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| Tell a Friend Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject: D12 rapper Proof shot to death in Detroit. |
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D12 rapper Proof shot to death in Detroit
Apr. 11, 2006 at 11:40AM
Eminem's right hand man and D12 rapper Proof was shot to death Tuesday morning at a club along Detroit's 8 Mile. He was 32.
The freestyle MC born Deshaun Holton was dead on arrival at a Detroit hospital, the Detroit Free Press said.
Proof and Eminem were longtime friends and toured together with Proof acting as Eminem's on-stage "hype man," the Free Press said. He was best man at Eminem's January wedding and had a bit part in the film "8 Mile."
Proof's family members gathered at a home on Detroit's northwest side after hearing the news of his death. The residential street in front of the two-story home was lined with vehicles, and people hugged each other on the sidewalk.
Another man shot around 5 a.m. at the club, 3C, was reported in critical condition at St. John Hospital in Detroit.
The club was legal, but open illegally after hours, the Free Press said.
Rapper Obie Trice, another close friend of Eminem, was shot and wounded on New Year's Eve.
The video for the Eminem song "Like Toy Soldiers" shows Eminem pacing a hospital hallway as doctors try to revive Proof, who has been shot. Later, Eminem attends Proof's funeral as the song's lyrics lament the escalation in violence between rappers. |
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