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MF Doom & the Endless Personal

A reading I gave at Bold Tendencies

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Jago Rackham
Jun 17, 2025
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Last week I found time to delve into the back catalogue of rap legend MF DOOM. I was asked to think about him by Bold Tendencies for a night celebrating his first album (as DOOM, see below), Operation Doomsday, because he relies on food as metaphor and signifier in his lyrics. It was a really wonderful thing, to delve deeply into an artist, and I emerge…

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