Daniel Dumile
Birth name	Daniel Dumile
Also known as	MF DOOM The Super Villain Viktor Vaughn King Geedorah Metal Fingers Metal Fingered Villain Zev Love X
Born	January 9, 1971 (1971-01-09) (age 36) London, England, UK
Origin	Long Island, New York, United States
Genre(s)	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, producer
Years active	1989–Present
Label(s)	Rhymesayers, Fondle 'Em, Big Dada, Nature Sounds, Shaman Works, Sound-Ink, Insomniac, Inc.
Associated acts	KMD Madvillain DangerDoom Monsta Island Czars Nastradoomus
Website	MF DOOM site (not updated since 2004) Official Myspace

Daniel Dumile (IPA: duːməhːlayɪ) (born January 9, 1971) is an American hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career - originally Zen Love X, most famously MF DOOM, and in side projects such as King Geedorah, Metal Fingers, Viktor Vaughn, and collaboration projects such as DANGERDOOM and Madvillain. He remains one of the most popular and critically acclaimed independent hip hop artists today. is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about Long Island in New York State. ... This article is about the state. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... For the English folk dance, see Rapper sword. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Rhymesayers has multiple meanings: The Rhymesayers Entertainment music label The Rhymesayers, a musical group fronted by Sean Slug Daley, a founder of Rhymesayers Entertainment This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Legendary now defunct independent Hip Hop label from New York City, New York started by Bobbito Garcia. ... Big Dada is Ninja Tunes Hip Hop imprint. ... Nature Sounds is a record label from Brooklyn, New York, specializing in hip hop and reggae music . ... Shaman Work Recordings is a record label based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... KMD (Kausing Much Damage, or a positive Kause in a Much Damaged society) was a hip-hop trio in the early 1990s best known for launching the career of acclaimed MC and Producer MF Doom, who at the time was known as Zev Love X. Other members of the group... Categories: Stub | Hip hop albums | 2004 albums ... DANGERDOOM is a musical collaboration between DJ and producer Danger Mouse and rapper MF DOOM. Their first album, The Mouse and the Mask, was released in 2005, and followed by the Occult Hymn EP, available for free download from the Adult Swim website. ... Monsta Island Czars is a hip-hop group from New York City featuring MF DOOM and MF Grimm among others. ... Nastradoomus, released 03 September 2003, is a hip hop album. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... A stage name, also called a screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musicians, djs, clowns, and professional wrestlers. ... DANGERDOOM is a musical collaboration between DJ and producer Danger Mouse and rapper MF DOOM. Their first album, The Mouse and the Mask, was released in 2005, and followed by the Occult Hymn EP, available for free download from the Adult Swim website. ... Categories: Stub | Hip hop albums | 2004 albums ...

History

Early years with KMD

Dumile, the son of a Trinidadian mother and Zimbabwean father, was born in Southeast London, England,^[1] then moved with his family to New York and was raised in Long Island. Trinidad (Spanish, Trinity) most commonly refers to the larger island of the nation Trinidad and Tobago, the subject of this article. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about the island in New York State. ...

As Zev Love X, he formed the group KMD with his younger brother Subroc and another MC called Onyx The Birthstone Kid.^[1] A&R Dante Ross learned of KMD from the rap group 3rd Bass, and signed them to Elektra Records.^[2] KMD (Kausing Much Damage, or a positive Kause in a Much Damaged society) was a hip-hop trio in the early 1990s best known for launching the career of acclaimed MC and Producer MF Doom, who at the time was known as Zev Love X. Other members of the group... DJ Subroc (died 1993) was a member of KMD, along with his brother Daniel Dumile and Rodan. ... 3rd Bass was a rap group in the late 1980s and early 1990s, notable for being one of the first successful interracial rap groups. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ...

