted very boldly, he felt that Joe had stepped into a situation that wasn’t meant for him. He said Joe wasn’t in his own space anymore and that this wasn’t like being at a regular sports arena. Recalling that day, the rapper said:“They put a delay in my sh*t. Okay. I practiced three times that day. They put a delay in my ears. So, the sh*t could be f*cked up.”He added:“I rehearsed three times that day. It was no delay. When it came on, it was a delay. Now I got to be real with you. Ice Cube great day was a good thing.”At the beginning of the podcast, when the hosts introduced Stephen A. Smith, the radio host said that when his team member told him that he was invited to the Joe and Jada podcast, he was excited. He said he has been waiting for the invitation to appear in the show.Fat Joe said he had been allowing this opportunity to “marinate.” He said they needed to build the audience base to bring the “big dog.” Stephen A. Smith said he wouldn’t say the same about himself, but he appreciated the compliment.