somebody iced Proof from d12

[Mr Films]

this just ain't Eminem's week

[nobbus]

SOHH.com has just learned that Proof of D12 was shot and killed in the 8 mile section of Detroit early this morning.

Though details are still sketchy, sources say Proof (born DeShaun Holton) was shot at a night club called Triple C's on 8 mile and Gratiot around 4.am. A SOHH.com source in Detroit revealed that another person was struck during the shooting. Bizarre of D12 is rumored to be the second victim. It's uncertain whether he was with Proof at the time of the incident. Word is Biz has yet to be accounted for. According to preliminary reports, multiple batteies were found at the scene of the crime. Police have speculated this may be the work of Assault & Batteries Crew, who D12 had a beef with. Rapper Cage, who alledgedly goes by the alias 'Duracell' is a suspect, Police say. Reports say the second victim remains in critical condition. His name has yet to be released. Proof was taken to St. John Holy Cross Hospital while the second victim was taken to St. John Hospital. According to police, both victims succumbed to a gunshot wound to the head.

Breaking news
D12 rapper Proof killed in shooting at afterhours nightclub

April 11, 2006

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Rapper Proof of the hip-hop group D12 was shot and killed this morning at an illegal afterhours club on Eight Mile, police said.
Proof, whose real name is Deshaun Holton, was dead on arrival at Conner Creek Medical Center in Detroit, according to a spokeswoman for St. John Health System. He was 32.
Proof was among the most pivotal players on the Detroit hip-hop scene, and revered as one of the best freestyle MCs in the city. He befriended Eminem long before he was a houshold name, and was a nearly constant presence as the rapper rose to superstardom. He toured with Eminem as his on-stage hype man, was a member of his group D12, had a bit role in the "8 Mile" movie and served as the best man at his wedding in January.
An unidentified 35-year-old man, who was shot along with Proof, is in critical condition at Detroit's St. John Hospital.
Police were called to the shootings around 5 a.m, following reports of a fight and shots fired. Police have speculated the murderers may be a part of Detroit clique 'Assault & Batteries' after a AA battery was found in Proof's chest.
The club where it occurred is called 3C, and it's at 8 Mile near Hayes. The club isn't illegal but it was operating illegally after hours.
This is the second shooting involving Eminem's entourage in three months.
Another Eminem pal and rapper Obie Trice was shot and wounded New Year's Eve while driving along the Lodge Freeway.
Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to call Detroit Police at 313-596-2260.

this is nuts. details are sketchy so far but they found a battery in his chest or something?

[ASsman]

Assult & Batteries' after a AA battery was found in Proof's chest.

Are you fucking shitting me? WTF!? I seriously laughed when I read that, what kinda bullshit is that. "Duracell" WTF!!? !?#!?


I think the name of the club is also the a battery size. Is all this shit made up? I feel like im reading The Onion.

[ASsman]

stupid forums-double post.

[nobbus]

assult & batteries is a crew D12 had beef with. must be a detroit thing probably.
from what I can gather, A&B dissed eminem about rapping with a black accent. eminem responded and then it was on.

[ASsman]

I wonder if they call the short guy AAA. Or like one of those clock batteries like Cr34 or some shit. Idiots.

[mickill]

So now, apart from Eminem, D12 officially has zero talent whatsoever. Of all the dudes in that group...damn.

As for the other dude that got hit, Bizarre wasn't even at the club, so no such luck.

Guess Em's got a new topic to rap about for the next 5 or 6 years, though.

[roosta]

fuck.

i kinda liked Proof. His album wasnt great, but i liked his style. Best of that whole crew anyways.

[Qdrop]

so this serioulsy isn't a hoax?

fuck.

didn't his "toy soldiers" video depict Proof getting killed because of beef?


i dunno....
sounds like a hoax.

Em is gonna fuckin retire if it's true.
he caused the death of his best friend....how long before it hits him or his daughter, etc.

fuckin urban gangster culture.....

[Mr Films]

didn't his "toy soldiers" video depict Proof getting killed because of beef?

oh snap, forgot about that.

i wonder if "rapper" is on the most dangerous professions list yet.

[Ally Al]

[QUOTE=Qdrop]so this serioulsy isn't a hoax?

fuck.

didn't his "toy soldiers" video depict Proof getting killed because of beef?


i dunno....
sounds like a hoax.

Em is gonna fuckin retire if it's true.
he caused the death of his best friend....how long before it hits him or his daughter, etc.



no hoax, and how did em cause it ?

[Auton]

Rapper Cage, who alledgedly goes by the alias 'Duracell' is a suspect, Police say

yeah right. everyone knows cage is too much of a pussy to pull something like this.

