NEW YORK — Fatman Scoop, who topped charts in Europe with “Be Trustworthy” 20 years in the past and later contributed to hits by different artists, died after collapsing on stage at a present Friday in Connecticut, based on officers and his household. He was 53.
The reason for his demise wasn’t instantly clear.
He was acting at Hamden City Heart Park when he collapsed Friday night, city chief of employees Sean Grace stated Saturday. Mayor Lauren Garrett posted on Fb that he had a medical emergency. Concertgoers and paramedics tried to assist the artist, who was taken to a hospital, she wrote.
His household wrote in an Instagram publish Saturday that “the world misplaced a radiant soul, a beacon on stage and in life.”
If the world knew him as an artist who obtained clubgoers shifting, his household cherished him as “the laughter in our lives, a relentless supply of assist, unwavering energy and braveness,” his relations wrote.
“His music made us dance and embrace life with positivity. His pleasure was infectious and the generosity he prolonged to all shall be deeply missed however by no means forgotten,” they added.
Fatman Scoop, born Isaac Freeman III, was from New York Metropolis’s Harlem neighborhood and broke out with 1999’s “Be Trustworthy.” What began as a minor success within the U.S. took off in Europe with a 2003 re-release, hitting No. 1 on the singles charts within the U.Okay. and Eire.
The following yr, he appeared on the U.Okay. tv sequence “Chancers,” wherein musicians mentored artists who needed to make it within the U.S., the BBC reported. He additionally was a contestant on “Movie star Huge Brother 16: UK vs USA,” which was filmed within the U.Okay. and aired in 2015.
However Scoop — generally stylized as Fats Man Scoop or FatMan Scoop — was maybe greatest identified for his characteristic function on Missy Elliott’s “Lose Management,” a 2005 tune of the summer time that additionally featured Ciara. The observe received a short-form music video Grammy on the 2006 award present.
The identical yr as “Lose Management,” he was featured on Mariah Carey’s “It’s Like That.” He additionally was featured on tracks from Timbaland, David Guetta, The Scenario and Skrillex, amongst different artists. In 2018, he reunited with Elliott and Ciara for a remix of the latter’s “Degree Up.”
Elliott praised Scoop’s “VOICE and power” Saturday on X, saying he had contributed to many songs that made individuals completely happy over greater than 20 years.
“Your IMPACT is HUGE & shall be NEVER be forgotten,” she added.
His longtime reserving company, MN2S, described him as an artist with “boundless enthusiasm,” a ardour for music and a voice and character that “made an indelible mark on the business.”
His MN2S consultant, Sharron Elkabas, stated in a press release Saturday that she had spoken to him a couple of days earlier.
“He was in such good spirits. It’s laborious to consider he’s not with us,” she stated.
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Related Press author Mallika Sen contributed.