Fatman Scoop DIES aged 53 after collapsing on stage mid-performance

Rapper Fatman Scoop has passed away aged 53 after suffering a medical emergency on stage on Friday. 

The artist, real name Issac Freeman III, collapsed on stage in Hamden Town Center Park, Connecticut, and was rushed to hospital. 

Screams rang out at his final show as the famous hype man was seen struggling as he climbed onto a platform before disappearing from view, as medics raced to revive him.  

His tour manager announced his passing on Saturday, saying he was ‘lost for words.’ 

Rapper Fatman Scoop has passed away aged 53 after suffering a medical emergency on stage on Friday 

Fatman Scoop, pictured in brown, seen in footage moments before he collapsed during a gig in Connecticut Friday night

Freeman’s manager, DJ and producer Birch Michael, announced the rapper’s death ‘with the heaviest of hearts’ in posts to social media on Saturday morning. 

‘You took me all over the world and had me performing alongside you on some of the biggest and greatest stages on this planet, the things you taught me have truly made me the man I am today,’ Michael said. 

A three-time Grammy Award winner, in recent years Fatman Scoop ventured into podcasting and reality TV, including appearing on Channel 5 ‘s Celebrity Big Brother: UK vs USA. 

Tributes quickly poured in for the artist as news of his death was shared, with UK’s Reminisce Festival – where he was set for perform on September 7 – sharing that his ‘absence will be profoundly felt by everyone.’ 

‘He was not just one of our most popular performers, he was a cherished member of the Reminisce family,’ the festival said.