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ByLwansta’s favourite cover art is the Madlib and MF DOOM collaboration Madvillainy . It led him to a deep dive of DOOM’s artistry. (Image courtesy of ByLwansta)

ByLwansta: Walking in the shadow of DOOM

Rapper, producer, designer and ardent DOOM fan ByLwansta shares the influence the masked villain had on his craft

DOOM pictured on stage with Ghostface, whom he collaborated with. (Ghostface, Instagram)

Meeting DOOM, the man behind the mask

Hip-hop artist DOOM passed away in October, but the world found out only last week. Mpho Moshe Matheolane met the man himself in 2013

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The Portfolio: Lewis Holiday

Photographer Lewis Holiday’s late-’90s image of DOOM captures the hip-hop artist’s early experiments with concealment

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The rhyme and reason behind DOOM’s villainy

Hip-hop auteur Daniel Dumile’s rapping was fuelled by a remarkable erudition, his multiple characters broaching diverse topics with a beguilling playfulness

DOOM pictured with Peanut Butter Wolf, Stahhr and Madlib. (Image courtesy of Stahhr)
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Forever dope: Stahhr on lessons from DOOM

DOOM collaborator Stahhr shares game from the masked villain and how they crafted some of hip-hop’s dopest songs

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The man behind the DOOM mask

After meeting the renowned hip-hop artist at a hotel bar, Mpho Moshe Matheolane sits down with DOOM to talk about marriage, jazz and writing.

Robert Glasper: More than just an experiment

Mpho Moshe Matheolane caught up with award-winning pianist and producer Robert Glasper at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.

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On meeting (MF) Doom, the man behind the mask

Mpho Moshe Matheolane had no idea the stranger he noticed sitting at the bar at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival was hip-hop master Doom.