📗 Libro en inglés THE CHRONICLES OF DOOM

A Rough Trade and Clash Book of the Year Excellent detailed Hip hop writer SH Fernando Jr benefits from an insider s understanding of the milieu and provides generous context Kitty Empire Observer On December 31 2020 the world was shocked to learn about the death of hip hop legend MF DOOM Born in London and raised in the suburban enclave of Long Beach New York Daniel Dumile Jr s love of cartoons and comic books would soon turn him into one of hip hop s most enigmatic prolific and influential figures The Chronicles of DOOM Unraveling Rap s Masked Iconoclast recounts the rise fall redemption and untimely demise of MF DOOM Broken down into five sections The Man The Myth The Mask The Music and The Legend journalist S H Fernando chronicles the life of Daniel Dumile Jr beginning in the house he grew up in in Long Beach NY through to the mysterious masked icon that he was to become Centring the music Fernando deftly lays out the history of east coast rap against DOOM s life story and dissects the personas projects tracks and lyrics that led to his immortality Including exclusive interviews with those who worked closely with him the book provides an unknown intimate behind the scenes look into the life of MF DOOM a supervi