[ASsman]

Yeh, it's not like he keeps going and going.

[Ally Al]

yeah right. everyone knows cage is too much of a pussy to pull something like this.


i would imagine if that true (although that whole batteries thing seem a little odd), it's another rapper using the name. Like you, i can't see cage being involved in something like this

[Qdrop]

no hoax, and how did em cause it ?

due to his beef with this fuckin duracell batter crew..

[alexandra]

i kinda liked Proof. His album wasnt great, but i liked his style. Best of that whole crew anyways.
just what i want to say.

[Qdrop]

so, does this battery crew ever dress up like pink bunnies?

"still goin! mutha fucka!"









yeah, that was bad....
but..you know....

[Ally Al]

due to his beef with this fuckin duracell batter crew..


it doesn't mention em tho, it mentions d12 so i don't see how em would be personally to blame

[Mr Films]

it doesn't mention em tho, it mentions d12 so i don't see how em would be personally to blame

there was a mention somewhere about that crew calling out em and then em responded, and they were off.....

[Qdrop]

there was a mention somewhere about that crew calling out em and then em responded, and they were off.....
(lb)

[Ally Al]

there was a mention somewhere about that crew calling out em and then em responded, and they were off.....


i've not read of this beef anywhere else and certainly no mention of eminem being there at the time. if that was the case i'm sure it'd be all over the place by now

the problem isn't em's or d12's beef, it's people using guns to solve bullshit disputes

[DIGI]

all together now.......WHO FUCKIN CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr Films]

whether or not em was there is irrelevant. basically, you know how some of you don't like certain members of this board?

well, let's say one of you shot them to death.

that's about how fucking trivial all this rapper bullshit is.

wanna know what cops don't give a shit? cuz it's so commonplace.

[Otis Driftwood]

From now on, when Eminem wants to diss you, everyone will just say: "You got no Proof!"
Then he will probably cry...

[Mr Films]

From now on, when Eminem wants to diss you, everyone will just say: "You got no Proof!"
Then he will probably cry...

D12 was supposed to start working on a new record this month and if they do the cover will probably be some gay shit of them holding candles and proof's face in the sky.

and the record will still have novelty songs about salsa or whatever the shit...

[EN[i]GMA]

yeah right. everyone knows cage is too much of a pussy to pull something like this.

Cage, as in Hell's Winter Cage?

I thought that beef ended like 5 years ago?

[Qdrop]

and the record will still have novelty songs about salsa or whatever the shit...

ahh..shit...

that made me laugh.

[Lex Diamonds]

I want proof.

[Qdrop]

I want proof.

that didn't make me laugh.

[Lex Diamonds]

that didn't make me laugh.
What the fuck is the point in that post?

[roosta]

What the fuck is the point in that post?

that your post did not make him laugh

[Lex Diamonds]

that your post did not make him laugh
What, like it was meant to?

[roosta]

this is as far as my powers of deduction go

[Qdrop]

What, like it was meant to?

so it was coincidence that you used the word "proof" in a thread about a rapper named "proof" getting killed?

it was a shitty attempt at a pun on your part.
except it and hang your head in shame.

[Lex Diamonds]

Yeah, very clever. I noticed the pun but it wasn't intentional, and it certainly wasn't the gist of my post. And only Qdrop would be sad enough to take the trouble to post and say he DIDN'T find it funny. But anyway like someone else said I am speculative about all this battery shit, it sounds kind of like a bad joke (and the kinda controversial hoax that Slim and D-12 might try and pull). I kinda hope it aint true, I got to like Proof for his parts on the Up In Smoke Tour DVD which I got quite recently, and it seems like him and Marshall are (were) real good buddies.

[Lex Diamonds]

it was a shitty attempt at a pun on your part.
except it and hang your head in shame.
Oh I'm sorry shall I go back and edit it to "evidence"?

Fuck you.

[ChrisLove]

I think this is the work of ICP

[roosta]

well...if it is true that this is the result of an eminem feud, then hopefully it will shut him up forever.

[Lex Diamonds]

well...if it is true that this is the result of an eminem feud, then hopefully it will shut him up forever.
On the contrary I hope it will give him some more of the anger that fuelled his earlier, more quality music.

[roosta]

On the contrary I hope it will give him some more of the anger that fuelled his earlier, more quality music.

the last thing the world needs is an angry eminem song about how proof was shot. itll just add one new topic to the other 4 he talks about all the time (kim, hailey, fame and nonsense)

[Lex Diamonds]

I jus listened to "Kurt Kobain" by Proof and nearly cried. Well, not really, but it is quite a powerful song right now. (y)

[Kid Presentable]

This sucks.(n)

[The Notorious LOL]

GMA']Cage, as in Hell's Winter Cage?

