Fatman Scoop

Fatman Scoop
Fatman Scoop performing in October 2011.
Background information
Birth name	Isaac Freeman
Born	November 28, 1971
Origin	New York, New York, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop, R&B
Years active	1997–present
Associated acts	Michael Jackson, Black Sheep, The Beatnuts, Faith Evans, Exile, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott Suki Nagra

Isaac Freeman III (born November 28, 1971), better known by his stage name Fatman Scoop, is an American hype man, hip hop promoter and radio personality famed for his on-stage rough, raw loud voice.

He is known for the song "Be Faithful" which went to number one in the United Kingdom and Ireland in late 2003 and top 5 in Australia. He has also collaborated with numerous pop artists, such as Lil Jon, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Pitbull, and Skrillex among others. The song had been a favorite in clubs around the world for years but it took two years to clear the samples from Jay-Z, Black Sheep, Queen Pen, The Beatnuts and Faith Evans.

TV

Fatman Scoop also has his own sex and relationship show/podcast. All episodes can also be seen on the Man and Wife channel on internet TV network, ONLOQ.com, as well as MTV.^[1] He also appears as himself on the TV series The Boondocks (season 2, episode 5, "The Story of Thugnificent" and episode 15, "The Story of Gangstalicious Part 2", from the same season).

Fatman Scoop was interviewed by radio personality Madison Jaye in a YouTube video that was published on March 22, 2014. During the interview, Fatman Scoop reveals that he received his stage name when he was a baby from his Uncle Jack, who would call him "Fatman Scoop" because he loved to eat ice cream. People had thought that he received his stage name after appearing in the Fugees 'Killing Me Softly' video as a cinema worker serving popcorn and ice-cream, and Lauryn Hill was a massive ice-cream fan herself so would shout 'scoop, scoop, fatman scoop' when she wanted a tub of her favourite snack. But Fatman Scoop stated "I was already Fatman Scoop on the radio when that video came out."^[2]

On August 27, 2015, he entered the Celebrity Big Brother UK house as a contestant, representing the USA. On September 14, he was the third housemate to be evicted on Day 20.

Personal life

In July 2006, a club promoter in New Bern, North Carolina sued the Sheriff of Craven County, North Carolina after a 2003 concert held there was shut down by the sheriff due to a noise complaint. The suit is asking for more than $10,000 (US$) in lost wages and punitive damages.^[3]

Discography

Compilation albums

• Fatman Scoop's Party Breaks: Volume 1 (2003)
• In the Club (2006)
• Party King (2015, Japan only)^[4][5]

Singles

Year	Name	Chart positions[6]											Certifications
		US	US R&B	US Rap	AUS	BEL	FRA	GER	IRE	NED	SWI	UK
2003	"Be Faithful"	112	92	24	5	11	13	28	1	30	15	1	UK: Silver[7]
2004	"It Takes Scoop" (featuring DJ Kool)	—	85	12	24	44	—	—	15	—	33	9
	"In the Club"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	"Dance!" (featuring Lumidee and Goleo VI)	—	—	—	—	—	30	5	—	70	32	—
	"U Sexy Girl" (featuring Elephant Man and Jabba	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	"Talk 2 Me" (featuring Ken)	—	—	—	—	—	—	89	—	—	—	—
2009	"New Year's Anthem" (featuring DJ Class)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Featured singles