Dumile and KMD's debut on record came on 3rd Bass's song "The Gas Face" from The Cactus Album,^[1] followed in 1991 with KMD's album Mr. Hood, which became a minor hit through its singles "Peachfuzz", "Who Me?" and heavy video play on cable TV's Yo! MTV Raps and Rap City. Mr. ... Yo! MTV Raps was a two-hour American television music video program, which ran from August 1988 to August 1995. ... Rap City was a long-running two-hour music video television program block (debuting in 1989) aired on the Black Entertainment Television network, airing at 5 P.M. on the network. ...

Subroc was struck and killed by a car in 1993 while attempting to cross a Long Island expressway before the release of a second KMD album entitled Black Bastards.^[1] The group was subsequently dropped from Elektra Records before the release of the album due to controversy over the album's cover art^[2] which featured a cartoon of a stereotypical pickaninny or sambo character being hanged from the gallows. A typical expressway in Santa Clara County, California. ... Black Bastards (or Bl_ck B_st_rds) is an album by KMD, released in 2001 through Sub Verse Records. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... An album cover is a cover used to package commercial audio recordings such as the printed cardboard covers that were typically used to package 12 gramophone records from the 1960s through to the 1980s when the 12 record was the major format for distribution of popular music. ... For the impact structure in Western Australia, see Piccaninny crater. ... // Sambo is a racial term for a person with mixed indigenous and African heritage in the Caribbean, also for an African American, Black, or South Asian person in the United States and the United Kingdom. ... Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a cord wrapped around the neck, causing death. ... These gallows in Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park are maintained by Arizona State Parks. ...

With the loss of his brother, Dumile retreated from the hip-hop scene from 1994-1997. He testifies to disillusionment and depression, living "damn near homeless, walking the streets of Manhattan, sleeping on benches".^[3][1] In the late 1990s, he left New York City and settled in Atlanta. According to interviews with DOOM, he was also "recovering from his wounds" and swearing revenge "against the industry that so badly deformed him."^[1] "Black Bastards" had become bootlegged at the time, leading to DOOM's rise in the underground hip-hop world. For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...

Birth of MF DOOM

Dumile began to rap at open mic events at the Nuyorican Poets Café in 1998 where he withheld his face by putting a stocking over his head. His new identity was influenced by Marvel Comics supervillain Dr. Doom. He wears the mask while performing and isn't photographed without it, except for very short glimpses in videos such as Viktor Vaughn's "Mr. Clean" and in earlier photos with KMD^[1] The Nuyorican Poets Cafe is a New York City performance venue, best known for slam poetry, but also presenting theater, stand-up comedy, Latin jazz, hip-hop performance, and screenplay readings. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... Cover to Heroes Reborn: Fantastic Four #5. ...

The release of Operation: Doomsday in 1999 by independent label Fondle 'Em marked the official turning point for Dumile in his reinvention of himself from a major label recording artist of minor status to independent artist, where he would find his greatest success. Legendary now defunct independent Hip Hop label from New York City, New York started by Bobbito Garcia. ...

The following year, he began releasing albums of instrumental work, a series known as Special Herbs. Special Herbs is a series of instrumental hip hop albums released by Daniel Dumile under his Metal Fingers alias. ...

Mainstream recognition

DOOM's first commercial breakthrough came in 2004, with the album Madvillainy together with producer Madlib under the group name Madvillain. Released by Stones Throw Records, the album was a critical and commercial success. MF DOOM was seen by mainstream audiences for the first time as Madvillain received publicity and acclaim in publications such as Rolling Stone, New York Times, The New Yorker, and Spin. A video for "All Caps" and a 4-date U.S. tour followed the release of Madvillainy. An additional video for "Rhinestone Cowboy" and a segment from the tour are shown on the DVD Stones Throw 101. Madvillainy is the debut album by American hip hop duo Madvillain, a group consisting of MF DOOM (MC) and Madlib (producer). ... For the word game, see Mad Libs. ... Categories: Stub | Hip hop albums | 2004 albums ... Stones Throw Records is a California-based hip hop independent record label. ... This article is about the magazine. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... For other uses, see New Yorker. ... Spin is a music magazine that reports on all the music that rocks. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. ... Madvillainy is the debut album by American hip hop duo Madvillain, a group consisting of MF DOOM (MC) and Madlib (producer). ...

