D12

This article covers the musical group. For further meanings see D-12 .

D12
General information
origin	Detroit , Michigan ( USA )
Genre (s)	Hip hop
founding	1996
resolution	2018
Last occupation
rap	Eminem aka Slim Shady
rap	Bizarre aka Red Head
rap	Kon Artis aka Mr. Porter
rap	Kuniva aka Rondell Beene
rap	Swift aka Swifty McVay (since 1999)
former members
rap	Proof alias Derty Harry or Oil Can Harry († April 11, 2006, shot in Detroit)
rap	Bugz († May 21, 1999; shot dead in Detroit)
rap	Fuzz Scoota (1996-1999; 2011-2015)

D12 was an American hip-hop - Crew in 1996 by six Detroit rappers was founded. She has been under contract with Eminem's label Shady Records since 1999 and, thanks to its fame, achieved worldwide success from 2001. In 2018, Eminem announced the dissolution of the group.

history

The name "D12" is an abbreviation for Dirty Dozen ( German  dirty dozen ). Contrary to its name, D12 consisted of only six people, each with an alter ego . The founding members were Proof (Dirty Harry), Bizarre (Peter S. Bizarre), Kuniva (Hannz G.) (who later changed his name to Rondell Beene), Kon Artis (Mr. Porter), Bugz (Robert Beck) and Eminem , who used the famous character Slim Shady as his alter ego.

When the formation was not yet world famous, the member Bugz, who was known far beyond Detroit as a talented freestyle rapper, was shot on May 21, 1999 in Detroit after an argument. Bugz was replaced by the band's friend, rapper Swift , for whom he had spoken out as a possible member before his death. All members, including Eminem, have a tattoo on their wrists in memory of him. They also dedicated the songs Good Die Young and Bugz '97 to him on their second album D12 World .

In 2000, Eminem introduced the rap crew on his album The Marshall Mathers LP on the song Under the Influence . After the band was made known to such a large audience, the first D12 single Shit on You was released in late 2000 . In the summer of 2001 they released another single called Purple Pills , which could also be found on the debut album Devils Night , which was released shortly afterwards and which stayed in the German top ten for weeks . Then Fight Music was released as a single. In the same year they went on a tour of several weeks with Bionic Jive .

In April 2004 the second album D12 World followed , from which two more successful singles were released with My Band and How Come . This album also made it into the charts.

D12 at a gig (2005)

In 2005 D12 got a role in the feature film Game Without Rules , in the credits of which they were listed as "basketball convicts". For the film they recorded the song My Ballz . Although Eminem was the only D12 member who didn't appear in the film, he contributed the chorus and a verse to My Ballz .

On the morning of April 11, 2006, founding member Proof was shot dead after he and a second person left an after hours club on 8 Mile Road in Detroit. Then D12 consisted of only five rappers.

Since then, no other album has been released by the band. Instead, the remaining members released the mixtape Return of the Dozen in 2008 , on which other rappers from Detroit are represented, but not Eminem . The release of a second part of the mixtape took place on April 12, 2011. On April 6, 2011 Bizarre announced that Fuzz Scoota was accepted as the new sixth member of the group, but left in 2015.

In January 2014, Mark Bass of music producer duo Bass Brothers confirmed that D12 had recently recorded several songs at FBT Music Studios . Eminem should be heard on at least three songs. Also Bizarre returned to the group and confirmed in February 2014 that new material will be released soon yet.

Bizarre and Kuniva announced a new mixtape on August 22, 2015 via Twitter . It is called The Devils Night and was released in October 2015.

On August 31, 2018, Eminem announced the breakup of the group in the song Stepping Stone from his tenth studio album Kamikaze . He also apologized to Kuniva, Bizarre and Swift for neglecting the group after Proof's death.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2001	Devils Night	DE5 (18 weeks) DE	AT12 (13 weeks) AT	CH7 (13 weeks) CH	UK2 platinum (23 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (22 weeks)US	First published: June 18, 2001 Sales: + 1,300,000
2004	D12 World	DE2 gold (21 weeks)DE	AT5 (20 weeks) AT	CH3 (19 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (22 weeks)UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (28 weeks)US	First published: April 26, 2004 Sales: + 2,550,000

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2000	Shit on You Devils Night (Limited Edition)	DE8 (12 weeks) DE	AT45 (9 weeks) AT	CH21 (12 weeks) CH	UK10 (15 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 5, 2000
2001	Purple Pills Devils Night	DE19 (10 weeks) DE	AT41 (12 weeks) AT	CH25 (14 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (19 weeks)UK	US19 (15 weeks) US	First published: July 9, 2001 Sales: + 400,000
	Fight Music Devils Night	DE38 (10 weeks) DE	AT61 (4 weeks) AT	CH51 (9 weeks) CH	UK11 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 5, 2001
2004	My Band D12 World	DE2 (15 weeks) DE	AT4 (16 weeks) AT	CH3 (20 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (20 weeks)UK	US6th gold (18 weeks)US	First published: March 14, 2004 Sales: + 900,000
	How Come D12 World	DE15 (12 weeks) DE	AT17 (15 weeks) AT	CH17 (15 weeks) CH	UK4 (8 weeks) UK	US27 gold (12 weeks)US	First published: June 8, 2004 Sales: + 500,000

