Scoop (Photo: Melinda Nagy/Shutterstock.com)

Longtime NEW YORK radio host, mixer, and TV personality ISAAC ‘FATMAN SCOOP’ FREEMAN III passed away Friday (8/30) at the age of 53. He collapsed on stage during a performance in HAMDEN, CT.

The three-time GRAMMY award winner had recently gone into podcasting and reality TV. His death was confirmed on social media SATURDAY morning by the DJ/Producer BIRCH “PURE COLD” MICHAEL.

Watch what MICHAEL said, click here.