MF Doom

Dumile in 2011

Daniel Dumile[a] (/ˈduːmiːleɪ/ DOOM-ee-lay;[2] 13 July 1971[3] – 31 October 2020) was a British-American rapper, songwriter and record producer. He was born in London. His career began in 1988. He worked with Madlib and the two made a duo known as Madvillain. Their album Madvillainy is well known.

Dumile died on 31 October 2020, aged 49.[4] His death was announced two months later on 31 December by his wife.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Occasionally credited as Daniel Dumile Thompson.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Bradley & DuBois 2010, pp. 856–857.
  2. ↑ Coates, Ta-Nehisi (21 September 2009). "The Mask of Metal Face Doom". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Everyone, Including Us, Thought January 9th was MF DOOM's Birthday – It's Not". okayplayer. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Ihaza, Jeff (31 December 2020). "MF DOOM, Elusive Bard of Hip-Hop, Dead at 49". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Price, Joe (31 December 2020). "MF Doom Dead at 49". Complex. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.