MF Doom dies aged 49

Intricate and enigmatic rapper and producer MF Doom had died aged 49, his wife Jasmine Dumile revealed on New Year's eve, Pitchfork reports. The elusive rapper has however died two months ago, on October 31. The cause of death was not revealed. Born Daniel Dumile in London, raised in Long Island, he first rapped under the alias Zev Love X with the group KMD in the late '80s. Inspired by the Marvel character Dr. Doom, he rechristened himself MF DOOM and released several solo records where he spit bars with playful and twisted intricacy, grounded by his own classic soul- and funk-sampling production. He also released collaborations 'Madvillainy' with Madlib, 'The Mouse and the Mask' with Danger Mouse, as well as projects under aliases Viktor Vaughn and King Geedorah. He also produced tracks for Ghostface Killah and MF Grimm. In 2010 he returned to London where he found everything to be "all new, all fun". MF Doom's latest release was, as we now know, a posthuman collab with BadBadNotGood released two weeks ago. Brooklyn Vegan collected tributes to MF Doom from numerous artists, including Flying Lotus, El-P, Tyler the Creator, Questlove, Jay Electronica, Q-Tip, Denzel Curry, Westside Gunn, DJ Premier, Phonte, JPEGMAFIA, Ty Dolla $ign, Roc Marciano, Sa-Roc, Cordae, Playboi Carti...