Replace: Fatman Scoop is useless at age 53, his tour supervisor mentioned Saturday.
From earlier:
Hip-hop icon Fatman Scoop suffered a medical emergency and collapsed on stage at a live performance in Hamden, Connecticut, in line with a number of studies.
Witnesses informed TMZ that the rapper and radio character handed out behind the DJ sales space round 8:30 p.m. Friday evening. Individuals rushed over to manage CPR because the music stopped, and video confirmed chest compressions being carried out on Fatman Scoop.
Hamden mayor Lauren Garrett confirmed that Fatman Scoop had a “medical emergency” at Hamden City Heart Park. He was transported by ambulance to the hospital, and his situation is at present unknown.
“We are going to present updates when they’re out there,” Garrett mentioned. “Please preserve him in your ideas and prayers.”
Fatman Scoop, whose actual title is Isaac Freeman II, is a 53-year-old rapper and hype man whose booming voice is heard on hits like Missy Elliott’s Grammy-winning “Lose Management” and Mariah Carey’s “It’s Like That,” plus his 1999 membership favourite “Be Trustworthy” (feat. Crooklyn Clan). He additionally collaborated with artists like Ying Yang Twins, Rihanna, Kat DeLuna, Chingy, David Guetta, LL Cool J, Timbaland & Magoo, Ciara, Skrillex, and DJ Kool.
“Prayers up for fatman scoop !” rapper Juicy J wrote on X.
“I can’t even keep in mind attending a celebration rising up with out listening to a Fatman Scoop x Crooklyn Clan Social gathering Break. He had the flexibility to not solely give hit data extra vitality & make them higher however he made them HIS. His occasion breaks had been legitimately cheat codes for DJs. You would reduce on a Fatman Scoop Social gathering break & it may get the same response to the most popular file on the earth,” Ringer host Raheem Palmer wrote. “Life is so brief.”