![]() Black Bastards had been bootlegged by that time, but was not officially released until 2000. According to interviews with Dumile, he was "recovering from his wounds" and swearing revenge "against the industry that so badly deformed him". In the late 1990s, he settled in Atlanta he had moved to Georgia in the mid-90s. Īfter his brother's death, Dumile retreated from the hip hop scene from 1994 to 1997, living "damn near homeless, walking the streets of Manhattan, sleeping on benches". KMD was dropped by Elektra and the album went unreleased due to its controversial cover art, which featured a cartoon of a stereotypical pickaninny or sambo character being hanged. Dumile completed the album alone over the course of several months, and it was announced with a release date of May 3, 1994. On April 23, 1993, just before the release of the second KMD album, Black Bastards, Subroc was struck by a car and killed while crossing the Long Island Expressway. Dumile performed the last verse on "The Gas Face" according to Pete Nice's verse on the track, Dumile created the phrase. Their recording debut came on 3rd Bass's song "The Gas Face" on The Cactus Album, followed in 1991 by their debut album Mr. A&R representative Dante Ross learned of KMD through the hip hop group 3rd Bass and signed them to Elektra Records. Career 1988–1997: KMD, Subroc's death, and hiatus ĭumile as Zev Love X (left) with fellow KMD members DJ Subroc and Onyx the Birthstone Kid in 1991Īs Zev Love X, Dumile formed the hip hop group KMD in 1988 with his younger brother DJ Subroc and Rodan, who was later replaced by Onyx the Birthstone Kid. As a child, he was a fan and collector of comic books and earned the nickname "Doom" (a phonetic play on the name Dumile) among friends and family. ![]() ĭumile began DJing during the summer after third grade. However, he remained a British citizen, never gaining American citizenship. He said he had no memory of his London childhood and his parents had no affiliation with British culture. As a child, Dumile moved with his family to Long Island, New York he grew up in Long Beach, New York. ![]() According to Dumile, he was conceived in the United States, and happened to be born in London because his mother was visiting family.
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