Porter, Kuniva and Swifty McVay.ĭ12 had chart-topping albums in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia during the early 2000s. Formed in 1996, the group achieved mainstream success with its lineup of de facto leader Eminem, Proof, Bizarre, Mr. D12 (an initialism for the Dirty Dozen) was an American hip hop collective from Detroit, Michigan.