Snoop Dogg and Denaun Porter join forces for a new song “Tomorrow” featured in the season finale of “Godfather of Harlem” on MGM+ airing today March 26th of 2023.
“Godfather of Harlem” is a TV prequel to the 2007 movie, ‘American Gangster’, which centered on the criminal enterprise of Frank Lucas. A gangster named Bumpy Johnson makes his way in Harlem during the 1960s.
In the song, Snoop Dogg provides two smooth verses, while Mr. Porter is singing the hook over the beat that he produced.
This marks the first release from Denaun Porter since his January 2022 release “Me Vs You,” the follow-up single of “Not Again,” “Let U Go,” and “I’m Leaving” singles.
Iconic football player, David Beckham hangs out with D12 and Snoop Dogg at their massive O2 Arena show in London.
Few days ago, Snoop Dogg arrived in Scotland to begin a massive European tour as a part of his I Wanna Thank Me world tour. The Long Beach legend was welcomed to Scotland by a bagpiper who played his 1999 collaboration with Dr. Dre, a mega-hit single “Still D.R.E.”
The Death Row Records boss took to Instagram to share a video clip of the moment, which featured Snoop busting some moves as the bagpiper played the iconic tune. “Just touched down in Scotland,” he captioned the post.
Snoop Dogg’s I Wanna Thank Me arena saw him headline shows in Scotland and Denmark before he taking on London’s O2 Arena show yesterday (March 21, 2023). The shows included performances from supporting acts: Warren G, Tha Dogg Pound, Obie Trice and D12 (Kuniva and Swifty McVay).
After Ed Sheeran showing up in Australia to hang out with our Shady boys, former Real Madrid and Manchester United football player, David Beckham is the latest superstar to kick it backstage with Swifty McVay and Kuniva. The picture was shared by D12’s official social media pages with the caption: “Look who came to check us out tonight in London. Salute David Beckham.”
Snoop Dogg kicked off his “I WANNA THANK ME” tour in Perth at RAC Arena on 27 February 2023 and brought Kuniva and Swifty McVay with him. It seems the D12 boys had a great time backstage with Ed Sheeran.
Yesterday, Saturday, March 4, 2023, D12 hit the stage at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne VIC. Swifty McVay and Kuniva performed “Rap Game,” “My Band,” “How Come,” “Purple Pills,” “S–t On You,” and “Revelation,” among other hit songs from D12 World and Devil’s Night albums.
Ed Sheeran, who is a big fan of Eminem and D12, attended the show in Melbourne. In the video clip shared by Kuniva, the pop star says he came all the way to Australia to see D12 performing.
In the caption, Kuniva wrote: “Shout out to Ed Sheeran for coming though last and showing love. I really did not know how big of a D12 fan he was. Was an honor meeting you and your wife. To be so humble with the amount of success you have obtained is a rare thing in this business. Very positive energy. Salute and much respect.”
Snoop Dogg and D12 have three shows remaining in Australia. You can check the schedule below.
Sun 5 Mar 2023
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne VIC Tue 7 Mar 2023
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, QLD Wed 8 Mar 2023
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, SA
Snoop Dogg kicked off his “I WANNA THANK ME” tour in Perth at RAC Arena today with D12’s Swifty McVay and Kuniva serving as an opening acts.
The Californian Hip-Hop icon, who hasn’t performed in Australia since 2014 when he headlined the Big Day Out, returned to the country shores for his ‘I WANNA THANK ME’ tour to celebrate the release of his 17th album ‘I Wanna Thank Me’, and documentary of the same name, released in 2019.
While the ‘I Wanna Thank Me’ documentary celebrates 25 years of Snoop Dogg – a career that has seen the Doggfather cement his undisputed influence on music with chart-topping, multi-platinum records, while also solidifying his importance as a cultural icon, actor and businessman – the upcoming Australian tour is all about the music!
Swifty McVay and Kuniva from D12 performed “Rap Game,” “My Band,” “Purple Pills,” “S–t On You,” and “Revelation,” among other hit songs from D12 World and Devil’s Night albums. Check out the next dates and video of the performances below:
Wed 1 Mar 2023
Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney NSW Thu 2 Mar 2023
Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney NSW Sat 4 Mar 2023
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne VIC Sun 5 Mar 2023
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne VIC Tue 7 Mar 2023
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, QLD Wed 8 Mar 2023
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, SA
After almost 9 years, Snoop Dogg is coming back to Australia again and he’s bringing D12 with him!
The long-beach, California legend has officially dropped one of the most iconic special guest lineups ever for his “I Wanna Thank Me” tour! Former Shady Records artist Obie Trice, D12, Tha Dogg Pound (Kurupt and Daz Dillinger) and Irish hip-hop outfit Versatile will all be joining Snoop Dogg on his forthcoming arena tour.
