Rapper Fatman Scoop has died at age 53 after collapsing onstage Friday night in the middle of a free concert in Hamden, Connecticut.
Scoop, real name Isaac Freeman III, was headlining the Green & Gold Party when he suffered a medical emergency as he was hyping up the crowd for the next song. In social media clips, a shirtless Scoop can be seen stepping up to a DJ booth before falling back out of view.
The venue’s emergency crews rushed over to administer CPR, and paramedics were called to the park around 8:33 p.m., TMZ reported. Scoop was taken away on a stretcher and transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
