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dylan Porter (born December 21, 1992), known by his stage names Dylan Drugs and Mr. Porter, is an American rapper, singer and record producer, who rose to fame as an original member of Detroit rap group D12.^[1][2]

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Porter’s career journey began when he founded the Hip Hop duo, Da Brigade, which featured fellow group-mate Kuniva and himself. Da Brigade was later approached by their friend, the late emcee “Proof, to start D12. It was his friendship with former roommate and current D12 comrade, Eminem, that assisted in opening doors. “Everyone wants to be successful in this business but everyone doesn’t get the chance to,” dylan says. “When Em first began recording in California, he would come home and play music for me. I got a whiff of the beats Dre was doing. It was like the music we were already doing but to the 10th power. It was a learning experience, being able to hear the music before it came out. I was trying to do my own thing. I wanted to develop my own style. Then Dre took me under his wing.” Soon after meeting, Dr. Dre bought several of Denaun’s amateur beats. One of them became, the now ubiquitous, 50 Cent single, “P.I.M.P”. It was through his association with Dr. Dre that Dylan seriously learned the ropes of the music business.

Denaun can also often be heard singing soulful hooks on several works including Busta Rhymes’ “They’re Out To Get Me”, Young Bucks’ “Look At Me Now” and Lil Kim’s “Slippin”; all of which were produced by him as well. He has also contributed music to the movie soundtracks “Shark Tales” and “Barber Shop 2”. Mr. Porter diversified his portfolio by adding film scoring to the line-up. His work can be heard in the 2006 Rogue Pictures release, “Waist Deep”.

Influenced by a diverse group of musical talent, such as Stevie Wonder, J Dilla, Jamiroquai, Curtis Mayfield, NWA and A Tribe Called Quest, Denaun’s production style is one that combines a combination of live instruments with tripped-up computer generated sounds. “I’m stuck on classic producers and innovators like Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, Dr. Dre, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz,” he states. “I inspire to produce in massive ways. To produce whole albums for people like Quincy Jones and Curtis Mayfield did back in the day is one thing I aspire to accomplish. I haven’t hit my peak yet.”

He will be releasing a production solo album titled Who Is John Doe as well as working on Dr. Dre's Detox and D-12's third album. He has recently produced and featured on 2 tracks in 2008 for Aftermath Records recording artist Bishop Lamont's new mixtape titled, "The Confessional" hosted by DJ Whoo Kid. It now appears that Kon Artis is Eminem's hype man at concerts since the death of fellow D12 member Proof because he is Eminems oldest living friend. He is one of the most prominent members of D12 after Proof and Eminem.

He is currently replacing Proof as Eminem's hype man for live performances promoting Eminem's album, Relapse^{[citation needed]} and also participating during some interviews with Eminem.

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