Mix tapes

• 2000: Detroit, What! (Demo tape)
• 2003: Limited Edition Mixtape (without Eminem)
• 2008: Return of the Dozen (without Eminem)
• 2011: Return of the Dozen Vol. 2
• 2015: The Devils Night Mixtape (without Eminem)
• 2015: The Devils Night Mixtape: Reloaded

EPs

• 1997: The Underground EP ( re-released in 2007 under the title The Dirty Dozen )

Collaborations and Exclusives

• 2000: Get Back with Tony Touch (on The Piece Maker )
• 2000: Words Are Weapons with Funkmaster Flex (on The Mix Tape, Vol. 4: 60 Minutes of Funk )
• 2000: Act a Fool (on Kill the DJ )
• 2000: Under the Influence (on The Marshall Mathers LP )
• 2000: Quitter ( Disstrack against Everlast )
• 2001: Blow My Buzz (on The Wash )
• 2001: 911 with Gorillaz & Terry Hall (on Bad Company )
• 2002: When the Music Stops (on The Eminem Show )
• 2002: She Devil with Tech N9ne (on Absolute Power )
• 2002: Rap Game with 50 Cent (on 8 Mile )
• 2003: Outro with Obie Trice (on Cheers )
• 2003: Doe Rae Me with Obie Trice (on Straight from the Lab , Disstrack versus Ja Rule , Murder Inc. and Benzino )
• 2004: Census Bureau (on The Streetsweeper Vol. 2: The Pain from the Game )
• 2004: Lies & Rumors (on Shark Tale )
• 2004: One Shot 2 Shot (on Encore )
• 2005: My Ballz (on The Longest Yard )
• 2005: Nuthin 'at All (on Hannicap Circus )
• 2005: Pimplikeness (on Searching for Jerry Garcia )
• 2005: Off to Tijuana with Hush (on Bulletproof )
• 2011: Hit Me with Your Best Shot
• 2017: Pimp & Hoes (on Gray Blood )

Music videos

• 2000: Shit on You
• 2001: Purple Pills
• 2001: Fight Music
• 2004: My Band
• 2004: Git Up
• 2004: How Come
• 2004: 40 oz
• 2004: UR the One
• 2009: Fugh University
• 2011: Kill Zone
• 2011: I Made It
• 2011: Outro
• 2015: Dirty Dozen
• 2016: Steel Ill
• 2016: Raw as It Gets

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2001: for the single Purple Pills  France 2001: for the album Devils Night  Norway 2001: for the album Devils Night

Platinum record  Australia 2001: for the album Devils Night 2004: for the single My Band 2004: for the album D12 World  Japan 2004: for the album D12 World  New Zealand 2001: for the album Devils Night 2004: for the single My Band 2004: for the album D12 World

3 × platinum record  Canada 2001: for the album Devils Night

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	gold1	3 × platinum3	245,000	aria.com.au
Germany (BVMI)	gold1	-	100,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	gold1	-	100,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Japan (RIAJ)	-	platinum1	250,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	3 × platinum3	300,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	3 × platinum3	45,000	nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI)	gold1	-	20,000	ifpi.no
United States (RIAA)	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	4,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	1,400,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	8 × gold8th	15 × platinum15th

Prices

• Echo pop
  • 2002 : "Artist or group international"

• MTV Europe Music Awards
  • 2004 : "Best Hip-Hop Artist"

swell

1. ↑ Alter Ego Eminem ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Alter Ego Bizarre ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Alter Ego Kon Artis ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Alter Ego Kuniva ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Alter Ego Swift ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Alter Ego Proof ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Bugz shot ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Swift for Bugz to D12 ( Memento of the original from February 29, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ D12 members wear tattoos to commemorate Bugz
10. ^ Bionic Jive. bionic-jive.com, archived from the original on January 18, 2010 ; accessed on January 24, 2018 . 
11. ↑ D12 in "Game Without Rules"
12. ↑ Proof shot ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ^ Return of the Dozen Pt. 2
14. ↑ D12 starts recording songs again
15. ↑ Bizarre announces new material ( memento of the original from May 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ↑ Bizarre announces new mixtape
17. ↑ Lyrics Stepping Stone
18. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Biography of D12 on laut.de.
• D12 on Myspace
• D12 at Allmusic (English)
• D12 on shadyrecords.com