Rapper Fatman Scoop has died after collapsing on stage at a show Friday in Connecticut. The 53-year-old artist topped charts in Europe with “Be Faithful” two decades ago and later contributed to hits by Missy Elliott and other artists. The cause of his death isn't immediately clear.
FILE - DJ Fatman Scoop arrives at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards held at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. NEW YORK — Fatman Scoop, who topped charts in Europe with “Be Faithful” two decades ago and later contributed to hits by other artists, died after collapsing on stage at a show Friday in Connecticut , according to officials and his family. He was 53.
If the world knew him as an artist who got clubgoers moving, his family cherished him as “the laughter in our lives, a constant source of support, unwavering strength and courage,” his relatives wrote. Fatman Scoop, born Isaac Freeman III, was from New York City’s Harlem neighborhood and broke out with 1999’s “Be Faithful.” What started as a minor success in the U.S. took off in Europe with a 2003 re-release, hitting No. 1 on the singles charts in the U.K. and Ireland.Swiss city of Basel is chosen to host next year’s Eurovision Song ContestThe next year, he appeared on the U.K. television series “Chancers,” in which musicians mentored artists who wanted to make it in the U.S.
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