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Full D12 Biography
D12 (also known as D-12, The Dirty Dozen, D-Twizzy and Detroit-Twelve) is an American hip-hop group from Detroit, Michigan, which has had albums reach the top of the American, British, and Australian album charts: Devil's Night in 2001 and D12 World in 2004. D12 was formed in 1990, but only achieved mainstream success when its most accomplished member, Eminem, had risen to international fame and notoriety. Previously, D12 had been a notable contributor in the underground rap scene.
After all six members were established, the group made a promise to each other that the first member to achieve solo success would come back for the others.
In 1999 he released his hit debut The Slim Shady LP and quickly rose to super stardom as The Slim Shady LP went on to sell four million copies in the United States. Having taken Dre's advice, he had established himself as a solo artist and decided it was time to gather his friends. As a way to establish D12, he created Shady Records under the Interscope imprint. He then made D12 the first act to be signed to Shady/Interscope Records.
In memory of Bugz, the group recorded the track "Good Die Young" on their second album D12 World. The album also included a song titled "Bugz '97", which was a 1997 recording of Bugz, originally from the song 'Desperados'. All five members of D12 as well as Swift bear a tattoo of his name somewhere on their bodies in remembrance of him. The group recorded their first LP Devil's Night in his memory. Eminem's second album The Marshall Mathers LP was also dedicated to Bugz.
The group has released two albums, Devil's Night and D12 World. Both albums debuted at number one on the Billboard music charts in the U.S. and topped the charts in many other countries. The two albums' hit singles included "Purple Pills", "Fight Music", "My Band", and "How Come".
The group was often overshadowed by Eminem's massive success, and toured without him for the second album while Eminem was busy recording Encore. Although shadowed by Eminem's success, other members Bizarre and Proof managed to prevail with mildly successful solo careers with the releases of Hannicap Circus and Searching for Jerry Garcia in 2005. D12 (minus Eminem) appeared on Tech N9ne's 2002 album entitled Absolute Power on the track "She-Devil". They also decided that Eminem would not be as prominent on their upcoming third album, which remains evident even after Proof's death. Their third album is estimated to be 70% completed with yet any input from Eminem.
On April 11, 2006, Proof died after suffering a gunshot wound to the head at approximately 4:30am EDT (08:30 UTC) at the CCC Club on 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan, after fatally shooting Keith Bender Jr.. Proof fired the first shots into Bender's head after taking his pistol and striking Bender several times in the face. The eruption is suspected to have been due to an argument over a game of pool. Proof was then allegedly shot by the bouncer Mario Etheridge, Bender's cousin. He was then taken by private vehicle to St. John Health's Conner Creek Campus, an outpatient emergency treatment site, and was pronounced dead on arrival shortly thereafter. Exact details of his death and the events that led to it remain unclear.
D12 member Eminem is set to star in a new film, as of 2006, titled Have Gun — Will Travel, a modernized remake of the 1957 cowboy western television series of the same name. The rest of the group was previously stated to be producing and starring in two movies, one titled Devil's Night — a horror film, and another titled Runyon Cash — about growing up in the streets of Detroit. Since this statement however, there has been no official word about these releases.
D12 became involved in a rivalry with Ja Rule and Murder Inc. (which had been primarily been between Ja Rule and 50 Cent) when Ja released "Loose Change", a diss track aimed at 50 Cent as well as Eminem. On the song, Ja insulted Eminem's daughter saying the lines "Em you claim your mother's a crackhead and Kim is a known slut so what's Hailie supposed to be when she grows up?" Eminem responded on a DJ Green Lantern mixtape freestyle along with 50 Cent and Busta Rhymes called "Hail Mary 2003" (over 2Pac's Hail Mary beat). D12 also released a diss track in response to the "Loose Change" record called "Doe Ray Me" which featured Eminem and Obie Trice. They also dissed Murder Inc. on the outro of Obie Trice's Cheers album. Even Proof released a diss track entitled "Ja In A Bra." D12's involvement in the feud faded after Eminem released Like Toy Soldiers a song in which Eminem offers Ja to put an end to the "beef". Ja ended his feud with Shady Records but continues to feud with 50 Cent & G-unit.
Fuzz Scoota was a former member of D12. He had a dispute with Bizarre and he was eventually dropped from the group. Afterward, Fuzz Scoota released "F.U.Z.Z.", a diss track aimed at D12.
D12 responded with a diss track called "Smackdown"(over 50 Cent's Back Down beat). Coincidentally, Royce had worked with Eminem on The Slim Shady LP on the track "Bad Meets Evil." |
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