Legendary rapper and hype man Fatman Scoop (birth name Isaac Freeman III) has suddenly passed away while performing at a club in Connecticut. :\'(

https://nypost.com/2024/08/31/entertainment/rapper-fatman-scoop-dead-at-53-after-collapsing-at-concert-in-connecticut/

Freeman adopted the stage name "Fatman Scoop" from the nickname given him by his Uncle Jack as a child, because he loved ice cream. ;D  He was known as a rapper, but also performed as a hype man and radio presenter as well as appearing on television.

Fatman Scoop first came to prominence with the release of single "Be Faithful", featuring the Crooklyn Clan, which topped the charts in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in October 2003, four years after its original release, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Denmark and Australia.

Throughout his career, Scoop collaborated with numerous artists, including Lil Jon, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Pitbull 8), Skrillex, Timbaland, David Guetta, and The Situation. He became well known for his guest performances; in 2005, he guested on Mariah Carey's "It's Like That" and on "Lose Control" by Missy Elliott and Ciara, which reached at Number Three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. Its video won the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video, and the song was nominated for Best Rap Song in the Grammys.  In 2006 he released a compilation album, In the Club.

Very sad........

Rapper Fatman Scoop’s cause of death has been revealed.  :-\\

The hypeman and radio personality died as a result of hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, the Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner’s Office announced on Tuesday. The 53-year-old’s manner of death was ruled as natural.