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its members, Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III), catapulted to solo rap stardom in the late 90s. Afterwards, the four other member DJs were set—Bizarre (Rufus Johnson), Swift (Ondre Moore), Kon Artis (Denaun Porter) and Kuniva (Von Carlisle). D12. Their debut album, Devil's Night, referring to the old Motor City tradition of setting abandoned buildings on fire the night before Halloween, was released in June 2001. It debuted at number one on the U.S. and British charts, also reaching the top of the Canadian charts. Devil's Night went on to sell four million albums worldwide and two million in the U.S. It featured such hit singles as "Purple Hills," "Shit on You" and "Fight Music." The group's second album was D12 World released in 2004, featuring production by Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kon Artis and Kanye West, and guest appearances by Obie Trice on the track "Loyalty", and B-Real of Cypress Hill on the track "American Psycho II". It debuted at the top of the U.S., UK, and Australian album charts, and number two in Germany — selling over half a million records in its first week of release in the U.S. alone. "My Band", the album's first single, was also successful reaching number one in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. rhythmic top forty, the top five in the UK and Germany, and the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2006, Proof died after being shot at a club, but D12 soldiered on, releasing the mixtape Return Of The Dozen Vol.1 in 2008.