TIL that the band D12 planned to find the 12 best rappers of Detroit but found only 6, so they created alter-egos in order to have 12. That's when Eminem came up with Slim Shady

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/D12



Submitted January 24, 2015 at 06:32PM by PigsDontGrowOnTrees http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2ticfh/til_that_the_band_d12_planned_to_find_the_12_best/