On this date in 2020, MF DOOM's family released a statement announcing that the influential rapper passed away at 49.
"The greatest husband, father, teacher, student, business partner, lover and friend I could ever ask for,"
DOOM's wife Jasmine wrote in the caption of an Instagram post depicting her late husband. She thanked him for teaching her how to forgive and love, and expressed her grief, saying "My world will never be the same without you."
MF DOOM passed away on Halloween, according to his wife, and his cause of death is currently unknown.
Author's summary: Remembering MF DOOM five years later.