In the same year, MF DOOM's second solo album MM..FOOD was released by the Minnesota-based label Rhymesayers Entertainment, using various food items to metaphorically explain life and himself. As Viktor Vaughn (another obvious play on Dr.Doom, whose "real name" is Victor von Doom) he has released two albums Vaudeville Villain & Venomous Villain (also called VV2), MM..FOOD? is an album by American hip hop artist Daniel Dumile/MF DOOM, the second full-length released under the MF DOOM moniker. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... Official Logo Rhymesayers Entertainment is an underground hip-hop music label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, co-founded in 1995 by Slug, a member of the group Atmosphere. ... Vaudeville Villain is the first full-length album released by Daniel Dumile under the alias Viktor Vaughn. ... Venomous Villain is the second album released by Daniel Dumile under his alter-ego Viktor Vaughn, released through Insomniac, Inc. ...

Though still an independent artist, MF DOOM took a bigger step towards the mainstream in 2005 with The Mouse and the Mask, a collaboration with producer DJ Danger Mouse under the group name DangerDoom. The album, released on October 11, 2005 by Epitaph, was done in cooperation with Cartoon Network's adult swim and frequently references characters from adult swim programs. DOOM also made an appearance in "November Has Come," a track on Gorillaz's 2005 album "Demon Days." In 2006 MF hosted the Adult Swim Christmas special and he could be seen in between shows and other such things. The Mouse and the Mask is a collaboration album by DJ Danger Mouse and MF DOOM under the name DangerDoom, released on October 11, 2005 by Epitaph Records in the United States. ... Danger Mouse Brian Burton, better known under his stage name Danger Mouse, is a producer and DJ who came to prominence in 2004 by remixing The Beatles White Album and rapper Jay-Zs Black Album to make The Grey Album. ... DANGERDOOM is a musical collaboration between DJ and producer Danger Mouse and rapper MF DOOM. Their first album, The Mouse and the Mask, was released in 2005, and followed by the Occult Hymn EP, available for free download from the Adult Swim website. ... is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An epitaph ( literally: on the gravestone in ancient Greek) is text honoring the deceased, most commonly inscribed on a tombstone or plaque. ... For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see Cartoon Network around the world. ... Adult Swim is the name for an adult-oriented television programming network. ... Adult Swim is the name for an adult-oriented television programming network. ...

Current and upcoming projects

MF DOOM produced tracks for both of Ghostface Killah's 2006 albums, Fishscale and More Fish; and the two are currently at work on a collaboration album entitled Swift & Changeable. So far only one track has been released from the album, "Angels", which appeared on a Nature Sounds compilation in late 2006. DOOM has also revealed plans for a second Madvillain album with producer Madlib, with one song, "Monkey Suite", first appearing on the Adult Swim/Stones Throw Records album Chrome Children. Other potential projects mentioned by DOOM include new albums from DANGERDOOM, The John Robinson Project and KMD,^[4] as well as further albums under both his Viktor Vaughn and King Geedorah aliases. However, many such DOOM projects have been rumored in recent years without materializing. “Ghostface” redirects here. ... Fishscale is the fifth solo album by Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah. ... More Fish is the sixth solo album from Ghostface Killah, released on December 12, 2006 through the Def Jam label. ... Swift & Changeable is the name of a forthcoming collaboration album between MF DOOM and Wu-Tang Clans Ghostface Killah, currently set to be released in February 2007 on Lex Records/Nature Sounds. ... Nature Sounds is a record label from Brooklyn, New York, specializing in hip hop and reggae music . ... Categories: Stub | Hip hop albums | 2004 albums ... For the word game, see Mad Libs. ... Adult Swim is the name for an adult-oriented television programming network. ... Stones Throw Records is a California-based hip hop independent record label. ... Chrome Children is a co-production between Stones Throw Records and Adult Swim. ... DANGERDOOM is a musical collaboration between DJ and producer Danger Mouse and rapper MF DOOM. Their first album, The Mouse and the Mask, was released in 2005, and followed by the Occult Hymn EP, available for free download from the Adult Swim website. ... KMD (Kausing Much Damage, or a positive Kause in a Much Damaged society) was a hip-hop trio in the early 1990s best known for launching the career of acclaimed MC and Producer MF Doom, who at the time was known as Zev Love X. Other members of the group...

