Shoulda done a series of the random dudes who would perform as him
― Godzilla: (laughs) You are a fool, Mozart. You will never defeat me. (a hoy hoy), Monday, 26 June 2023 19:17 (ten months ago) link
i just realized that megalon's "who you want me to be/true thugging mc..." line was a buju banton reference
― Heez, Monday, 26 June 2023 20:37 (ten months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/06/leeds-hospital-trust-apologises-after-rapper-mf-doom-died-in-its-care?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
― NickB, Thursday, 6 July 2023 20:39 (ten months ago) link
saw this earlier.i had no idea re him having any connection to leeds.
― mark e, Thursday, 6 July 2023 20:48 (ten months ago) link
Yeah i know. Wondering if he was living in the UK at the time so that he could get NHS treatment? Anyway what a sad and somewhat mundane way to go :(
― NickB, Thursday, 6 July 2023 20:52 (ten months ago) link
so many mysteries surrounded his death - like, wasn't he supposed to have died some time before his family made it public?
― serving aunt (stevie), Thursday, 6 July 2023 21:08 (ten months ago) link
this story, though... what a waste. what a tragedy.
― serving aunt (stevie), Thursday, 6 July 2023 21:09 (ten months ago) link
― NickB, Thursday, July 6, 2023 1:52 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
he was born in the uk, grew up and lived in the us and then was deported later in life iirc
― Bongo Jongus, Thursday, 6 July 2023 21:10 (ten months ago) link
knew he was born in london, didn't know about the deportation though. any idea why?
― NickB, Thursday, 6 July 2023 21:13 (ten months ago) link
seems complicated but partially because paperwork was too expensive/never filed when he was a kid, and then a buncha stuff never went through as it should've when he was an adult, plus he kept getting arrested, seems pretty kafkaesque
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/untangling-mf-dooms-lifelong-struggle-with-the-us-immigration-system/
― Bongo Jongus, Thursday, 6 July 2023 21:18 (ten months ago) link
oh thanks!
― NickB, Thursday, 6 July 2023 21:22 (ten months ago) link
Slick Rick similarly faced deportation to the UK (Jesus, where IS he?)
― beamish13, Thursday, 6 July 2023 21:29 (ten months ago) link