He was performing at Hamden Town Center Park when he collapsed on Friday evening, town chief of staff Sean Grace said on Saturday.Â
Elliott led celebrity tributes to the singer, saying his voice had made people want to dance for more than 20 years.
"Prayers for Fatman Scoop family for STRENGTH during this difficult time," Elliot posted on X.
Prayers for Fatman Scoop family for STRENGTH during this difficult time�� Fatman Scoop VOICE & energy have contributed to MANY songs that made the people feel HAPPY & want to dance for over 2 decades. Your IMPACT is HUGE & will be NEVER be forgotten..🕊��� — Missy Elliott (@MissyElliott) pic.twitter.com/e4R9Z3inKdAugust 31, 2024
Elliott praised Scoop's "VOICE and energy", saying he had contributed to many songs that made people happy over more than two decades.
"Your IMPACT is HUGE & will be NEVER be forgotten," she added.
Elliott worked with Scoop on her hit 2005 single Lose Control.
Hamden Mayor Lauren Garrett posted on Facebook the rapper had a medical emergency. Concertgoers and paramedics tried to help the artist, who was taken to a hospital, she said.Â
His family said in an Instagram post that "the world lost a radiant soul, a beacon on stage and in life".Â
With a gravelly voice and dance-floor-friendly sensibility, Fatman Scoop was a mainstay of club playlists around the turn of the millennium.
But if the world knew him as the "voice of the club", his family cherished him as "the laughter in our lives, a constant source of support, unwavering strength and courage", his relatives said.
"His music made us dance and embrace life with positivity. His joy was infectious and the generosity he extended to all will be deeply missed but never forgotten," they added, saying he leaves a legacy "of love and brightness".
Born Isaac Freeman III, Fatman Scoop was from New York City's Harlem neighbourhood and broke out with 1999's Be Faithful.
What started as a minor success in the US took off in Europe with a 2003 re-release, hitting No. 1 on the singles charts in the UK and Ireland.Â
The next year, he appeared on the UK television series Chancers, in which musicians mentored artists who wanted to make it in the US, the BBC reported.
He also was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother 16: UK vs USA, which was filmed in the UK and aired in 2015.
But Scoop — sometimes stylised as Fat Man Scoop or FatMan Scoop — was perhaps best known for his featured role on Elliott's Lose Control, a 2005 song of the summer that also featured Ciara. The track won a short-form music video Grammy at the 2006 award show.Â
The same year as Lose Control, he was featured on Mariah Carey's It's Like That.
He also was featured on tracks from Timbaland, David Guetta, The Situation and Skrillex, among other artists. In 2018, he reunited with Elliott and Ciara for a remix of the latter's Level Up.
His longtime booking agency, MN2S, described him as an artist with "boundless enthusiasm", a passion for music and a voice and personality that "made an indelible mark on the industry".Â
His MN2S representative, Sharron Elkabas, said in a statement she had spoken to him a few days earlier.Â
"He was in such good spirits. It's hard to believe he is no longer with us," she said.
