His work with Madvillain has been covered by the New Yorker, as has his entire career.ĭumile was born on Januin London, England, the son of a Trinidadian mother and Zimbabwean father. He is also renowned for bringing comedy back into the sometimes overly serious world of rap lyrics and a unique, sample-heavy production style. Japanese science fiction is also an influence the concept for King Geedorah (which is derived from Ghidorah) and the Monsta Island Czars comes from the Godzilla movie series. He is heavily influenced by American comic books (especially the Fantastic Four and their battles with Dr. Little is known about his personal life.ĭumile's eccentric wordplay makes him a favorite of underground hip-hop fans. He has also been known as Zev Love X, King Geedorah, Metal Fingers, Viktor Vaughn, Doom, and has appeared in several collaborative projects such as DANGERDOOM (with Danger Mouse) and Madvillain (with Madlib).
Daniel Dumile ('doom-uh-lay') is a British born American hip-hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most famously MF DOOM (standing for metal fingers/metal face doom).
