The rapper Fatman Scoop, whose hoarse and booming voice brought an electric energy to songs by Missy Elliott and Mariah Carey, and whose “Be Faithful” was an underground club favorite, died after collapsing onstage during a performance on Friday. He was 56, according to The NYTimes.
A statement from the rapper’s family posted to his Instagram account confirmed his death but did not provide a cause.
A video taken at the concert, at the Town Center Park in Hamden, Conn., appeared to show people performing CPR behind equipment on the stage.
Lauren Garrett, the mayor of Hamden, said that paramedics had tried lifesaving measures.
Fatman Scoop, whose birth name was Isaac Freeman III, rose to prominence and international recognition after the song “Be Faithful,” in which he performs over beats by the Crooklyn Clan, became the No. 1 single on the British Billboard singles chart in 2003, more than four years after its initial release.
Fatman Scoop was a former D.J. on the New York FM radio station WQHT Hot 97, which described him in an online tribute as a “legendary hype man and radio personality.”
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