TY - BOOK AU - Fernando,S.H. TI - The chronicles of DOOM: unraveling rap's masked iconoclast SN - 9781662602177 AV - ML420.M4246 F4 2024 U1 - 782.421649092B 23/eng/20240509 PY - 2024/// CY - [New York] PB - Astra House KW - MF Doom. KW - Rap musicians KW - England KW - Biography KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and discography; I. The man. Back in the days ; The gas face ; Peachfuzz ; Black bastards ; The time we faced DOOM -- II. The myth. Hero vs. villain ; Monster zero ; Take me to your leader -- III. The mask. Suspended animation ; Deep fried frenz ; Who you think I am? ; The mic -- IV. The music. MF DOOM/Operation: Doomsday ; MF DOOM/Special herbs ; King Geedorah/Take me to your leader ; Viktor Vaught/Vaudeville villain ; Madvillain/Madvillainy ; MF DOOM/Mmm...food ; Danger DOOM/The mouse and the mask ; DOOM/Born like this ; JJDOOM/Key to the kuffs -- V. The legend. Never dead ; Operation: greenbacks - VI. The catalog (a Doomography) -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- About the author N2 - "The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist's life, career, and eventual immortality"-- ER -