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Rapper in this modern era identify with a persona that they created for themselves, these monikers are often used to explain characteristic or act that one wouldn’t display on a day to day basis. The persona allows the rapper to deliver nonstop bizarre, clever, thought provoking lyrics that hip-hop is known for. MF DOOM is no stranger to this approach of hip-hop, and he has taking it so far to even wear a mask to help fans embody the persona of his charter. With him, you’ll never know when the persona is ceased and when actual human begin.
MF DOOM was Born in London, England, as Daniel Dumile but was raised in Long Island, New York, At a young age he started dipping into Hip-hop. He and his brother started a rap group called Kausing Much Damage (KMD) under the aliases Zev Love X, DOOM, and DJ Subroc, DOOM brother. By 1991 they released their debut album , Mr. HOOD (Elektra-1991) since they both consider themselves members of the Ansaar Allah Community, the content on the album was heavy addressing Black American issue like racism and religion, with also a message of positivity to the youth.
The death of DJ Subro, Doom brother, in 1993 caused a delay in the release of the group second album, Black
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The Key to the Kuffs consisted of the duo Jneiro Jarel and DOOM under the group name JJ DOOM. The album is solely produced by Jneiro Jarel. In the album, fans got the same DOOM as before , the smart aleck and the underrated political agitator, with lyrics full of humor that are funny. The Mouse and the Mask duo with Danger Mouse. DOOM and Danger Mouse mostly sampled Cartoon Network’s Adult swim shows which made it something different for other DOOM projects. The album still got many good reviews from many publications. On NehruvianDoom he collaborated with Bishop Nehru. On NehruvianDoom DOOM produced the album, Bishop did most the rapping on the

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