Fatman Scoop is a rapper, disc jockey and hip hop hype man born in New York as Isaac Freeman III.http://www.nme.com/artists/fatman-scoop He is most recognized for his gruff, blaring rap style.http://www.nme.com/artists/fatman-scoop "Be Faithful," a track featuring The Crooklyn Clan that gained him the most success and notoriety, topped charts in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2003.http://www.nme.com/artists/fatman-scoop After it was recorded, it took two years before the song could be released because Fatman Scoop used samples from songs by Jay-Z, Faith Evans, Black Sheep, Queen Pen and The Beatnuts that had to be cleared.http://www.nme.com/artists/fatman-scoop

Fatman Scoop regularly collaborates with artists like Mariah Carey, Timbaland and David Guetta, adding hooks or guest rhymes to their songs.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fatman-scoop-p557785/credits He will appear on rapper Saigon's debut album The Greatest Story Ever Told, which is scheduled to be released on February 15, 2011.http://www.antimusic.com/news/11/jan/12Saigons_Greatest_Story_Never_Told_Coming_in_Feb.shtml He is currently the co-host of a internationally syndicated weekly radio show called Full Throttle Radio.http://www.fullthrottleradio.net/home/about/ Along with DJ Mr. Vince, he showcases urban hits.http://www.fullthrottleradio.net/home/about/

Fatman Scoop started his career as a disc jockey on Hot 97, a radio station based in New York.http://www.mtv.com/shows/manandwife/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=10470#moreinfo People started to take notice of his vocal abilities after he lent short raps to Mariah Carey's "It's Like That" and Missy Elliott's "Lose Control."http://www.mtv.com/shows/manandwife/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=10470#moreinfo Along with Ciara, Missy Elliot and Fatman Scoop were nominated for a 2005 Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and won a 2005 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video for "Lose Control."http://www.sweetslyrics.com/bio-Fatman%20Scoop.html The song was also nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B or Rap Cut in 2006.http://www.sweetslyrics.com/bio-Fatman%20Scoop.html

In 2007, he appeared as himself in an episode of the cartoon The Boondocks called "The Story of Thugnificent."http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131065/

The rapper met his wife Shanda at a DJ gig in 2002.http://www.mtv.com/shows/manandwife/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=10470#moreinfo After the couple were married, they began a love, sex and relationships show on MTV called Man and Wife in 2008.http://www.mtv.com/shows/manandwife/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=10470#moreinfohttp://www.mtv.com/shows/manandwife/video.jhtml?filter=fulleps

• 2003: Party Breaks, Vol. 1http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fatman-scoop-p557785/discography

• 2004: Reggae Best (Compilation)http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fatman-scoop-p557785/discography

• 2006: In the Clubhttp://brainstormlive.com/d/pg/blog/mandyhandman/read/76677/discography-of-fatman-scoop

• 2008: Best of Fatman Scoop (Compilation)http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fatman-scoop-p557785/discography

• 2008: Fatman Scoop's Hottest (Compilation)http://brainstormlive.com/d/pg/blog/mandyhandman/read/76677/discography-of-fatman-scoop

• 2003: Be Faithfulhttp://www.allmusic.com/artist/fatman-scoop-p557785/discography/singles-eps

• 2004: It Takes Scoophttp://www.allmusic.com/artist/fatman-scoop-p557785/discography/singles-eps

• 2008: Celebrate Eurocup 2008http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fatman-scoop-p557785/discography/singles-eps

• 2009: Celebrate: The Remixes"http://www.allmusic.com/album/celebrate-the-remixes-r1959087