I thought that beef ended like 5 years ago?



they didnt even have a beef, which is why its even funnier that he got referenced in the first news story. They've never met each other before and more or less exchanged a few words in 1999 as they were both "kaa-raazy white boyz" in "da rap scene"

[Mustangjen808]

I had to speak up and say something..I have been MIA from the BBMB for a while due to attitude and I already know I will get more,but oh well~
The death of Proof really saddens me,and not just cuz Im eminems loyalist fan,but because Proof is a good rapper and a nice person. And no one else needs to be shot.
Thats it

[dave790]

edit: actually i'm sorry to hear this news. anyone getting shot is bad

[ggirlballa]

its really sad when a life dies i heard the news on TRL:(

eminem must be depressed i heard that proof was his best man in his wedding early this year

[EN[i]GMA]

they didnt even have a beef, which is why its even funnier that he got referenced in the first news story. They've never met each other before and more or less exchanged a few words in 1999 as they were both "kaa-raazy white boyz" in "da rap scene"

I thought D12 beat his ass down? Or was that Esham?

Fuck, did these guys beef with everybody or what?

I was wondering, becuase I'd never heard Cage called 'Duracell' before.

I thought the whole deal was Cage thought Em copped his style?

[cj hood]

here comes the Proof benefit show, the 10 posthumous records, the Proof RIP shirts, dedication records......if the world didn't know who Proof was....they sure as hell will now!!!!

[ggirlballa]

i knew somebody who met proof at eminem's anger managment tour when it stopped by in L.A. he met him backsatge and said that proof was a nice guy who autographed his T-Shirt.

[Lex Diamonds]

GMA']I thought the whole deal was Cage thought Em copped his style?
"Cuz when I drop this solo shit it's over wit
I bought Cage's tape opened it and dubbed over it."

Yeah it was. But I don't think that argument could hold up to the extent that he would shoot one of Slim's best buddies. If so that man better start hiding, I can't imagine this going unavenged to be honest. It's a total injustice and as far as I can see Proof was loved by most of Detroit.

[Auton]

GMA']I thought the whole deal was Cage thought Em copped his style?

that might have been a convincing argument if cage knew how to rap

[The Notorious LOL]

GMA']I thought D12 beat his ass down? Or was that Esham?

Fuck, did these guys beef with everybody or what?

I was wondering, becuase I'd never heard Cage called 'Duracell' before.

I thought the whole deal was Cage thought Em copped his style?



that was Esham.

Ive never heard him called Duracell either.

He was asked on WKCR around the time the Slim Shady EP first came out what he thought of Eminem and he said he felt like he was biting his style.


If you do listen to Slim Shady EP and some of the older Cage singles...theres some kind of similar stuff, but its not close enough of a comparison that I would say its obvious he stole his style. Either way, neither of them sound anything like they did at that time now.

[EN[i]GMA]

"Cuz when I drop this solo shit it's over wit
I bought Cage's tape opened it and dubbed over it."

Yeah it was. But I don't think that argument could hold up to the extent that he would shoot one of Slim's best buddies. If so that man better start hiding, I can't imagine this going unavenged to be honest. It's a total injustice and as far as I can see Proof was loved by most of Detroit.

Yeah, I don't think Cage just up and restarted a 5-10 year old beef by just offing one of D12's rappers.

I'd say that's about the least likely scenario.

[Tzar]

here comes the Proof benefit show, the 10 posthumous records, the Proof RIP shirts, dedication records......if the world didn't know who Proof was....they sure as hell will now!!!!
fuckin' aye

[checkyourprez]

thug life in general is fucking gay.

[ASsman]

The death of Proof really saddens me,and not just cuz Im eminems loyalist fan,but because Proof is a good rapper and a nice person. And no one else needs to be shot.
Thats it
Specially not by some motherfuckers named after fucking batteries.

[Mr Films]

I'm just glad to have a thread that's surpassed one page.

sure, someone had to die, but sometimes that's what it takes.

[Knuckles]

I'm just glad to have a thread that's surpassed one page.

sure, someone had to die, but sometimes that's what it takes.
post of the month(y)

[mickill]

Ha. I think it's pretty much sig worthy ^

But I just updated mine earlier, and that just wouldn't be fair.

[CrankItUp!]

shoulda been kanye. (lb)

[roosta]

Proof's legacy will be this thread.



