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“Villain got banished/Refused out the U.S., he ain’t even Spanish.”
"These are the opening lyrics to DOOM’s 2012 collaborative track “Banished” with Jneiro Jarel, released months before what would apparently be the masked rapper’s final attempt to enter the United States. Born in the United Kingdom, the rapper otherwise known as Daniel Dumile, or MF DOOM, was denied entry to America for the first time in 2010 upon returning from an international tour, and by 2012, he seemed to have accepted the reality of life abroad. In an interview with Q magazine that year, he said it outright: “I’m done with the United States, it’s no big deal.”"
"The USCIS documents show that Dumile knew he had to resolve his immigration status in 2004 and took meaningful steps to do so. His application for permanent residency under the registry provisions was possibly denied because he either couldn’t or didn’t prove that he was living in the U.S. prior to 1972—even though records show he arrived in the country prior to 1972."
Untangling MF DOOM’s Lifelong Struggle With the U.S. Immigration System
Previously unreported immigration documents show the rapper’s attempts to gain legal residency in the U.S. before his death in October 2020
