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My Take
MF DOOM remains, to me, hip-hop's greatest argument that mystery beats marketing. While everyone else chased fame with their faces, he hid behind a metal mask and let the rhymes do the talking — dense, slippery, comic-book-villain wordplay that rewards a tenth listen more than the first. Madvillainy alone would secure his legacy, but it is the consistency of his strange universe that I admire most. Born in London and gone on Halloween 2020, even his exit felt scripted by the villain he played. I keep returning to his catalog the way you reread a favorite novel, always finding a hidden line.
Overview
Daniel Dumile ( DOO-mə-lay; born Dumile Daniel Thompson; July 13, 1971 – October 31, 2020), also known by his stage name MF Doom or simply Doom (both mostly stylized in all caps), was a British and American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- MF DOOM
- Name (Japanese)
- MFドゥーム
- Reading
- MFどぅーむ
- Born
- July 13, 1971 – October 31, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Boar
- Origin
- London, Roman Empire
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- rapper / songwriter / record producer / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Madvillainy | — | |
| Notable work | Take Me to Your Leader | — | |
| Notable work | Mm.. Food | — | |
| Notable work | Born Like This | — | |
| Notable work | Vaudeville Villain | — | |
| Notable work | Venomous Villain | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.mfdoom.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mfdoom/
- Xhttps://x.com/mfdoom
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/MF%20Doom
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.