“I Wanna Thank Me” tour will see the West Coast rap icon celebrate the release of his 17th album ‘I Wanna Thank Me’, and documentary of the same name, released in back 2019.
While the ‘I Wanna Thank Me’ documentary celebrates 25 years of Snoop Dogg – a career that has seen the Doggfather cement his undisputed influence on music with chart-topping, multi-platinum records, while also solidifying his importance as a cultural icon, actor and businessman – the upcoming Australian tour will be all about the music!
After last year’s historic Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime performance with Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar and Anderson .Paak, Snoop was recently announced to join the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Snoop will be joining JAY- Z and in the hall.
“February x March 2023 im on tha way there it was worth tha wait ‼️‼️‼️” said Snoop on his social media accounts. Check out the tour dates and his post below:
Monday, 27th February – RAC Arena, Perth, WA
Wednesday, 1st March – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW
Thursday, 2nd March – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW
Saturday, 4th March – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday, 5th March – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday, 7th March – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday, 8th March – Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, SA
Mr. Porter, who has recently celebrated his 44th birthday, interacted with music industry executive, artists and repertoire representative, and record producer, Dante Ross on twitter.
The Grammy-nominated producer asked his followers who has the best voice in hip-hop, on which Denaun replied: “Prodigy, Eminem, CeLoo Green, Andre 3000 and Redman.”
Mr. Porter has not released a full project for more than 3 years but he was a bit more active in 2022 than in previous years. The former D12 member released five singles this year, including: “Never Say,” “Me Vs You,” “I’m Leaving,” “Not Again,” and “Let You Go.” He also performed at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony with Eminem, Steve Tyler and Ed Sheeran.
Last time Denaun came with full body of work was in 2019, when he dropped 15 solo tracks album, titled “Letter 2 Sydney” and 6-tracked EP, called “While You Wait,” featuring Joi Tiffany and Marwon. They were the follow-up of his 2015 project, “Stuff In My Backpack.”
Today, our boy Denaun Porter, also known as Kon Artis and Mr. Porter by his stages names, has turned 48 years old. To honor his birthday, we have listed some of the great features he has done through his incredible career. Happy birthday Denaun!
1. Tech N9ne – “She Devil,” featuring D12 (2002)
“She Devil” is a song by Tech N9ne, featuring D12’s Bizarre, Kuniva, Kon Artis (Mr. Porter), Swifty McVay and Big Proof, produced by RonnZfromBerlin from Tech N9ne’s album called “Absolute Power.” Additional vocals in the song are provided by Kendra Matthews, Alonda Patterson, Grant Rice, Erica Hugunin and Krizz Kaliko.
2. Gorillaz – “911,” featuring D12 & Terry Hall (2001)
The song was recorded right after 9/11 events when D12 was stuck in England where they came across the Gorillaz. Damon Albarn and Terry Hall had previously spoken about collaborating together, and since Albarn had been wanting to experiment with Middle Eastern music, they decided on this track, inspiring Albarn to take it in a different direction. Damon Albarn invited the band back to his studio to listen to an early version of the song, they added additional production to the song, then laid down their verses. All D12 members are featured on a track, except Eminem.
3. Obie Trice – “Spread Yo S–t,” featuring Kon Artis (Mr. Porter) (2003)
“Spread Yo S–t” is 11th track on Obie Trice’s Shady Records debut album Cheers. It features and is produced by Mr. Porter himself. In the song Obie addresses those who pervade their slanderous misinformation to depreciate his leverage as an artist while Mr. Porter provides the hook and the intro of the song is done by Big Proof.
4. Method Man – “We Some Dogs,” featuring Redman, Snoop Dogg & Mr. Porter (2004)
In 2004, Mr. Porter jumped on a track with some of the greatest names in hip-hop: Method Man, Redman and Snoop Dogg. Porter provided the hook for a track which was included in Method Man’s album, called Tical 0: The Prequel.
5. Busta Rhymes – “They’re Out to Get Me,” featuring Mr. Porter (2006)
“They’re Out to Get Me” is a song from Busta Rhymes’ 2006 album, titled The Big Bang. The song features and is produced by Mr. Porter. “They see my name and lifestyle and say I changed / They so cold… I know… that they’re out to get me,” sings Mr. Porter. A common concept among people is that they tend to drift away from once close friends either consciously or not. And it is a common saying to tell someone he/she has changed in is attitude toward his friends.
