The Mask of Doom
Ta-Nehisi Coates drives around Los Angeles with the rapper and m.c. Metal Face Doom—formerly Daniel Dumile—of “Operation: Doomsday” fame.
In 1993, Dumile's brother Subroc was hit by a car and killed. Later that year, their label refused to release KMD's second album, fearing controversy over its cover art. Rap went multiplatinum; Daniel Dumile disappeared. Then he returned wearing a metal mask, calling himself MF DOOM.