Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6 1975) is an American rapper commonly known by his stage name 50 Cent. He rose to fame following the release of his albums "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" and "The Massacre". 50 Cent achieved multi-platinum success with both albums, selling over twenty million records worldwide. Born in South Jamaica, Queens in New York, 50 Cent began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s' crack epidemic.

Obie Trice III (born November 14 1977) is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He began rapping at the age of 11, and had a number of underground hits such as "Respect", "My Club", "Dope Jobs Homeless", and "The Well Known Asshole" before he signed to Shady Records in 2000. Obie Trice credits himself for having no "rap name", but instead using his birth name/given name for performing.

Stanley Benton (born July 24, 1979), better known as Stat Quo, is an Atlanta-based African-American rapper signed to Eminem's Shady Records and Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. He has been generating mixtape buzz since 2002. He is also a part of Grown Man Music, a record label he founded with LT Moe. Benton attended University of Florida, where he majored in economics, before pursuing a musical career.

Bobby Creekwater (born Antoine Rogers) is an American rapper who is signed to Shady Records.

Ca$his (born Ramone Johnson) is an American rapper from Orange County, California, originally from Chicago as stated in his lyrics, recently signed under Eminem's Shady Records. He also states in his songs that he is a member of the Gangster Disciples street gang. He first rapped on a self title mixtape which featured songs such as serenade my life, he later appeared on Obie Trice's "Cry Now" remix (along with Bobby Creekwater, …

Kuniva (born Von Carlisle, December 10th, 1976), also known as Hanz G and Rondell Beene, is one of the members of the Detroit hip hop group D12. He has appeared on both "Devil's Night" and "D12 World". He also appeared on Eminem's original underground EP "Infinite", but didn't rap on it. Along with fellow D12 member and friend Kon Artis, …

Denaun Porter (born December 7, 1979 in Detroit, Michigan), known by his stage name Kon Artis, or production title Mr. Porter, is a rapper and producer, who rose to fame as an original member of Detroit rap collective D12.

Alan Daniel Maman, better known as The Alchemist, is one of hip hop's leading producers. He hails from affluent Beverly Hills, California. After rising to prominence in the late 1990s as a close associate of Dilated Peoples and Mobb Deep, he went on to produce for many of hip hop's leading artists in the 2000s.

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17 1972), commonly known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. Having sold seventy million albums worldwide, Eminem is one of the best-selling musicians of the early 2000s, and one of the best-selling rappers of all time. Eminem was discovered by pioneer gangsta rapper and producer Dr. Dre, …

Fyre Dapartment is a music production team started by Swifty McVay of D12.

DeShaun Dupree Holton (October 2 1973-April 11 2006), better known as Proof, was an American rapper and member of the rap group D12. Proof was a long time friend and publicity assistant of Eminem, and was also nicknamed Big Proof, P, Dirty Harry, and Oil Can Harry. Proof began his career in Detroit's Hip Hop Shop organizing freestyle tournaments, …

Rufus Johnson (born July 5, 1976 in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Bizarre, is an American rapper and member of the group D12. More recently Rufus Johnson was featured on a season of MTV's Celebrity Fit Club. Bizarre and Eminem have been affiliated with the rap group the Outsidaz which included Young Zee, Rah Digga and Pacewon among others. D12 is said to have joined the Outsidaz early in their career to form a large collective.

Ondre Moore (born March 17 1976), known by stage names Swift and Swifty McVay, is an American rapper and member of D12. He was accepted into the group as a replacement for Bugz, at Bugz's request, following his unexpected death in 1999. In 2002, Swift founded Da Fyre Dapartment Production Company. In 2006 Swifty McVay released an underground mixtape called, "Forest Fyres Mixtape".