Despite no new DOOM releases in 2006, Kidrobot and Stones Throw released an 8" tall Madvillain toy available to coincide with the release of the Chrome Children CD/DVD (hosted by Peanut Butter Wolf) which featured a DVD performance of Madvillain and several other Stones Throw artists. MF DOOM also continued to work with [adult swim] doing voice-over work as Sherman The Giraffe on Perfect Hair Forever, and hosting their Christmas Eve 2006 programming. Items on display in Kidrobots San Francisco store Kidrobot (intentionally spelled as one word rather than two) is a producer and retailer of designer toys founded in 2002 by Paul Budnitz. ... Stones Throw Records is a California-based hip hop independent record label. ... Chrome Children is a co-production between Stones Throw Records and Adult Swim. ... Chris Manak, aka Peanut Butter Wolf, is a DJ and Hip Hop producer originally from San Jose, California who has been active since 1986 when he produced a song by Lyrical Prophecy called You Cant Swing This. In 1990 he began to work with Charizma, an emcee, and both... Perfect Hair Forever is an American comedy animated television series produced by Williams Street and airing on the Adult Swim television block. ...

MM..FOOD was reissued under the Rhymesayers label on July 24, 2007 as a special edition CD & DVD package.

MF DOOM also has teamed up with Nike to create his own shoes now known as the Nike Dunk High Premium SB MF DOOM. The shoes were released in July 2007.

MF DOOM will also be doing production on the second album of past collaborator, Kurious which is due early 2008. He as also made an appearance on Stones Throw's B-Ball Zombie War on a track called "Mash's Revenge" along with Guilty Simpson and the late J Dilla. // Jorge Alvarez better known as Kurious Jorge or just Kurious is an underground rap artist from New York City. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: J Dilla James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974–February 10, 2006), better known as J Dilla or Jay Dee, was an American hip hop producer and MC, who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip-hop scene in Detroit, Michigan. ...

Fake Show Accusations

Daniel Dumile has been accused of lip-synching at recent concerts, including events at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on 12 August and at the Independent in San Francisco on 15 August 2007. Opening acts for the San Francisco show confirmed that the microphone used by DOOM was not plugged in. Concert goers in San Francisco reacted violently at the conclusion of the show. The second show slated for the Independent in San Francisco the following night was cancelled, but was rescheduled for a later date. Many concert goers have demanded refunds, although Ticketmaster has sided with the concert promoters who insist that Dumile did perform at these events. Video clips from the 2007 "Rock the Bells" in Randall's Island show "DOOM" holding the microphone at arms length while the backing track plays a short MF DOOM lyric. As was the case with other shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco, DOOM did not speak to the crowd either during or in-between songs although at the Randall's Island show (as seen on youtube), he does adlib some lines. Doom also was a no show at Rock The Bells Detroit It has been said that, in fact, it was not even him on stage during these shows (aside from the Randall's Island show), because the person with the mask looked much thinner than Doom. Lip synchronization is the synchronization of audio signals (sometimes with corresponding video signals) so that there is no noticeable lack of simultaneity between them. ... The El Rey Theatre is currently a live music venue in the Miracle Mile area of the Mid-Wilshire region in Los Angeles, CA. This art-deco building was designed by Clifford A. Balch (who designed over 20 classic art-deco movie theaters around Southern California). ... is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Cancelled shows were a regular occurrence during this string of West Coast events, including "Rock the Bells" in San Francisco. A concert scheduled in Pomona, California days before the El Rey event was cancelled. Shortly after the San Francisco show, the MF Doom show in San Diego on 19 August 2007 was cancelled just two hours before being set to start. The manager at "Canes" where MF Doom was to perform stated that he had phoned in saying he was too sick to perform. is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ben Westhoff of the Village Voice wrote a piece published September 6th, detailing the outrage voiced by his fans on numerous blogs and message boards.

