MF DOOM passed away last October, with the news of his death arriving on the final day of 2020. Following news of his death, the artist's streaming numbers exploded by 870 percent.

However, with Robert Downey playing Doom in the MCU, there’s another reason for him to don the mask. If Doom is indeed some version of Tony Stark, the mask would be a perfect way to hide that.

So what it was is that a friend of mine told me he saw this mask that would be perfect for the DOOM character,” he revealed in a conversation from 2009 aired on The House List podcast in 2019.

Doom's mask isn't just a disguise for him, either. In Doom's eyes, it's his true face - the only one he wants the world to see thanks to his brutally burned flesh.

Rapper MF Doom, seen in 2005 in his signature mask modeled after Marvel Comics villain Doctor Doom, died on Oct. 31, 2020. (Peter Kramer/Getty Images) ...

However, fans of the late MF Doom are not feeling The Weeknd 's metallic face piece. "How dare he wear a f**king mf doom mask," tweeted one person on Twitter.

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The mask — the identity — rests on the table face-up as MF DOOM enjoys a late lunch and a few stiff adult beverages before this evening's show, a celebration of his freshest project ...