Question

A cuneiform tablet appears next to this object on the cover of a 2009 album whose title is borrowed from a Charles Bukowski poem. A collaboration album named The Mouse and this object (15[1])features the song “Benzi Box”. On another album featuring this object on its cover, a rapper describes himself as “so nasty that it’s probably somewhat of a travesty”; (15[1])that 2004 album was a collaboration with producer (*) Madlib. In a song featuring Mr. (10[1])Fantastik, (10[1])an artist known for wearing this Gladiator-inspired object (10[1])raps about people “telling all their business” who “sit in the court (10[1])and be their own star witness”. (-5[1])The cover of Madvillainy depicts, (10[1])for 10 points, what metal object worn by the Marvel-supervillain-inspired rapper of “All Caps” and “Rapp Snitch (10[1])Knishes”? ■END■

ANSWER: MF DOOM’s mask [accept answers identifying the mask worn by MF DOOM, Doctor Doom, or Daniel Dumile; prompt on mask alone with “whose mask?”]
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