Continuing his recent interviews including the Nappy Roots feature and last weeks Todd DiMartino (MTL Records) interview, Jonathan Hay is back today with a brand new interview.
When life suddenly sideswipes us with a heavy blow of unfortunate tragedy, we find ourselves re-evaluating our strength, our endurance. Though we know that there is a season for everything ﾖ a time to laugh and a time to mourn ﾖ it is the perception that hard emotional times never end that make the pain so unmanageable.
It is in these times, however, that some see the mission as a chance for redemption and others as a chance for escape. It is in these times that soldiers are produced.
Only two short years ago, the members of D12 found themselves on the receiving end of tragedyﾒs clenched fist, losing both a family member and a friend when Proof was brutally murdered in a Detroit nightclub. The momentum of the blow sent them into a season of hibernation, but as a rap collective who has learned to live their life under the gun, they have regained their strength and are back to reclaim their power.
Swifty McVay explains to Dubcnn how the group has since mended old wounds and united forces with some heavy hometown Detroit emcees, such as Royce Da 5ﾒ9ﾔ, to deliberate a mixtape that will generate the first show since the death of Proof. Though their pieces may never again add up to a dozen, the Detroit Twelve dust themselves off and return bruised — but never broken — showing proof their worth as soldiers. Make way for the Return of the Dirty Dozen.
Exclusive Inteview With D12 (The Swifty Mc Vay Feature) (May 2008)
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