Kool Keith

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Kool Keith, who is as well known for his bizarre antics as he is for his rapping, has announced that he is planning to put together a rock band to perform with, and he wants Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst involved. "I want to take things to the next level ...

For the third installment of 'Where Are They Now?' we checked in with Keith Thornton AKA Dr. Octagon AKA Dr. Dooom AKA Black Elvis, but for the purposes of this feature we're going to stick with his most popular moniker, Kool Keith. A decade before hip-hop embraced whimsy and avantgarde artists, Kool Keith -- a founding member of the Ultramagnetic MCs -- made a statement with his genre-crossing, u