MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds - 4. DOOM in Exile

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Following a successful world tour MF DOOM finds himself barred from re-entry into the country that he has called home for the past four decades and is forced into exile. AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty look at the extraordinary circumstances that led to MF DOOM being barred from the country that he called home for almost forty years, and seek to answer the question of how one of New York’s greatest rap talents found himself at odds with the US immigration system?

Speculation about his whereabouts runs wild online, with rumours and sightings of the rapper in Paris, the Caribbean and even further afield, before several curious encounters place the Supervillain in London…

Guests: Thomas Crosbie and Alex De Mora.

Presented by AFRODEUTSCHE and Adam Batty
Writer and Producer: Adam Batty
Senior Producer: Jarek Zaba
Executive Producers: Ellie Clifford and Dino Sofos
Original Score: Matt Helders
Sound Designer and additional music: Jack Suddaby
Assistant Commissioner: Prabhjit Bains
Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer

MF DOOM: Long Island to Leeds is a Persephonica production with BBC Sounds Audio Lab.

Thanks: Suzy Roylance, Clive Anderson, Danny Colligan, Sha Dessi, Katie Murphy.

Published on Tuesday, 10th February 2026.

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