After a horror start to the tour - missing their Australian flight and subsequently their scheduled performance at the Heatwave music festival in South Australia - the band were fighting fit for a regional tour across Queensland and Victoria.

In a two-on-one phone interview with The Express, from a Gold Coast hotel room after wrapping up the east coast festival circuit, rappers Kuniva and Swifty McVay answered questions about their unlikely presence in Traralgon.

"We just want to hit all the areas man, we had so much of a ball when we were here last time," Kuniva said.

But how will the 'Dirty Dozen' - six members and six alter-egos - bring their dirty, tongue-in-cheek and confrontational lyrics, born out of the North American street culture, to regional Australian areas?

"I'm a soldier, I can adapt to any environment," Kuniva said,

"(Our fans) can relate to us even though they don't live our lifestyle; we paint a picture for them, and they can actually understand through our flows."

Inferno Nightclub assistant manager Laura Simic said Traralgon had already hosted American rappers Xzibit and Flo Rida, which were "good gigs" that went down well with local crowds.

"We've definitely had a lot of great feedback about D12 coming down, even though they have gotten a bit old," Ms Simic said.

Seven years after the release of their last album and sell out shows across the country with former group member Eminem, Kuniva said keeping relevant was a constant challenge in a rapidly shifting music world.

"There's definitely a new breed of rappers out with different sounds, and that's always good to keep us on our toes," Kuniva said, adding the group was working on a new album.

"We just have to become more relevant album-wise; we're just blessed to have (the fans) who've been supporting us through all these years."