The musician, real name Isaac Freeman, collapsed while performing a concert in the US town of Hamden, Connecticut, on Friday.
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American rapper Fatman Scoop, real name Isaac Freeman, has died at the age of 53, his manager announced on Instagram on Saturday, August 31. “The things you taught me really made me the man I am today.”he wrote in an Instagram post. On Friday night, the artist had a “medical emergency” while performing on stage in Hamden, Connecticut, according to a Facebook post from the city’s mayor.
The rapper is considered an influential figure in the New York hip-hop scene in the 1990s. He is best known for his hit Be Faithfuloriginally released in 1999, and again in 2003.
Fatman Scoop had also collaborated with very famous American artists, such as Mariah Carey and Missy Elliott.