6. Pharoahe Monch - “When The Gun Draws,” featuring Mr. Porter (2007)
“When The Gun Draws” is number seven track from Pharoahe Monch’s second solo album Desire, released on June 26, 2007. Monch spits from the perspective of a bullet, touching on social issues, conspiracy and the assassination of political figures. Monch spits from the perspective of a bullet, touching on social issues, conspiracy and the assassination of political figures. The song is produced by Mr. Porter. He also composed the chorus of the song in which he sings: “First the gun draws and you know / That something’s happening / Then darkness falls and, oh / Your heart beats rapidly / Be prepared because / War is coming / You can’t be scared now / When the streets is calling you.”
7. Royce Da 5’9″ – “Mine In Thiz,” featuring Mr. Porter (2009)
“Mine In Thiz” is a song from Royce 5’9″‘s fourth solo studio album Street Hop, released in 2009. The song is produced by Denaun Porter as well as he’s featured on the hook of the song.
8. Snoop Dogg – “My Own Way,” featuring Mr. Porter (2011)
“My Own Way” is track number 3 on Snoop Dogg’s eleventh solo studio album called Doggumentary and it is another song that is produced Mr. Porter and features him on the hook of the song. Snoop even dropped the music video of the song on April, 2011 but Mr. Porter did not make the cameo.
9. PRhyme – “Made Man,” featuring Mr. Porter & Big K.R.I.T.
In 2018 Mr. Porter jumped on a track with PRhyme to do a chorus for DJ Premier-produced track “Made Man,” from PRhyme 2 album.
10. Eminem – “Yah Yah,” featuring Royce Da 5’9″, Black Thought, Q-Tip & Mr. Porter (2020)
On “Yah Yah,” a 10th track from Music To Be Murdered By, Eminem enlists fellow emcees Royce Da 5’9″, Black Thought and Q-Tip for a posse cut over an upbeat boom-bap instrumental, produced by featured artist Denaun. Over a near five-minute runtime, the rappers pay homage to inspirational hip-hop veterans and display their lyrical prowess.
On Saturday, November 5th, 2022 – Eminem was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by his long-time collaborator, mentor and friend, legendary producer, Dr. Dre.
The Eminem show included a performance of some of his greatest hits, featuring Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Ed Sheeran and of course Denaun Porter as his hypeman.
The ceremony aired on HBO yesterday, November 19, 2022. To alert the fans about the broadcast, Denaun Porter went on Instagram, shared some of the iconic pictures with Eminem and penned a beautiful message to his long-time close friend and collaborator.
“Too many battles to recount, too many trials to mention , but all in all the journey has been amazing… God had us all along. I don’t speak much or talk a lot because I’m busy trying to live life outside of socially sharing and navigate it’s Bs even in this and how tough it is to do. I am full of gratitude. Eminem, love you Broski and we ain’t even close to done!” said Mr. Porter
It seems Eminem’s manger and friend Paul Rosenberg could not help himself not to react: “You’ve been there since the beginning and he couldn’t have done it without you. Take a bow, Mr. Porter! That trophy is yours too.” he commented.
Royce 5’9″ also commented “The Gawds,” and Bizarre “My guys,” followed by fire emojis from Busta Rhymes, Symbolyc One, Lazarus and goat emojis from DJ Khalil.
Eminem’s artistic journey started in hungry desperation at an obscure studio in Detroit, on 8 Mile Road and yesterday it led him into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.
The Detroit legend, in one the most triumphant moments of his much-decorated career, was enshrined in the rock hall during a long, star-filled ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Eminem, who was inducted by legendary producer Dr. Dre, and was joined by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Ed Sheeran, became the 20th inductee from Detroit in the institution’s 36-year long history.
“I realize what an honor it is right now for me to be up here tonight, and what a privilege it is to do the music that I love — the music that basically saved my life,” said Eminem during his acceptance speech before reading an alphabetical list of more than 100 legendary names, famous and obscure — fittingly slipping into a rhythmic flow as he rattled them off.
“I would not be me without them. I am a high-school dropout with a hip-hop education, and these are my teachers. It is their night just as much as it is mine.” said Eminem.
It seems his long-time friend and D12 member Bizarre got emotional after watching Eminem getting recognized by the board of Hall Of Fame and penned heartful letter to Slim Shady on Instagram:
“Man, where do I begin… We started off two kids from Detroit with the dream to some rappers… We put so much work into this from the days on Novara, the days on 7 Mile in Fairport… Catching the bus to how I can be down in Florida to meet Paul Rosenberg in New York… To the rap battles with Wendy Day… I think the worst day of my life was when my mom went out and moved me to Dallas, Texas at the middle of our journey. But I guess God had something planned for us because a month later you got signed to Dr. Dre… So I just want to give you your flowers and thank you for being a big brother and always believing in me. Believing in us, D12! Man, Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame… WOW! … I could not be more happier. Congratulations Eminem… You know Proof and Bugz are smiling right know…”
Bizarre, Obie Trice and Swifty McVay have just dropped a new single, called “Suicide,” produced by Salam Wreck, who has previously collaborated with Eminem, D12, B-Real of Cypress Hill, Obie Trice and Daz Dillinger.
