What Happened to Eminem's D12?

D12, a Detroit based rap group fronted by Eminem, was formed in the mid ’90s and rose to mainstream prominence in the early 2000s. Both of their albums, Devils Night and D12 World, went platinum and their single “My Band” reached number one on the rhythmic Top 40. But as time passed, the group slowly became less active and in 2018 Eminem released the apology track to his D12 members titled “Stepping Stone” which ends with the bar “it’s not goodbye to our friendship but D12 is over.”

D12 was one of the hugest rap groups of the aughts. They were all super talented and came with a co-sign from the highest-selling rapper of all time. Despite this, none of them gained any traction as solo acts.

So what went wrong?

#Eminem #D12 #HipHopMadness

Narrated by: Spencer Pearman
Written by: Drew Landry
Edited by: Roman Bill
Music by: Josh Petruccio

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[ANineOne]

Devil's Night remains one of the most rebellious hip-hop albums of all time. Revelation was something else! D12 forever.

[ajtaylor]

"Like Toy Soldiers" is still one of the best Eminem songs of his career. Also, the music video makes the song hit even harder and D12 was definitely something special for the time they were together.

[StephenThePisces]

I think once proof passed, Em did not care anymore.

[BeeKay]

Living just outside of Detroit back then, you couldn't stop at an intersection without hearing one of those CDs playing in someone's car. Anything Eminem touched around here was guaranteed to go platinum. You might run into Proof at a store or Kuniva at a restaurant. When Proof died, around here, it was a huge deal. At a time when, every week, there was a new one hit wonder rap song and catch phrase on the radio, we always had Eminem and D12. Those were good days.

[RatchetCoon]

D12’s Devil’s Night is a criminally underrated project.

[SamadSaVage]

Denaun is way more than a hype-man and producer, He’s a creative genius, he produced a lot of stuff for 50 and unit and get Rich or die trying days and is a big part of the creative process of songs he works on

[nicktraversrap]

Boy can i say a lot about D12. The Dirty Dozen. Detroit 12. D Twizzy. When i was 13, i was getting into hop hop. I had just purchased the MMLP on CD. I had loved the song ‘under the influence’ with d12. I was curisous about the group and asked as much people as I could. Nothing had appeared to be known about the group. About a year later Devils night came out. I was in love. Everything about it. The members, beats, record, art. Loved them. Thanks for bringing back some memories

[toneriggz]

Proof’s death was the end of the group. It reminds me of Pun dying and that being the end of the original Terror Squad lineup. Proof was the glue of the group, the way that Pun was the glue of the original Terror Squad. I still remember the day that Devil’s Night came out. I bought the CD at the local Coconuts record store, right before I headed to school to take the Spanish regents exam. That same morning, Ice-T was in my neighborhood shooting an episode of Law & Order. My friend met him. I didn’t see him, I just saw the trailers on the street.

[carlospool]

Searching for Jerry Garcia was a badass album RIP proof

[Billy_Carter]

Proof's solo album was great. The album art was fire too.

[keith]

A great group that inspired a whole wave of music. Odd Future, Zack Fox, JPEG...

The Underground EP is still one of my favorite albums. These were friends making songs, not some super group.

RIP Proof!

[bacchus]

I won Devil's Night from some random radio contest I signed up for when i was like 16. "How many members are in D12?" was the question. Never thought about it for another second till I got the CD send in the mail, just as ma asked me to vacuum the house. I put that shit in my discman and bro, that vacuum session was bumpin

[Hains]

“Devil’s Night” was criminally overshadowed by Jay-Z’s Blueprint and Nas’s Stillmatic. It was that damn good

[leomercury]

D-12 “dirty dozen” six rap group members, with alter ego’s, 6x2=12. They were D-12 with Eminem, not because of him. It was never “Eminem’s” D-12.

[bosanac]

"Good die young" off of D12 world hits deep man they were so troubled and lost 2 of their best friends ... keep in mind how young they were when they recorded that track yet so much pain flows though it... i wish all the D12 members only the best they guided me thorugh my youth RIP Bugz RIP Proof ❤

[antoniomontana]

Kon Artist aka Denaun Porter is still around Em often, I believe he still does alot behind the scenes

[JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

When Proof died D12 essentially fell apart

[firstnamemclastname]

"As for me and D12 we feel like "fuck rap" it feels like our general just died in our lap" - Eminem, 2006 on Difficult

[dman]

Man I miss D12. As far as I’m concerned, “Devil’s Night” is a classic album and the dirty dozen was one of the most unique rap groups ever formed. Unfortunately I think the death of Proof was ultimately the death of D12 as well, they were never the same after that.

[dougiedoug]

This is a good video, but I want to point out, even though it has some truth about Eminem's white audience only liking Eminem's music and not necessarily Hip-Hop, I also think a lot of people who has that same thought process about Eminem's fanbase also overlook how many white people in his fanbase that love Hip-Hop because he spark their interest in the first place. Even the former white fans that are really into hip-hop and stop listening to him since they were kids, at the end of the day, he still got them into Hip-Hop. Both things could be true.