Irv (allegedly) is 300m up after the publishing sale. Joe will never take a side against anyone who has that type of money. He worships that type of success, which of course makes his bs about supporting creatives laughable. If you made millions fukking over artists he will laugh it up with you and suck your dikk on the pod, and then say some shyt like "oh well, you signed the contract."
I haven't seen the new ep yet but I did see much of Irv's Drink Champs visit. The way he talked about Ashanti was DISGUSTING. Straight up sucker shyt. And you can tell Ja Rule finally talked some sense into him because later he apologized...and yet still went back to saying vile shyt. For all the catering and other shyt Joe does to beg black women to give a fukk about him and his show, the fact that he'd defend Irv here tells you everything you need to know about who he is as a person.