The Dirty Dozen, also known as The D-12, is a group that originated in Detroit Michigan. The idea for this crew began in the back of a car. Apparently it was Proof who came up with the idea for the Dirty Dozen. The crew was in a car, driving back from New York one night, and Proof mentioned that he wanted to start this concept called the Dirty Dozen. He said that each member of the group would posses his own alter-ego. Bizarre, another member of the group, remembers having all the guys over at his house, when Eminem came over and said, "Yo, I want to start this Dirty Dozen thing; I want to bring it on my new album and I'm gonna show you how raw I am." He then presented his "Slim Shady" tattoo to the group, who had no idea what it meant. Eminem explained, "Slim Shady, that's my second character." After this each member created their own alter-ego and began droppin' songs and creating beats in Eminem's basement on the eight track.  Some people also argue that Eminem was the last to create an alter-ego (on the toliet), but does it matter?


Member Story
Proof will always be the 'founder' of D-12. He organized the whole thing from the get go. He had a lot of people such as Denaun, Eminem, Bizarre, Eiy Kyu, Fuzz, at once and they were affiliated with Killa Hawk, B-Flat, and Dirty Rat all at once. A little after that Fuzz, B-Flat and Dirty Rat left and Eminem decided to persue a solo career.  Killa Hawk was also once a member, but he was not in D12 for very long either.  D-12 was over with, but it was only temporary. Right about when Eminem got a deal, Proof decided to start D-12 up again.  He asked Denaun & Von (Kon Artis & Kuniva) to join since they already were in a group called Da Brigade. They then got Bizarre and Bugz, but Eiy Kyu decided not to join.  Then they told Eminem about it so he joined D-12 too. Soon after Bugz got killed and Swift was scouted to join D-12 and Swift did. Swift used to be in the Rabeez with Bareda but he is with D-12 now.  The original 4 members of D12 were Eiy Kyu, Proof, Eminem and Bizarre.  Kon Artis was doing some production at the time, but he was not a member yet.


Members / Record Label
The group consists of six members. There is Eminem, Proof, Kon Artis, Bizarre, Swift and Kuniva. Each of these members have created their own alter-egos. Eminem's alias is Slim Shady. Proof's alias is Dirty Harry, Kon Artis is Denine Porter, and Bizarre went with Peter S. Bizarre. Swift picked out Swifty McVeigh and Kuniva decided to go with Von as his nickname. The reason the group is called D-12 and there are only six members, is because they counted each of their alter-ego's as another rapper in the group, totaling twelve members.  One original member of D-12, Eiy Kyu, is currently not with The Dirty Dozen anymore but you can find him on Infinite and Underground EP. The D-12 is currently under contract with Interscope Records and Shady Records (the record label started by Eminem).

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