One of his final acts had been a request that Swift join the group. Later the group was joined by Bugz, and Bugz introduced his longtime friend Swift, who at the time was a member of rap duo Da Rabeez. At the time, Porter was the group's producer (he later produced Eminem's first album, Infinite), but Kuniva persuaded him to join the group as an artist. Porter, a longtime friend of Eminem and Proof. He managed to recruit local Detroit hip hop duo Da Brigade, composed of Kuniva, a local MC, and Mr. In 1999, Bugz released These Streets EP, and made several appearances on other rappers' songs.Īround the time of Eminem's first record deal, Proof attempted to revive D12. Proof won a freestyling competition run by The Source. Along with Eminem, Rah Digga and Young Zee, he became an honorary member of The Outsidaz. Bizarre was named Inner City Entertainment's 'Flava of the Week' and went on to release an album, Attack of the Weirdos. In 19, its members began establishing reputations locally. In 1997, they released their debut extended play, The Underground EP, which was recorded between 19. History Early career and The Underground EP (1996–1998)

1.7 Solo careers, collaborative works and breakup (2017–2018).

1.6 Bizarre and Kon Artis rejoin, Shady XV, unreleased third studio album and The Devil's Night Mixtape (2014–2015).

1.5 Member changes, hiatus, mixtapes and comeback (2007–2013).

1.4 Death of Proof, Swift's arrest and Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (2006).1.3 Devil's Night, D12 World and appearances without Eminem (2000–2005).1.1 Early career and The Underground EP (1996–1998).

On August 31, 2018, Eminem released a song titled ' Stepping Stone' on his tenth studio album Kamikaze (2018) announcing that D12 had officially disbanded. Since 2006, Eminem's hiatus and the death of Proof resulted in the group being less active in subsequent years. In 2004, the group won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Act. Both albums were certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The group released the albums Devil's Night in 2001 and D12 World in 2004, spawning numerous hits such as ' Fight Music', ' Purple Pills', ' My Band', ' How Come' and ' Shit on You' throughout that period. Porter, Kuniva and Swifty McVay.ĭ12 had chart-topping albums in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia during the early 2000s. Formed in 1996, the group achieved mainstream success with its lineup of de facto leader Eminem, Proof, Bizarre, Mr. D12 (an initialism for the Dirty Dozen) was an American hip hop collective from Detroit, Michigan.

D12 members