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D12 Rapper Proof Fatally Shot
Eminem's right-hand man killed at Detroit club
D12 rapper and longtime friend of Eminem, Proof, was shot and killed this morning at a Detroit club called 3C, located on the city's famed Eight Mile. Proof, born Deshaun Holton, was announced dead on arrival at Conner Creek Medical Center just after 5 a.m. He was thirty years old.

Police were called to the scene in early this morning after reports of gunfire and fighting at the venue, which was operating illegally after-hours. Another unidentified, thirty-five-year-old man was also shot, and is listed in critical condition. An investigation into the incident is underway.

Proof was among the most revered MCs in Detroit and befriended fellow Motor City rapper Eminem before joining Em's rap troupe D12. Proof went on to make a brief appearance in Em's hit biopic, 8 Mile, and was ever-present in the courtroom in 2001, when Eminem was battling gun charges. Proof also served as the best man at the superstar rapper's wedding to his on-and-off love Kim Mathers last January.

"Me and Eminem have wonderful chemistry, and we have wonderful songs," the rapper told Rolling Stone last summer while on the all-star hip-hop Anger Management 3 tour.

This is the second shooting involving a member of Eminem's entourage in three months: Rapper Obie Trice was shot and injured on New Year's Eve while driving on Detroit's Lodge Freeway.

Early last year, Eminem released a video for "Like Toy Soldiers," off his last studio album, 2004's Encore, that slammed violence in the hip-hop community. In the clip, Proof is shot, and Eminem sits in the hospital waiting room as doctors try to revive his friend.

Proof released his solo debut, Searching for Jerry Garcia, last summer on his independent label Iron Fist Records. "It's a long time coming," he said. "I'm very nervous because of the perception of the group we run with -- there's a lot of pressure."

Memorial service arrangements for Proof are still being made.

JESSICA ROBERTSON

Posted Apr 11, 2006 10:48 AM

I'm sorry but I thought you used the words "talented" and "rapper" in the same sentence.

Killing the friends of rich, powerful, violent people is not a good idea.

grand opening.....grand closing

So, does this mean they're going to revoke their pistol permits??

Whew....

I thought you were gonna say someone good like Bone Thugs or like Talib Kweli.

Quoted: www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9747473/d12_rapper_proof_fatally_shot?rnd=1144773519062&has-player=unknown reports of gunfire and fighting at the venue, which was operating illegally after-hours

Wierd, huh?

Most of those rappers practically beg for the Gangsta image, so when it happens in real life I don't feel one bit sorry for them.

WHY GOD??!! WWWWHHHHHHHYYYYYYYY??????!!!!!!!!

good riddance

this just ruined my day I tell ya.  

Perhaps he was "assassinated" ala Tupac???



Somebody call Cynthia Mckinney and get her on the case...
ETA:   Stoopid spellin'

He chose the lifestyle.  It has it's own unique risks, like getting involuntarily perforated.

This should be listed right above Iran making enriched uranium...

Ain't it a bitch when you're Op's Checkin your Thuggism and you fail...

Quoted: [ Proof released his solo debut, Searching for Jerry Garcia, last summer on his independent label Iron Fist Records. "It's a long time coming," he said. "I'm very nervous because of the perception of the group we run with -- there's a lot of pressure."

Searching for jerry garcia?  I'm intrigued.  

Never heard of him.  

We need the east and west coast rapper wars to start again,to thin them out a little.

"My baby dint hurt nobody !!!"

Quoted: I'm sorry but I thought you used the words "talented" and "rapper" in the same sentence.

is there such a thing as a talented rapper?

Quoted: We need the east and west coast rapper wars to start again,to thin them out a little.

nah that doesnt work.  who wants to make a 4,000 mile round-trip drive by?


my first thought upon reading the title thread- "6 down, 571 to go"