Daniel Dumile AKA MF Doom has died.
Yesterday his family released a statement via his label, Rhymesayers, that the masked, UK-born rapper had died on 31st October this year aged 49.
There were no details on a cause of death or why the information had not been anounced earlier.
DOOM a rapper, songwriter, and record producer.
He performed and released music under several stage names, most notably MF Doom. Dumile debuted the late 1980s and became a major figure in underground hip hop of the early 21st century. Upon his death, Variety called him "one of the most celebrated, unpredictable and enigmatic figures in independent hip-hop”.
MF DOOM Toured Australia in April 2011.