The news of MF DOOM’s unexpected death is still sinking in roughly two weeks after his wife made the announcement. On Saturday (January 16), the famous Metal Faced supervillain was a trending Twitter topic after fans learned DOOM’s music was included on President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ inauguration playlist.
The London-born MC never obtained citizenship upon moving to New York City as a baby and largely avoided leaving the country. It didn’t prove to be an issue until he decided to go on a European tour and was denied back into the United States in 2010. He told a news outlet at the time, “I’m done with the United States. It’s no big deal.”
Kendrick Lamar, MF DOOM, Mac Miller & More Soundtrack Joe Biden & Kamala Harris' 2021 Inauguration Playlist
But to DOOM’s American fans, it was a big deal and in 2017, one of his diehards started a Change.org petition to nudge then-President Barack Obama to naturalize DOOM as a U.S. citizen to no avail. But apparently, fans are still looking for someone to blame and Biden, who served as Vice President to Obama in 2010, was an easy target.
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Curated by Issa Rae’s Raedio imprint, D-Nice and the Presidential Inaugural Committee, the “Biden + Harris 2021 Inauguration Playlist” includes DOOM’s 2004 single “Coffin Nails” from Special Herbs, Vols. 5 & 6 alongside tracks from Mac Miller, Kendrick Lamar, A Tribe Called Quest and more.
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