D12 members Bizarre, Kuniva, and Swifty McVay offered some insight into the Detroit-based group’s more formative years during a recent interview with VladTV.
After detailing how the collective first came together via Proof, the trio went on to discuss the rise of frontman Eminem, who Kuniva says a lot of people originally thought was Black.
“A lot of people were thinking he was Black before [they] even knew who he was,” Kuniva said. “They automatically was like, ‘This nigga’s killing shit.’ And so when they found out that he’s a White dude, it was extra crazy [like], ‘Man, what the fuck?’ They couldn’t believe it. So a lot of people had to come up there and see [for] themselves [like], ‘Let me see what the fuck this shit is about, man. Let me make sure.’ They’d come up there and they’d watch this guy at the Hip Hop Shop just killing cats, man. You knew you were seeing something special. You knew it was something that you wouldn’t see again.
“You had to tell somebody,” Swifty McVay later added. “It was like that. You had to go and be [like], ‘Hey, you need to hear this dude.’ You didn’t keep your mouth closed when it came to acknowledging his skills to people.”
D12’s interview with VladTV can be viewed below:
I thought he was black at first and couldn’t believe it when i saw him. I pretend to be black on here but keep getting exposed on ktt and thecoli FAGGOTS
Eminem’s white??
If u new anything bout eminem you no that he really a albino black man, he ain’t no wite boi
How do I know of I’m black??
Everyone in the group starting to look like Bizarre now
They thought he was black cause he was a rapper not cause how he soundedsounded lmfao
These poor bastards. Their entire careers are all about kissing Eminems ass. They only ever get interviews cause people want them to talk about how awesome Eminem is. It’s gotta be humiliating.
I thought he was East Indian.
The first time I heard Eminem, I thought it was Imani from Pharcyde going solo.