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Madlib: ‘Rap right now should be like Public Enemy – but it’s just not there’

The hip-hop star talks modern music, the death of ‘king of the beats’ MF Doom and how he missed out a Kendrick team-up

When Madlib, one of the most respected beat-makers in hip-hop, announced his new solo album last month, he didn’t imagine he’d be grieving his most famous collaborator soon after. On New Year’s Eve, he was at home in lockdown, like music fans all over the world, staring at the internet in disbelief at the news of the death of MF Doom, one of rap’s most prodigal forces. Doom’s wife revealed on Instagram that the masked rapper had passed away two months earlier.

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