Fatman Scoop has died after collapsing onstage during a performance in Hamden, Connecticut.
Scoop, whose real name was Isaac Freeman III, was 53. He was performing at Hamden Town Center Park on Friday (August 30) when he suddenly fell down. He received CPR and was taken to a nearby hospital, according to CT Insider.
However, in the early morning hours on Saturday (August 31), Scoop’s DJ and tour manager Birch “Pure Cold” Michael confirmed that the rapper had passed away.
“I am honestly lost for words,” Michael wrote on Instagram. “You took me all over the world and had me performing alongside you on some of the biggest and greatest stages on this planet, the things you taught me have truely made me the man I am today. Thank you so much, I love you x.”
Scoop’s death was also confirmed by the Reminisce Festival, a UK festival where he was scheduled to perform this fall.
“This loss has left us all heartbroken,” the festival’s Instagram account posted. “Scoop was scheduled to perform at this year’s Reminisce Festival, and his absence will be profoundly felt by everyone.
“He was not just one of our most popular performers, he was a cherished member of the Reminisce family. His energy, talent and infectious spirit will be missed more than words can express.”
Scoop was best known for his high-energy guest appearances on tracks like Missy Elliott’s “Lose Control” and Mariah Carey‘s “It’s Like That.” His breakthrough song was 1999’s “Be Faithful,” which was re-released in 2003.
HipHopDX sends its condolences to Fatman Scoop’s family and friends.
Fatman Scoop, Brooklyn Clan… r.i.p.
He WAS NOT part of the Klan you idiot.
You’re the idiot that doesn’t seem to know lyrics.
It’s actually CROOKLYN clan!! Anyway him and DJ Khaled basically made a career off doing the same thing, shouting over other peoples hits, both overweight, unhealthy types, however can we trade and have Scoop back and Allah can have Khaled cos Scoop weren’t as annoying!!
He had to take the 💉 to be able to tour. Now he is touring graveyard 🪦 in a box ⚰️. Lesson? Do not trust the ZOG.
You took your dad’s pee pee up your a h o l e
I did and it later turned me into a Drake Fan.
Saw this. Sad man. Black men need to start taking our health more seriously. Way too many dying in our 50s and even 40s.
Agreed. But fried chicken is too good to not eat it daily. And koolaide pacifys the kids, so we give em that n soda instead of water. Might as well, we ain’t paying for it. Over 10% of food stamps are spent in SODA.
You need to get a fucking life bro obsessing over how people spend their food stamps is below low.
Obessesing over how people spend MY tax dollars? Fuck off. I pay for that shit. I can talk crap about how most of it is spent on dangerous, chemical ridden garbage all I want, because I’M PAYING FOR IT. Get a god damn job. Be self sufficient. Quit being a god damn loser and be independent. Government dependents are mostly a bunch of fucking losers. If it were up to me we’d all be survival of the fittest, and stop allowing or genetic pool to be corrupted by obese welfare queens that I wouldn’t fuck of they were the last women on earth.
@sss saying one single sentence about how over 10% of food stamps are used to purchase soda = obsessing over it? You act like they wrote a paragraph about it lol.
Another victim of the vax.
Shut your dumb ass up
Literally no one has ever died from the vaccine. Someone has to pay you to be this level of fucking stupid
DJ AND TOUR MANAGER.
Why is he doing two different jobs simultaneously ?
once u do it so long, 1 show is 9ish checks, tour manager justs cuts 90 checks for 10 cities, 180 4 20 270 checks for 30…. takes same 1 hour to cut 90 checks as 270 he saves himself 1 xheck per city
Too much Mickey D’s 🍔 and sugary 🥤.. too bad he had to live up to his name “Fatman” by indulging in such unhealthy habits. I guess “Skinnyman Scoop” didn’t sound good.
A true Hip-Hop legend. RIP 🙏🙏🙏. Carry on!!!
Whatever I say, ya’ll gotta do NOW DROP, NOW DROP, NOW DROP
A true legend. If you’re my age and was outside, he was a mainstay in every club set. RIP
*were. Not “was”. Please, stop pretending having the intelligence of a 3rd grader is somehow “cool”.
You think I’m concerned about grammar on a site that doesn’t care about it themselves. You’re the idiot.
Soft too. I would knock you out cold irl. Guaranteed.
Healthcare sucks for black man but I don’t get how you be rich and not checking your health. I earn average and take a heart and vertebralis sonogram every year and pay it by myself. I‘m 50.
So many famous people could have avoided their untimely death.
Dat fried 🍗 thou.. 🔥