Daniel Dumile ( ) (born January 9, 1971) is a British born American hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career—originally Zev Love X, most famously MF DOOM, and in side projects such as King Geedorah, Metal Fingers, Viktor Vaughn, and collaboration projects such as DANGERDOOM and Madvillain. He remains one of the most popular and critically acclaimed indie artists today. Little is known about his personal life, though he did reveal in a 2006 interview on his MySpace page that he is married with two children, one of them teenage.

Daniel Dumile (“doom-uh-lay”) is a British born American hip-hop artist who has taken on several aliases ( King Geedorah , MF DOOM , Viktor Vaughn , Zev Love X and Metal Fingers) in his career. Dumile’s eccentric wordplay makes him a favorite of underground hip-hop fans. He is heavily influenced by American comic books (especially the Fantastic Four and their battles with Dr. Doom ). Japanese science fiction is also an influence; the concept for King Geedorah (which is derived from Ghidora