{"product_id":"9781662602177","title":"Chronicles of DOOM  S.H. Fernando Jr.","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"desc_summary1662602170-content\" class=\"expandContent\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist’s life, career, and eventual immortality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the journalist behind\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Streets of Shaolin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand packed with behind-the-scenes content, for fans of hip-hop biographies like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDilla Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Marathon Don’t Stop.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSweeping and definitive,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecounts 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, or SKIZ, chronicles the life of Daniel Dumile Jr., beginning in the house he grew up in in Long Beach, NY, into the hip-hop group KMD, onto the stage of his first masked show, through the countless collabs, and across the many different cities Daniel called home. Centering the music, SKIZ 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding exclusive interviews with those who worked closely with DOOM and providing an unknown, intimate, behind the scenes look into DOOM’s life,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of DOOM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the definitive biography of MF DOOM, a supervillain on stage and hero to those who paid attention.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452310360373,"sku":"9781662603242","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/4289\/2853\/files\/9781662602177_6df5c.jpg?v=1736106462","url":"https:\/\/researchdevstore.myshopify.com\/products\/9781662602177","provider":"Research \u0026 Development Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}