The Villain Never Dies: Jason Jägel Honors MF Doom March 02, 2021 | in Magazine We think you'll like When MF Doom released Operation: Doomsday in 1999 (and the split EP with MF Grimm on Brick Records), the record’s complex significance blew my mind. It demanded my scrutiny. I came to think of the MF Doom character and Operation: Doomsday as an alchemical equation that solved the twin tragedies of losing his brother and closest collaborator, as well as having their record, Black Bastards, killed by Elektra Records. Surely KMD would have received big fame if they hadn’t caught the stray bullet of cultural racism. And yet, without such affront, the circumstances that birthed the Supervillain would have been otherwise.