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DOOMSDAY: A new biography of rapper MF DOOM takes a peek behind the mask
By Lamar Salter
Before he was MF DOOM, Daniel Dumile started his music career under the moniker Zev Love X and was part of the promising early ‘90’s rap group, KMD.
But after a string of tragedies and setbacks, including the death of his brother and partner DJ Subroc, and the shelving of the group’s second album, “Black Bastards” over the controversial cover art, which led to him being dropped from the record label, Dumile disappeared from the music scene.
But he would eventually return years later with a new name and a new style, quickly becoming a cult favorite among hip-hop heads while also attracting a new generation of fans, all on his own terms.
DOOM died of health complications in , with his death being announced months later by his family on New Year’s Eve.
Now, S.H. Fernando aka SKIZ, a journalist and hip-hop historian who previously chronicled the rise of Wu-Tang Clan, has turned his focus onto DO