MF Doom responds to rumors...

Every day for the past month we've been hit up by people wanting explanations, statements, clarifications, and declarations about MF Doom. Is he lip synching? (No. Listen to the videos on YouTube.) Is he an impostor? (No, but he did lose some pounds.) Is he in the hospital? (No, he's in his studio ... or if not there, you can find him in the pub with the grub stain.)

Reached earlier this morning at his home in Georgia, an alive and well MF Doom issued this statement: "What up? I'm dead."

Doom was in Los Angeles recently and recorded a few verses at The Bomb Shelter studio, where Madvillain, Quasimoto, YNQ, and Madlib classics have been made. Among the new joints recorded was one with him and Guilty Simpson over J Dilla's "Mash" and another over Dilla's "Lightworks". "Mash's Revenge" will be released on the album "B-Ball Zombie War" on October 2. Take a listen:
www.myspace.com/mfdoom

Source: Stones Throw Official Mailing List

RipTheJacker: well, turns out that doom's just lazy, nothing serious... guess i will not have to write an R.I.P under the blog's banner after all.