Fatman Scoop, who collapsed during a Connecticut concert in August, died of heart disease, the state’s medical examiner’s office has revealed. Fatman Scoop, whose full name is Isaac Freeman III, also had hypertension and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, a heart condition caused by plaque buildup in the arterial walls, as The …
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Busta Rhymes, A$AP Ferg, Teddy Riley, and more honored late hip-hop luminary Fatman Scoop at a massive celebration of life gathering at the Apollo Theater in Harlem yesterday, Sept. 12. The rapper, born Isaac Freeman III, died at the end of August after suffering a medical emergency onstage in Hamden, …
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New Jack Swing pioneer Teddy Riley — who produced iconic hits including Doug E. Fresh’s “The Show” and Bobby Brown’s “My Prerogative” — has announced his new memoir, Remember the Times, published by Simon & Schuster’s 13A / Gallery Books imprint. Riley tapped music biographer Jake Brown to collaborate on …
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Bobby Brown recounts the origins of new jack swing and his hit “My Prerogative” in a new clip from the upcoming two-part documentary Biography: Bobby Brown. It airs May 30 and May 31 on A&E. The clip begins with Brown and critic/author Nelson George offering a succinct breakdown of new …
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