MF Doom, one of the most respected and respected MCs and producers in the U.S., has died at the age of 49.
His wife Jasmine posted on his Instagram account:
The greatest man, father, teacher, student, business partner, lover and friend I could ever ask for. Thank you for all that you have shown, taught and given to me, our children and our family. Thank you for teaching me how to forgive creatures and give them another chance, without being so quick to judge and write off. Thank you for showing how I would not be afraid to love and be the best person I could ever be. My world will not be the same without you. Words will never express what you and Malachi mean to me, I love both and I will always respect you. May ALL continue to bless you, our family and the planet.
Her post showed that he died on October 31st.
MF Doom, AKA Daniel Dumile, was born in London in 1971, moving to New York as a child. He became very successful in the early 1990s with KMD, signing to major label Elektra Records, but his career fell sharply with the death of his brother and band DJ Subroc in 1993.
After a few years of living, in the words, “damn near homeless”, he returned to music in 1997 and now accepted his vision, a mask similar to Marvel villain Dr Doom. ‘public consumption since then; the cover of his debut album that year, Operation Doomsday, featured him as the character of the comic book. He later changed the mask into a character in the movie Gladiator.
His most famous era came early in the minds, beginning with Take Me To Your Leader under the name of King Geedorah, who once again plundered pop culture for samples and emotions. He used another alias, Viktor Vaughn, before returning to MF Doom for his second album Mm .. Food.
In 2004 he created what is widely regarded as his masterpiece: Madvillainy, produced by the cratedigging producer Madlib, a thick, heady, soulful act of charismatic lyricism and brilliant sampling, and regarded by many music publications as one of the great records of the decade.
Raising image, MF Doom began further star collaborations, including with Danger Mouse on The Mouse and the Mask, and rapper Wu-Tang Clan Ghostface Killah, making tracks for his albums Fishscale and More Fish. Other partnerships would come with left-wing hip-hop figures like Czarface and Jneiro Jarel, as well as Flying Lotus, the Avalanches, and more.
More to come …