Rufus Johnson (born July 5, 1976 in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Bizarre, is an American recording artist, best known for his work with Detroit hip-hop group, D12. More recently Rufus Johnson was featured on a season of VH1'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.
He has appeared in many magazines including Rolling Stone and The Source.
In September 1998, Bizarre won Inner City Entertainment's Flava of the Year award.
Bizarre is well-known as a D12 member for his "unconventional" lyrics. In the past, he has rapped about such topics as rape, drugs, transvestites, bisexuality, foot fungus, watersports and incest. His solo song on D12 World, "Just Like U" was even partly-censored on the explicit version of the album.
He attributes his name to his weirdness:
I came up with the title because I really felt like most musicians that I've been around are fucking weird. I know I have my little weird ways, so I consider myself a special artist. I'm a guy that chews paper, wears a shower cap in public, pops Vicodin pills and goes fishing. There's not a lot of entertainment out there everything is so hardcore, shoot 'em up bang bang. I'm here to lighten up the hip-hop game.