Earlier this year, D12’s Swifty McVay released an album titled Detroit Life 2 featuring guest appearances from Kuniva, Jon Connor, 80 Empire, Beez and Mr. Wrong among others.
Bizarre has recently linked up with Toronto production duo Adrian Rezza and Lucas Rezza, a/ka/ 80 Empire for their latest single entitled “So High” via Gladiator Records.
Obie Trice’s most recent project was released about 3 years ago, in 2019’s The Fifth which featured a collaboration with west coast legend Xzibit on a track “Space”.
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of “Lost Gold” album, the legendary D12 member sat down with Marshall Mann’s The Spotify Scavenger podcast via Southpawer where the two talked about the importance of this digital rerelease in today’s hip hop world. D12 stories, Proof’s sacrifices for D12, the making of “My Brother’s Keeper,” working with Swifty McVay and much more!
On “Lost Gold” album
“I think this album was jewel that was missed because I only did a CD release when I released it and I felt it didn’t reach the masses because it was limited edition so I decided to go back and on 10th year anniversary release it digitally. Just so that the world to appreciate it and I want more people to hear it. Last time I did it it had mixtape feeling. This time its a solid LP project. I just want the world to experience this project.”
Writing process with other emcees, like Kid Vishis and Royce 5’9″
Competing with someone that you f**k with heavy and have a big respect, like Royce 5’9″ and Vishis, those are my brothers, I love them to death, I always viewed it as…I just want everybody to succeed. I want everybody to shine. How I was taught, just being in the group D12, we never competed with each other but we always made each other better. We were always taught to build up the next verse.
His thoughts on today’s hip-hop scene
The state of hip-hop right now, I think it’s still great. I think its nothing but evolution. Everything evolves. I really f**k with, people laugh sometimes because they thought I would never picked them up but I love NLE Choppa, I like DaBaby, I like Migos. I rock with lots of new school stuff. You have to know, as an artist, that things change and nothing stays the same forever. And we have to change our substance too because in today’s world we could not get away with the s**t we were saying back then. We would be crucified. They would kill us. I don’t think we would survive in this day and age. As far as hip-hop scene today, there is always a great music, mediocre music, trash music and it’s always been like that. I rock with some of today’s music.
On Swifty McVay and “My Brother’s Keeper” album
First of all, I don’t have ‘a relationship’ with Swifty. That’s family. That’s my brother. I consider him as my blood brother. I just respect him so much. We came up together and we have been through a lot. I think one of the things that we have is mutual respect for the sacrifices that Proof made. Sacrifices that Marshall made. Sacrifices that Paul Rosenberg made. We have a dope fanbase. Our fanbase is dope. They took a chance on us when we first came out with Shady Records, you know Shady Records was created for D12. Marshall introduced us to the world. He introduced us to his fanbase and they embraced us. And I think we owed it to him to give him that. On top of that, me and Swifty still going on tour together and it just make sense to have music outside D12. It was actually our fanbase that suggested to do a joint album ‘My Brother’s Keeper.’ And we just gave what they wanted.
Hip top 5 artists and future plans
I always f**k with Nas, Jay and Em and eveything else under depends on how I feel. There is so many, I wish I could name… By the way, I got new album coming out, besides Lost Gold, and there are songs with Big Proof. Proof’s son actually gifted me with these songs.
Kuniva then continues Big Proof’s sacrifices to the group and tells some stories about D12. You can watch the entire thing below and make sure to stream “Lost Gold” album now available on all digital platforms!
On its 10th year anniversary, Kuniva of D12 re-releases “Lost Gold” album with major changes and additions!
The 11-tracks project features guest appearances from Royce Da 5’9″ and Kid Vishis on a song “Keep Calm,” Denaun Porter and Rod Dae on “Move On,” Maedae on “Crusade,” Cef Allah on never-before released track “Hands Up To 85” and Maestro Williams on “Play Yo Position.”
In an exclusive interview with Marshall Mann on Southpawer and Spotify Scavenger Podcast, Kuniva talked about the importance of the rerelease of the album: “I think this album was jewel that was missed because I only did a CD release when I released it and I felt it didn’t reach the masses because it was limited edition so I decided to go back and on 10th year anniversary release it digitally. Just so that the world to appreciate it and I want more people to hear it. Last time I did it it had mixtape feeling. This time its a solid LP project. I just want the world to experience this project.”