• 2001: "Drop" (Timbaland & Magoo featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2005: "Lose Control" (Missy Elliott featuring Ciara & Fatman Scoop)
• 2005: "Dance!" (Lumidee featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2005: "It's like That" (Mariah Carey featuring Jermaine Dupri & Fatman Scoop)
• 2006: "Take the Lead (Wanna Ride) (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony & Wisin & Yandel featuring Melissa Jiménez & Fatman Scoop)
• 2006: "When I Were a Lad (Many Moons Ago)" (Association of Zoos and Aquariums featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2006: "Up In Da Hood" (The Wiggles featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2006: "Let's Ride" (Chingy featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2007: "Behind the Cow" (Scooter featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2007: "Layaway Love" (Notch featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2008: "Turn Around" (The Crooklyn Clan featuring Fatman Scoop & Afroman)
• 2008: "Be Faithful" (Welsh Transport Regiment featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2009: "Just A Little Bit" (Claudia Cream featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2009: "Think About Letting Go" (Fedde Le Grand featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2009: "Onslaught 2" (Slaughterhouse featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2009: "Love Is Back" (David Guetta featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2010: "Go Crazy" Art Beatz & Ariez Onasis (featuring Fatman Scoop & Clinton Sparks)
• 2010: "That’s What’s Up" (Frauenarzt und Manny Marc featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2010: "Gettin' Money" (Doesya featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2010: "Stick It to the Man" (B*Witched featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2010: "Please Don't Break My Heart" (Kalomoira featuring Fat Man Scoop)
• 2010: "New Years Anthem" (The Disco Fries & DJ Class featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2010: "I Wanna Get Drunk" (DJ Felli Fel featuring Three 6 Mafia & Lil Jon & Fatman Scoop)
• 2010: "The Situation" (Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino featuring The Disco Fries & DJ Class & Fatman Scoop)
• 2010: "Pop & Drop" (Joosuc featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2011: "Drop It Low" (Kat Deluna featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2011: "Shake It" (Kat Deluna featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2011: "Feel The Love" (Marvin Priest featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2011: "Wine De Best" (Orange Hill featuring Busy Signal & Fatman Scoop & Kano)
• 2011: "Umutsuz Vaka" (Demet Akalın featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2011: "Rock the boat" (Bob Sinclar featuring Fatman Scoop, Pitbull and Dragonfly)
• 2012: "Raise the roof" (Hampenberg & Alexander Brown featuring Fatman Scoop, Pitbull & Nabiha)
• 2012: "Bad Girl" (Oun-P featuring Remo The Hitmaker & Fatman Scoop)
• 2013: "Crash This Party" (Alex Young featuring Fatman Scoop) ^[8]
• 2014: "Recess" (Skrillex featuring Kill the Noise, Fatman Scoop, and Michael Angelakos)
• 2015: "Don't Stop The Madness" (Hardwell and W&W featuring Fatman Scoop)
• 2016: "Bass Dunk" (Charlotte Devaney featuring Fatman Scoop & Lady Leshurr)

Awards and nominations

Awards

• 2005: Grammy Award for Best Rap Song - Nomination - ("Lose Control", with Missy Elliott & Ciara)
• 2005: Smash Hits Poll Winners Party - Star Of The Year - Won - (voted best overall personality in 2005 by Smash Hits readers)
• 2005: Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video - Won - ("Lose Control", with Missy Elliott & Ciara)
• 2006: Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Dance Cut - Won - ("Lose Control", with Missy Elliott & Ciara)

Collaborations

As a hype man for various artists, he has appeared and performed with a great number of other artists. The following list are artists he has either done a song with, or in which he has appeared together with in a song:

Suki Nagra (most recent collab 2016)

• Skrillex^[9]
• Hardwell^[10]
• Demet Akalın^[11]
• DJ AM
• The Beatnuts^[12]
• Miri Ben-Ari^[13]
• The Black Eyed Peas^[14]
• Mary J. Blige
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony^[15]
• Nick Cannon^[16]
• Mariah Carey^[17]
• Chingy^[18]
• Ciara^[19]
• Claudia Cream^[20]
• Club Dogo^[21]
• The Crooklyn Clan^[22]
• Cypress Hill
• Elephant Man^[23]
• Missy Elliott^[19]
• Exile
• Far East Movement^[24]
• Fat Joe^[25]
• DJ Felli Fel^[26]
• Frauenarzt^[27]
• Funkmaster Flex^[28]
• Girlicious
• David Guetta^[29]
• Hampenberg & Alexander Brown^[30]
• Lauryn Hill
• Whitney Houston^[31]
• Janet Jackson^[32]
• Wyclef Jean
• Kalomira^[33]
• Ken of Overground^[34]
• DJ Kool^[35]
• Lil Jon^[36]
• Lumidee^[31]
• Manny Marc^[27]
• Massive Töne^[37]
• Pras Michel
• Michael Fall
• MF Doom^[38]
• MF Grimm^[39]
• Machel Montano^[40]
• N.O.R.E.
• Notch^[41]
• Kardinal Offishall^[42]
• Sean Paul^[43]
• Pitbull^[30]
• Public Enemy
• The Pussycat Dolls^[44]
• Busta Rhymes^[40]
• Kool Savas^[45]
• Scooter^[46]
• Bob Sinclar^[47]
• Slaughterhouse^[48]
• Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino^[49]
• Clinton Sparks^[50]
• Jauz
• Swizz Beatz^[51]
• Three 6 Mafia^[36]
• Timbaland & Magoo^[52]
• DJ Tomekk^[53]
• Andy Stewart
• T-Pain^[54]
• Jasmine Trias^[55]
• Wisin & Yandel^[56]
• X-ecutioners^[57]
• Ying Yang Twins^[58]
• Joel Fletcher ^[59]
• Young Buck
• Darin Zanyar^[60]

