Eric Andre remembers meeting MF Doom when he was starting out

nme.com:

MF Doom when he was a teenager.The actor and comedian detailed his conversation with the legendary rapper in a new interview with NME, saying Doom “is what rap should be”.“I ran backstage and got to see him without his mask on, which was very cool,” Andre said of his first meeting with Doom after a gig at a friend’s spring break event.“I was like, ‘Hey I’m finishing college I want to intern at Stone’s Throw records and he gave me somebody’s email that worked at Stone’s Throw and told me to email someone.“He was very patient with me, very grounded and sincere.

For me at that age, to see a hero of mine telling me to just email these guys, he seemed like salt of the earth.” Reflecting on Doom’s impact, Eric Andrew said: “He is what rap should.