On ICP's fifth jokers card "The Amazing Jeckel Brothers" track sixteen was "Echoside" and was the very first juggalos would hear of Dark Lotus. Singles were pressed for "Echoside" and distributed throughout Detroit. It was then announced that Dark Lotus would have six petals, or members. Blaze Ya Dead Homie was announced as the fifth petal of the Lotus. However due to unforseen circumstances Blaze was released from Psychopathic. Esham the Unholy was said to be Blaze's replacement in Dark Lotus. However things fell through and Esham would no longer be a part of Lotus. During this time Blaze returned to Psychopathic Records and the Lotus lineup was a very confusing at the time. A song called "I Don't Care" was released as a Lotus track and it featured Twiztid and ICP.

On Twiztid's album "Freekshow" the track "Maniac Killa" was dubbed a Dark Lotus song and featured Vampiro, which led to speculation that he would join ICP, Twiztid, and Blaze as the sixth petal of the lotus pod. But then on Twiztid's "Cryptic Collection Volume 2" Anybody Killa would appear on Dark Lotus track "Drunken Ninja Master." This fueled even more speculation. However the actual sixth member took the entire juggalo world by surprise when it was announced.

ICP was on the second leg of the Bizzar Bizaar Tour when they found the perfect sixth petal. A young rapper had impressed ICP while opening for them. The rappers name was Marz and Violent J. saw serious potential in him. He asked Marz about joining the Psychopathic supergroup and naturally Marz agreed. Marz was then promoted on Psychopathic's 2001 Sampler. They six members were finally announced and they hit the studio to record "Tales From The Lotus Pod" with tracks produced by Mike P, Mike E. Clark, and Twiztid. The album was released at the 2001 Gathering of the Juggalos and was an immediate hit with the juggalos. Dark Lotus also performed for the very first time at the event. However after the Gathering things became very dramatic.

It was announced shortly after the Gathering that Marz and Psychopathic Records had a falling out and he was no longer a member of Dark Lotus. ICP denied any beef with Marz and said they were just not working with him any longer. Marz evidently took offense and made a diss song entitled "The Real Dark Lotus" to which ICP did not reply. Dark Lotus as a five piece group headlined Psychopathic's "Hatchet Rizing Tour" and juggalos nationwide had the opportunity to see the magic of the Lotus. During the tour it was announced that Anybody Killa would be the sixth petal of the lotus pod and that they would release "Tales From The Lotus Pod: Revisited" at the Gathering. The album had Violent J taking slight jab at Marz saying "Hey yo Marz, you never was Lotus and you know this, BITCH!" in the song "Bitch I'm Sexy." The revised album featured Anybody Killa rapping over Marz lyrics, and juggalos are still divided as to which version of the group they liked more.

 At the 2003 Gathering of the Juggalos Dark Lotus performed again and it was announced that a new Dark Lotus album would be released in 2004 before ICP's "Hell's Pit" album. Although Blaze was featured on the Dark Lotus song "Graverobbers" from "Psychopathics From Outer Space Part Two." Shortly after the release of "Graverobbers" rumors spread across the Internet that Twiztid had chose not to take part in the Dark Lotus album, and that they were to leave Psychopathic Records. Amongst all the chaos and rumors Psychopathic revealed at midnight one night that the new Lotus album will in fact be released in April of 2004 featuring ICP, Anybody Killa, Jamie Madrox, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, and the Monoxide Child once again on one album and one tour.

The project was called Black Rain and was a great followup to the original Lotus album. It did not disappoint, especially with the wicked ruthless lyrics ICP had made a name for themselves with giving us just a hint as to what Hell's Pit had in store for us. Dark Lotus performed live on stage nightly on a nationwide tour, but various illnesses in the group made it impossible to finish the scheduled dates. Lotus hit the stage once again at the 2004 Gathering of the Juggalos and did not disappoint. They rocked the huge crowd to it's core and left them screaming, LOOOOOTUS!