References

1. "Original TV Shows, Reality TV Shows". MTV. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
2. madison jaye (2014-03-22), Grammy Award Winner Fatman Scoop talks with Radio Personality Madison Jaye "Behind the ARTist", retrieved 2016-04-06
3. Sawyer, Francine (July 4, 2006). "Promoter sues Craven sheriff for shutting down concert". New Bern Sun-Journal. Retrieved January 1, 2009. Bennett, with receipts in his court filing, is asking for compensation and punitive damages in excess of $10,000 and for money he said he lost since Fatman Scoop did not have the opportunity to perform. [..] Bennett said complaints from a mobile home near the fairgrounds led Monette to close the show.
4. "PARTY KING (Album) / FATMAN SCOOP". Aqua Production. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
5. [PARTY KING (Album) / FATMAN SCOOP "PARTY KING - Fatman Scoop"] Check |url= value (help). Itunes. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
6. "Fat Man Scoop - Music Charts". Acharts.us. 1979-11-28. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
7. "Chart Log UK: Adam F - FYA". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
8. James, Jesse. "Alex Young & Fatman Scoop - Crash This Party | Music Video". Stupiddope.com. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
9. "Skrillex - Recess with Kill the Noise, Fatman Scoop, and Michael Angelakos [AUDIO". YouTube. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
10. "Hardwell & W&W feat. Fatman Scoop - Don't Stop The Madness (OUT NOW!) #UnitedWeAre". YouTube. 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
11. "Demet Akalın Feat. Fatman Scoop - Umutsuz Vaka - YENI VIDEOKLIP 2011". YouTube. January 3, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
12. "Beatnuts ft Fatman Scoop - lets git doe". YouTube. April 25, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
13. "Miri Ben Ari feat. Fatman Scoop - Jump & Spread Out". YouTube. June 21, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
14. "Black Eyed Peas feat Fatman Scoop Boom Boom Pow [ Best Version] [HQ". YouTube. April 13, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
15. "Bone Thugs Harmony Feat. Wisin Y Yandel, Fatman Scoop & Melissa - Wanna Ride". YouTube. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
16. "Nick Cannon Ft. Fatman Scoop - It's your birthday". YouTube. January 17, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
17. "Mariah Carey, Fatman Scoop, Jermaine Dupri - It's Like That". YouTube. June 16, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
18. "Chingy Feat. Fatman Scoop - Lets Go". YouTube. January 6, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
19. "Lose Control - Missy Elliott ft. Ciara and Fat man Scoop (HD)". YouTube. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
20. "Claudia Cream feat. Fatman Scoop - Just A Little Bit". YouTube. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
21. "Steve Forest feat. Club Dogo & Fatman Scoop - Boys & Girls (OFFICIAL VIDEO)". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
22. "Fatman Scoop Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
23. "Fatman Scoop feat Elephant Man - U sexy". YouTube. December 17, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
24. "(Official Party Remix) Girls On The Dance Floor - Far-East Movement Ft Fatman Scoop". YouTube. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
25. "Mr.Vegas feat. Fat Joe and Fatman Scoop - Tamale (remix)". YouTube. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
26. "DJ Felli Fel - I Wanna Get Drunk FT. Three 6 Mafia, Lil Jon & Fatman Scoop New 2010". YouTube. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
27. "DIE ATZEN Frauenarzt und Manny Marc mit Fatman Scoop - that`s what`s up". YouTube. February 26, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
28. "Def jam 2000 - Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap Fat Man Scoop". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
29. "David Guetta ft. Fatman Scoop - Love Is Back (2009)". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
30. "Hampenberg & Alexander Brown ft Pitbull, Fatman Scoop & Nabiha - Raise The Roof [HD". YouTube. April 26, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
