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Mr. Porter
Mr. Porter in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Denaun Montez Porter
Also known as	Mr. Porter Kon Artis Denaun
Born	(1978-12-07)December 7, 1978 (age 46) North Carolina, U.S.
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper songwriter record producer
Years active	1996–present
Labels	My Own Planet Mr. Porter Productions Bad Half(current)
Member of	Read the PDF
Formerly of	D12

Denaun Montez Porter^[1] (born December 7, 1978), also known by the stage namesMr. Porter,Kon Artis, orDenaun, is an American rapper and record producer. He was a member ofDetroit hip hop groupD12.

He has a close association with rapperEminem, producing for him and often appearing on his tours, Porter has produced for a multitude of other notable artists such as50 Cent,Royce da 5'9",The Game,Method Man,Snoop Dogg,Jadakiss and more. He formed thesupergroup Read the PDF with fellowAftermath Entertainment producers,Dem Jointz andFocus… in 2022.^[2]

Born inNorth Carolina,^[3] Porter^[4] moved with his family toMississippi and later toDetroit when he was 10 years old. His father, Charles, is a gospel singer and former member ofthe Blind Boys of Alabama andthe Christianaires; his mother is a writer.^[5]

Porter started his career with D12 in the mid-1990s. He was inspired to rap and produce after hearingA Tribe Called Quest's song, "Bonita Applebum".^[3] Mr. Porter was introduced to Eminem by fellow D12 member Eye-Kyu in 1995. Throughout his solo career, he has both produced and performed vocally as a rapper and singer, producing songs for many notable artists such asEminem,Busta Rhymes,Snoop Dogg,Royce da 5'9" and50 Cent (producing the 2003 song "P.I.M.P.").^[6] Around this time, Porter worked on the singerBilal's second album,Love for Sale.^[7]

He is also officially signed to Eminem's labelShady Records as a producer and has worked with Shady artistsSlaughterhouse,Bad Meets Evil, 50 Cent and D12. Mr. Porter is now^[when?] most notably seen as ahype man inEminem's live shows, replacing fellow D12 memberProof who died in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Porter was a co-executive producer, with Eminem andRoyce da 5'9", for Bad Meets Evil's debut EPHell: The Sequel. He also has a cameo appearance in their music video "Fast Lane", as well as "Forever" byDrake featuringKanye West,Lil Wayne and Eminem, and Eminem's single "No Love" featuring Lil Wayne and then in 2013 he featured in Eminem's "Rap God" video alongside other members of Slaughterhouse. In 2020, he featured in the music video of Eminem's single "Godzilla".

On April 2, 2012, Porter formally announced that he had left D12. He stated that he wanted to focus on being a solo artist and producer, but clarified that he holds no animosity toward other members of the group.^[8] Two years later in late 2014, he rejoined D12 and contributed a verse to the song "Bane" on the Shady Records compilation album,Shady XV, released on November 24, 2014. In January 2015, he appeared on D12'sThe Devil's Night Mixtape.^[9]

In 2022, he created a supergroup with fellow producers andAftermath’s alums,Dem Jointz andFocus....^[10]

• Porter Chops Glasper (stylized aspOrTeR cHoPs gLaSpEr) (2013)
• The Great Depression A.P. (2018)
• Letter 2 Sydney (2019)

• Stuff in My Backpack (stylized assTuFf In My BaCkPaCk) (2015)
• Connect (2016)
• While You Wait (2019)^[11]

• Devil's Night(withD12) (2001)
• D12 World(with D12) (2004)

• The Devil's Night Mixtape(with D12) (2015)

• Denaun Porter atIMDb

• 1978 births
• Living people
• American hip-hop record producers
• Hardcore hip-hop artists
• Eminem
• African-American male rappers
• 20th-century American male rappers
• Rappers from Detroit
• Shady Records artists
• African-American record producers
• African-American male songwriters
• Songwriters from Michigan
• D12 members
• 20th-century American rappers
• 21st-century American rappers
• Hype men

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