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Busta Rhymes & More Remember Fatman Scoop at Celebration of Life Ceremony

LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes and more remembered Fatman Scoop at a celebration of live ceremony. Get the details.

Less than two weeks later, Scoop’s peers, friends and family gathered not far from the Harlem projects he was raised in, at the famed Apollo Theater on Thursday (Sept. 12) for a celebration of life ceremony. Fatman Scoop’s contributions to Missy Elliott and Ciara’s “Lose Control” earned him a Grammy award and a top five Billboard Hot 100 hit (No. Hip-hop will be a bit quieter without Fatman Scoop’s signature raspy and resonant shout, but his life of the party legacy is etched into rap lore.

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