31. "Lumidee vs. Fatman Scoop - Dance". YouTube. September 20, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
32. "Janet Jackson ft. Fatman Scoop, Fabolous, Khia and JD - SO EXCITED (remix)". YouTube. September 12, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
33. "Kalomoira ft. Fatman Scoop - "Please don't break my heart"". YouTube. June 29, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
34. "Ken & Fatman Scoop - Talk 2 Me". YouTube. July 2, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
35. "Crooklyn Clan Ft. Fat Man Scoop & DJ Kool "It Takes Two"". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
36. "DJ Felli Fel - I Wanna Get Drunk FT. Three 6 Mafia, Lil Jon & Fatman Scoop New 2010". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
37. "Fatman Scoop feat Massive Töne - Komm Schon Baby". YouTube. June 18, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
38. ZexonLamez. "01 - Intro - Fat Man Scoop (MF DOOM & MF Grimm Special Herbs & Spices Vol 1)". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
39. "M.F. Grimm - Get Down / International Rules (Get Down RMX)". YouTube. November 5, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
40. "Make It Shake (Official Music Video) - Machel Montano ft. Busta Rhymes, Olivia & Fatman Scoop". YouTube. September 5, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
41. "Lay Away Love ~ Notch & Fatman Scoop". YouTube. August 25, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
42. "Kardinal Offishall & DJ Mad 'Put Your Drinks Up' ft. Fatman Scoop (iTunes Version)". YouTube. July 8, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
43. "Sean Paul & FatMan Scoop - Get Busy ( Remix)". YouTube. February 28, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
44. "When I Grow Up (Remix) - PCD Ft Darkchild, Lil Wayne, & Fatman Scoop (W/ DOWNLOAD)". YouTube. July 23, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
45. "Kool Savas feat. Fatman Scoop - Grind on". YouTube. November 2, 2006. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
46. "Scooter - Behind The Cow (Official Video HQ)". YouTube. February 25, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
47. "Bob Sinclar Feat. Pitbull, Dragonfly & Fatman Scoop - Rock The Boat (Official Video)". YouTube. January 25, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
48. "Slaughterhouse - Onslaught 2 (Feat Fatman Scoop) Full". YouTube. July 31, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
49. "Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino - The Situation - Fatman Scoop, DJ Class & The Disco Fries". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
50. "[HD] Art Beatz, Ariez Onasis feat. Fatman Scoop & Clinton Sparks - Go Crazy [HD". YouTube. January 11, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
51. "Swizz Beats Feat FatMan Scoop - Get Loose". YouTube. December 25, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
52. "Timbaland & Magoo feat. Fatman Scoop - Drop [Official Video". YouTube. August 12, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
53. "DJ Tomekk ft Fatman Scoop - Colorado". YouTube. July 25, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
54. "T-Pain ft. Fatman Scoop & Lil Jon - Bring The Club Back (Do It) (NoTags)". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
55. "All I Need - Jasmine Trias : Listen, Appearances, Song Review". AllMusic. July 12, 2005. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
56. "Bone Thugs Harmony Feat. Wisin Y Yandel, Fatman Scoop & Melissa - Wanna Ride". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
57. "X-Ecutioners-Play That Beat". YouTube. April 26, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
58. "fatman scoop feat. ying yang twins - set it off". YouTube. June 6, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
59. "Joel Fletcher & J-Trick - Here We Go (feat. Fatman Scoop) (Audio) I Dim Mak Records". YouTube. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
60. CrystalRonni (November 18, 2011). "Darin Zanyar ft Fatman Scoop". YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2012.

External links

• Official Homepage
• Official Booking Agency
• Official MySpace Page
• Man and Wife TV Homepage
• Live photo gallery at regioactive.de
• Chancers Homepage
• Discogs Page