D12 member Proof Has Been Fatally Shot

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His best friend and fellow D12 MC, Eminem rocketed to worldwide fame,
but for many people in the Detroit rap scene, Proof was the people's king and an
equally vital figure in helping to establish the city as an international
hip-hop hot spot.


"He looked out for everybody. He was Em's best friend, but
he was everyone's best friend." — Proof's longtime friend and former manager,
Mark "Doughboy" Hicks Proof (born DeShaun Holton), 32, was killed by a
gunshot to the head early Tuesday morning (April 11) outside Detroit's CCC Club
in a shooting that left another man in critical condition (see "D12's Proof
Shot And Killed At Detroit Club"). Friends remembered him as an unparalleled
battle rapper, a creative force and hometown booster who never stopped searching
for the next big thing — in high schools, clubs, conference rooms or anywhere
else he could stage a lyrical throwdown."

He brought together the whole Detroit scene," close friend T3 of fellow Detroit group Slum Village said. "He knew everybody. And he was one of the illest freestyle MCs ever. I remember me and him used to just battle all day."

"He looked out for everybody," said his longtime friend and former manager Mark "Doughboy" Hicks. "He's one of the prototypes for the music biz in Detroit. Proof was everywhere; that was part of his thing. He was in clubs, he was a street guy, a people's person. He reminded me of Peter Tosh or Tupac, how he had his house open and welcome to everybody. He had the biggest heart [of anyone] I've ever known in my life."

According to local lore, it was Proof who came up with the D12 moniker after the group's original name, the Dirty Dozen, was rejected because it was taken by another act. Along with his friend Bizarre and high school buddy Eminem, he helped launch the group — which also features Kon Artis, Swift and Kuniva — and took part in an early pact between the members that said whoever became successful first would help the others along.

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Prayers go out to his family and friends. Maybe one day these senseless murders will stop. One day.