Yasiin Bey and Lupe Fiasco Deliver Tribute and Freestyle to MF DOOM

Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and Lupe Fiasco are paying their respects to MF DOOM with a tribute and freestyle.

Both artists took to social media to share their love of the late rapper, with Yasiin Bey posting his 2014 take on the Madvillainy cut, “All Caps.” Meanwhile, Lupe Fiasco dropped a freestyle and proposed changing the word “simile” to “Dumile” — MF DOOM’s legal last name. “Thanx DOOM…I learned so much from you about the art of rapping. Studied and analyzed you for years as recently as a few days ago. I wish I could’ve met you to tell you that. here’s some raps…rest easy…Amin…” he tweeted with the freestyle, adding, “To whom it may concern: I ask and propose that from this point forward all rappers from everywhere and from every style and every level in the craft refer to “Similes” as “Dumiles.” Pronounced “Doom-ah-lays.” A small gesture for a fallen master. MF DOOM. Can I get a 2nd?”

Take a listen to Yasiin Bey’s “All Caps” cover on Instagram and Lupe Fiasco’s freestyle below.

Thanx DOOM…I learned so much from you about the art of rapping. Studied and analyzed you for years as recently as a few days ago. I wish I could’ve met you to tell you that. ❤️🙏🏾…here’s some raps…rest easy…Amin… pic.twitter.com/1njyEArfzT

— TAPE TAPE & HOUSE EP NOW PLAYING (@LupeFiasco) January 1, 2021

To whom it may concern:

I ask and propose that from this point forward all rappers from everywhere and from every style and every level in the craft refer to “Similes” as “Dumiles”
Pronounced “Doom-ah-lays”

A small gesture for a fallen master.

MF DOOM 🙏🏾

Can I get a 2nd?

— TAPE TAPE & HOUSE EP NOW PLAYING (@LupeFiasco) December 31, 2020

“When they get to know us people dig us, leaders in the fights for equal rights for niggas…”

-MF DOOM

One of my favorite lines of all time. Wanted to be like him.

“Sit back and watch the world through the eyeholes in my oil paintings”

-LF Trying His Best To Be Like MF 🥲

— TAPE TAPE & HOUSE EP NOW PLAYING (@LupeFiasco) December 31, 2020

In related news, Flying Lotus confirmed that he and MF DOOM were working on a collaborative EP prior to his death.