Daniel Dumile was born in London in 1971 his family quickly moved to Long Island new York where he was raised. There he was introduced to rap and once older he broke into the rap scene under his first alias Zev Love X. Alongside his brother they created a group called KMD and signed to Elektra Records. Unfortunately legendary status wasn't easy and DOOMS' life was thrown into turmoil as his brother died in a car accident. After these events, Doom went into hiding and would soon introduce the world metal-masked villain, MF DOOM. In 1999  DOOM dropped his debut solo LP, Operation: Doomsday. Though this album was revolutionary it would take years for him to receive his flowers. 

DOOM has been influenced by pop culture's most notable superhero comics as his whole persona is based on the character Doctor Doom. Doctor Doom is a supervillain from Marvel comics who uses his brain on a scientific quest to control the world. He is also inspired by King Ghidorah an alien from the Godzilla series who is a three-headed dragon from another world with evil intentions. DOOM takes inspiration from this monster in an Album where he acts as the character highlighting his story-building expertise

Even after his death DOOM's legacy will rename legendary not only to rap but to music in general. DOOM transformed the genre of hip-hop with his beats and wordplay. His mysterious identity will forever be know for a distaste for celebrity status and culture, he would rather be a villain behind a mask then seen as a "hero" for the masses. DOOM proves that creatity can not be suppressed into a once thought norm.

DOOM has had many collaborations but one notable is his album with producer Danger Mouse "Danger DOOM" which was also a calibration with the cartoon network's Adult Swim Channel.  Another collaboration was with the band Gorillaz in their album "Demons Days" on the song November has Come. This album show doom ability to collaborate esspicly with artist who were pushing music outside mainstream norms.