You know, the whole mask thing?
Yeah, no doubt.
Once it started getting more publicized, and you know, it started being hip-hop, started being more of a money-making thing, then you get these corporate ideas where you want to put what it looks like to sell what it sounds like, but we're dealing with music, so

I guess, obviously, um, the mask is a huge part of DOOM, can you just, for those who, you know, are new to this, can you explain a little bit of why DOOM wears the mask, why he's only seen with the mask?

Yeah, no doubt.
Yeah, the whole mask thing, really, it was, aight, it's a time in hip-hop where things, from my point of view, started going more to what things look like opposed to what things sound like, you know what I mean?
Before, we didn't know what MCs looked like until we went to the party and seen them rocking, you know what I'm saying?
Or seen 'em, you know
Most times you see 'em rockin at a show before you even knew, you know what I'm saying?
Yeah, before video, pre-video, you know, so, you know, you really was going off the sound of the record
Straight skills.
See, once it started getting more publicized and, you know, started being hip-hop, started being more of a money-making thing, then you get these corporate ideas where you want to put what it looks like to sell what it sounds like, but we're dealing with music, so what I did is, I said, alright, look, I'm going to come with the angle of, it don't matter what I look like, you know, it don't matter what the artists look like, it's more what the artists sound like
So, the mask really represents the whole, like, to rebel against trying to sell the product as a human being, you know what I mean?
It's more about the sounds.
So, once it started getting more publicized and, you know, started being hip-hop, started being more of a money-making thing, then you get these corporate ideas where you want to put what it looks like to sell what it sounds like, but we're dealing with music, so, you know, and at the same time, you know, it's something different, you know what I'm saying
And it fits with the theme of the rebel and the villain, where, you know, to him, he don't care about the fame and all that shit.
That shit is of no consequence, you know what I mean? It's more of the message of what's being said
So, I think it helps people focus more on what's being said, and it's still entertaining, it's still like the theater, and it has the appeal of, you know, something that could be considered entertaining, but that message is still there
That, yo, you know, villain represents anybody.
Anybody in here could wear the mask and be the villain, male or female, any race, so-called race, you know what I mean?
It's about where you're coming from, from your heart, you know what I'm saying?
Like, what's the message we got to say?
You know what I mean?
So, that's mainly why, I um, chose to bring the mask into the fold
You know, villain represents anybody. Anybody in here could wear the mask and be the villain, male or female, any race, so-called race, you know what I .mean?
It's about where you're coming from, from your heart, you know what I'm saying?
Like, what's the message we got to say?
You know what I mean?
So, that's mainly why I, um, chose to bring the mask into the fold