On 22 September 2007, at a show in New York where DOOM was supposed to be the headliner but cancelled, the MC for the show, Kenny Muhammad, asked for a minute of silence for MF DOOM who was "fighting for his life in the hospital". is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Around the end of the month, members on the Stones Throw records message boards had stated that DOOM has addressed the rumors in a statement titled "What's Up, I'm Dead". He has stated that he has not been lip-synching, there was no imposter but it's shown that he lost pounds, and DOOM was not in the hospital and was in the studio. Fans were still unclear of the no-shows that occurred however, but as of now, the rumors are finally squashed.

Style

MF DOOM's lyrics are sometimes perceived as eccentric. With an abundant use of polysyllabic rhymes and bizarre metaphors, MF DOOM combines complex syntax with phrasing to create a rhyme flow that is both exhausting and entertaining. His songs commonly lack the typical verse/chorus structure in favor of showcasing extended rhyme schemes and strophic or repeating beats and melodies. Typical game contents and scoring example. ... The verb to scrabble also means to scratch, scramble or scrape about: see Wiktionary:scrabble. ... In the legend Faust made a Pact with the Devil in which he traded his Soul for Knowledge. ... The Mouse and the Mask is a collaboration album by DJ Danger Mouse and MF DOOM under the name DangerDoom, released on October 11, 2005 by Epitaph Records in the United States. ... Eccentric is from the Greek for out of the centre, as opposed to concentric, in the centre. ... Strophic form, or chorus form, is a sectional and/or additive way of structuring a piece of music based on the repetition of one formal section or block played repeatedly. ...

Samples from old cartoons (particularly Fantastic Four cartoons in which characters often refer to their arch-enemy, Dr. Doom) frequently find their way into MF DOOM's productions. Even before his work on the Adult Swim-influenced DANGERDOOM project, his raps alluded to popular movies and TV shows, often Star Trek and the Godzilla films. For other uses, see Fantastic Four (disambiguation). ... Cover to Heroes Reborn: Fantastic Four #5. ... Adult Swim is the name for an adult-oriented television programming network. ... DANGERDOOM is a musical collaboration between DJ and producer Danger Mouse and rapper MF DOOM. Their first album, The Mouse and the Mask, was released in 2005, and followed by the Occult Hymn EP, available for free download from the Adult Swim website. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. ... This article is about the character itself. ...

Unlike many rappers' first-person point of reference, MF DOOM refers to himself in the third person to better convey his own semi-fictional persona. DOOM himself is a caricature, a masked incarnation of the "supervillain" that his lyrics describe, which combines with personal traits and experiences to create an endlessly fascinating topic for his own songs.

Personal life

Little is known about Dumile's personal life, although he did reveal details in a 2006 interview that was published on his MySpace page. He stated that he is married, his wife named Jasmine, with two children, one of them teenage. MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ...

He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.^[5] This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...

The Mask

Similar to his name, MF DOOM's mask is based on the Fantastic Four character Dr. Doom. However, it is not to be confused with Kool Keith's alias Dr. Dooom. Originally, MF DOOM sported a mask that was very similar to Dr. Doom's, however his current mask, designed by Lord Scotch, a New York graffiti artist, is styled to resemble the mask worn by Russell Crowe in the film Gladiator. For other uses, see Fantastic Four (disambiguation). ... Cover to Heroes Reborn: Fantastic Four #5. ... Keith Matthew Thornton (born c. ... Keith Matthew Thornton, better known as Kool Keith, is an American rap artist and record producer. ... Gladiator is a 2000 historical action drama film. ...

Said to hide the metaphorical scars remaining from the death of MF DOOM's brother Subroc in 1993, MF DOOM has also given a number of alternative meanings for the mask, including the preservation of creative anonymity in the increasingly image-driven genre of hip-hop.

Discography

Main article: Daniel Dumile discography

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Notes

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• MF DOOM complete discography (hosted by Stones Throw)