It was backstage in Australia, of all places, that D12 got serious. “We was on Snoop Dogg’s I Wanna Thank Me tour in 2023,” remembers the Michigan hip-hop collective’s co-founder Kuniva.
“We was kicking it in his dressing room and he said, ‘Yo, did y’all hear that crowd out there when y’all came out? Man, y’all need to keep this going. The world needs D12. If they askin’ for it, you gotta give it to them. And they're screamin’ for it. Don’t stop now!’”