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, he is a member of Da Brigade as well as co-founder of rap label Runyon Ave. Records, named after their home street in Detroit.
Kuniva also had a cameo along side the rest of D12 (minus Eminem) in the 2005 movie The Longest Yard, appearing as one of the “Basketball Convicts” in the credits.
In the works of D12 Kuniva occasionally assumes his alter-ego, Rondell Beene (achieved by wearing false teeth and effecting a gravelly voice), a loud-mouthed pimp from Chicago. Kuniva is also seen as the more aggressive member of D12. |