Also, that video where he gets gunned down and its eminem's fault..hmm...probably wont ever see that one again...

[ChrisLove]

that was Esham.

Ive never heard him called Duracell either.

He was asked on WKCR around the time the Slim Shady EP first came out what he thought of Eminem and he said he felt like he was biting his style.


If you do listen to Slim Shady EP and some of the older Cage singles...theres some kind of similar stuff, but its not close enough of a comparison that I would say its obvious he stole his style. Either way, neither of them sound anything like they did at that time now.


From the second I was born, my momma lost me
I'm a cross between Manson, Esham and Ozzy


From Still Dont give A fuck - Eminem

[Mr Films]

shoulda been kanye. (lb)

the real question is, if Kanye or Em were to die....who'd be the bigger martyr?

probably Em.

[nobbus]

are you serious? Kanye PWNS. this forum really has gone to shit.

[ampm]

I remember when Cowboy died. I was pissed.

[Mr Films]

Kanye PWNS. this forum really has gone to shit.

are you saying these two things are related?

[Lyman Zerga]

hope this is fake
cause
eminem whines already about every lil childish crap
so how much would he whine about that
or he just would feel more gangsta even now

[Qdrop]

hope this is fake


nope. real.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060412/ENTERTAINMENT/604120474/1005/ENTERTAINMENT

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2006/04/proof_d12_membe.html

[Lyman Zerga]

sucks for him

[Qdrop]

looks like Proof fired the first shot....shot some dude in the head....the got taken out himself:
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Police: Dead rapper fired first shot
Proof was one of Eminem's closest friends

Wednesday, April 12, 2006; Posted: 1:18 p.m. EDT (17:18 GMT)



DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- Rapper Proof fired the first bullet in a Detroit nightclub shootout that ended his life, police said Wednesday.

The bullet hit Keith Bender, 35, in the head, critically injuring him early Tuesday at the C.C.C., a bar in a strip of businesses along Eight Mile, the road made famous in Eminem's movie of the same name.

Proof, whose real name is Deshaun Holton, was taken to a nearby outpatient treatment center by a private car, where he was pronounced dead.

Detectives are currently trying to figure out who shot Proof, said Detroit police spokesman Sgt. Omar Feliciano. He said his office was told by homicide detectives that Proof fired the first shot at Bender.

Feliciano said no further information has been released.

Proof, 32, was a member of the rap group D12 and was the best man in Eminem's January wedding. Eminem was seldom seen in public without Proof.

Police said officers responding to 911 calls about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday found the bar empty when they arrived.

Bender also was taken to a hospital by a private car.

Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings said Tuesday that detectives don't know what Proof was doing at the bar, which was operating outside of its licensed hours.

Investigators face a unique challenge because no victims were present at the crime scene, Bully-Cummings said.

Police have said that an argument between two parties at the club escalated into gunfire.
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so it wasn't a "hit" or anything....

[DJ_Skrilla]

A 28-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting rapper Proof of D12 turned himself in today (April 12).
Mario Etheridge, 28, of Detroit is being detained by the police for allegedly shooting the rapper during an altercation inside of the C.C.C. nightclub.

Etheridge was also a bouncer at the C.C.C. nightclub. Police said he is a relative of Keith Bender Jr., the bouncer who was allegedly shot by Proof during the fight, which took place around 4:30 am Tuesday.

Police said Proof, born Deshaun Holton, pistol-whipped and shot Bender during the fight. Etheridge allegedly open fire on the rapper, striking him four times in the head and chest.

Authorities are still investigating the incident, but police said the 28-year-old was cooperating with authorities.

Bender, a former Sgt. in the United States Army, is on life support in critical condition.

[ASsman]

So where does AA and AAA come into play?

Hah, pistol whipped. Hmmm, puts a different perspective on things.

[Qdrop]

So where does AA and AAA come into play?

Hah, pistol whipped. Hmmm, puts a different perspective on things.

yeah ,i think that Assault and Battery thing was a bunch of bullshit.

[Extra Cheese]

if eminem cares about his fans at all he'll hold a contest for a winning design for his "rest in peace proof" tattoo.

[YoungRemy]

the rap community should be embarrassed..

Time for another "Hip Hop Summit":rolleyes:

[Space]

the rap community should be embarrassed..

":rolleyes:

rip proof!

[Hiplanedriftr]

Bizarre "works out" in my gym (believe it or not). I see him like every day. The reason I put works out in quotes is because everytime I see he's sitting on his a$$ watching dudes play basketball. I saw him WALKING on a treadmill ONCE. I walked in behind him just yesterday and almost gave my condolences. Thought better of it though.