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Fatman Scoop's heartbreaking final post shared just hours before rapper died at 53 after collapsing on stage
Just hours before his passing at 53, Fatman Scoop celebrated the release of a new song, only to collapse on stage later that evening. He collaborated with Dyce Payso on track.
The Grammy-winning DJ suffered a medical emergency on Friday while performing at Town Center Park in Hamden, Connecticut, and his family announced his death the following morning without revealing the cause. A three-time Grammy Award winner, in recent years Fatman Scoop ventured into podcasting and reality TV - pictured during Channel 5 's Celebrity Big Brother: UK vs USA in 2015 In 2014 he revealed he was first given the nickname Fatman Scoop by his uncle, due to his love of ice cream, despite rumors Lauryn Hill had bestowed it on him when he appeared as an extra in the Fugee's 1996 video for Killing Me Softly.
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