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Mf DoomDaniel Dumile aka MF Doom is said to have been born in the late 1960's to early 1970's. MF Doom is the most frequently used and well known mic name of rapper Daniel Dumile, AKA Zev Love X, King Geedorah, and more recently, Viktor Vaughn. Patterning his persona and logo after the Marvel Comics supervillain Dr. Doom, the man behind MF (Metal Face) Doom's iron mask is actually a member of former Big Apple hip-hoppers KMD. First featured on the 3rd Bass single "The Gas Face," the London-born, Long Island-raised Zev made his debut with KMD a couple of years later, along with his younger brother and musical partner DJ Subroc. The 1991 album Mr. Hood, released on Elektra Records, was part of a short-lived trend of Islamic Five Percent Nation hip-hop outings, along with efforts by groups like Poor Righteous Teachers and KMD's labelmates Brand Nubian. However, Subroc was fatally injured in 1993 when he was struck by a car, and when Zev and KMD returned the next year, it was with the even more serious and miltant Black Bastards, an album whose cover art alone (featuring a Little Black Sambo-ish cartoon character being hanged) spelled the end of the group's contract with Elektra. With the album in limbo, Zev went underground for five years, "recovering from his wounds" and swearing revenge "against the industry that so badly deformed him," according to his official bio, a reworking of Dr. Doom's origin. Meanwhile, Black Bastards was heavily bootlegged and Zev Love's legend grew, but few knew at first that the rapper who began showing up at the Nuyorican Poets Caf in 1998, freestyling with a stocking covering his face, was actually Zev. The imaginative MC finally ended the mystery in 1999, resurfacing in his new identity as MF Doom and making up for lost time with a critically praised new album, Operation: Doomsday, on indie label Fondle 'Em Records. This album was received very well by the majority of underground listeners. After this, MF Doom released various instrumental albums known as the Special Herbs projects under the name Metal Fingers. Operation: Doomsday was re-released in 2000, the year in which he also released and album with MF Grimm, and helped produce Grimm's album The Downfall Of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera. In 2002, he continued the Special Herbs, until 2003, when he released Take Me To Your Leader under the name "King Geedorah," Vaudeville Villain under the name "Viktor Vaughn" and Escape From Monsta Island! with the Monsta Island Czars. In 2004, he released VV2: Venomous Villain, (under the "Viktor Vaughn" moniker) an album which received mixed reviews for its length (33 minutes) and the fact that MF Doom only rapped for ten minutes. He also released Madvillainy with producer Madlib (known for being all five members of "Yesterday's New Quintet"), which was hailed as a classic for its excellent beats and abstract rhymes. The most recent albums under the Doom moniker is Mm . . Food, and the leftover remixes. 2005 looks to be a promising year for Doom. A new album, Live From Planet X, will be released on March 8, 2005 and later in the year he will be releasing Dangerdoom, which will be produced in entirety by DJ Dangermouse, of The Grey Album fame. A new KMD album, Mental Illness, is also in progress, along with The John Robinson Project, which will be a collaboration between Doom and Li'l Sci. Operation: Doomsday will also be reissued on CD (it was only available on vinyl before). The Prof. Meets The Supervillain, a collaboration between The Professor and Doom, is due for a summer release. Side Note: When he is in his role as "King Geedorah" he inhabits a rap circle known as "Monster Island" or "The Monster Island Czars", including rappers named Kong, Rodan, Jet Jaguar, and other rappers named after Japanese movie monsters. for more information, or to check the facts, see http://www.mfdoomsite.com/
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