d12 member killed[views:8277][posts:38]____________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 4:19pm - poopsmcgee ""] Proof, an Eminem protege and member of the Detroit rap outfit D12, was shot to death early Tuesday at a nightclub along Eight Mile Road. "Memorial service arrangements are still being made, and his friends and family would appreciate privacy during this difficult time," said Dennis Dennehy, the publicist for D12 at Interscope Records. According to a spokeswoman for the Detroit police, the 32-year-old Proof, whose real name was Deshaun Holton, was shot in the head after a fight erupted around 5 a.m. at C.C.C., a bar in a Eight Mile Road strip on Detroit's northern edge. The rapper was rushed to Holy Cross Hospital in a private vehicle, but was pronounced dead on arrival. Dennehy added that, contrary to some early reports, another member of D12, Bizarre, was not involved in the shooting and was at home in Atlanta at the time. Authorities said a 35-year-old man was also shot in the head and was listed in critical condition at St. John's Hospital, but his identity has been withheld. Police say an investigation is underway and no suspects have been named. His death comes four months after another member of Eminem's entourage, Obie Trice, suffered minor gunshot wounds after coming under fire on Detroit's Lodge Freeway on New Year's Eve. Proof, who sometimes went by Big Proof, was considered a mainstay in Detroit's hip-hop scene. Last August, he released his solo debut, Searching for Jerry Garcia. He recorded two albums with D12, 2001's Devil's Night and 2004's D12 World, both of which topped the charts. The group, which also includes Eminem, was expected to head into the studio later this month and begin work on its third album. Proof also served as Eminem's best man in January, when he swapped vows again with high school sweetheart, Kim Mathers. The rappers were good friends, with Proof also appearing in Slim Shady's blockbuster semiautobiographical film, 8 Mile, as Li'l Tic, the wordsmith who smacked down Em in an early rap battle. And in a tragic coincidence, Proof played a murder victim in the Eminem video "Like Toy Soldiers," with Eminem and members of D12 attending his funeral. Speaking to the hip-hop Website SOHH.com last summer to promote his album, Proof tried to distance himself from the violence in his lyrics. "I feel that when you're put in a position of power to reach back to people who are in the streets still trying to make it that you try to make sure that people aren't beefing," he said. We're trying to have peace in the streets." The Q&A ended with a question about what he hopes fans remember about him "when all is said and done." "I'd want them to say that I'm a true artist," he said. "That as far as being who I am and expressing what it is that makes up me, that I did it the best and that I stayed true to the hip-hop roots. "If I were to take my bow--which I never hope to do, I think I can rap forever--then I'd want people to understand that I did this for the love." |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 4:25pm - AUTOPSY_666 ""] http://deathbeeper.com/4768023.html |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 4:43pm - scoracrasia ""] Good riddance |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 5:25pm - DEATH2ALL ""] Proof was a good shit. R.I.P |
| __________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 5:28pm - powerkok ""] thats funny. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 7:33pm - AUTOPSY_666 ""] I guess he wasn't bullet-PROOF, hahaha. :gun: |
| _____________________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 7:38pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""] 11 left. |
| _____________________________ [Apr 11,2006 7:38pm - pam ""] oh well. |
| __________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 7:47pm - brian_dc ""] there's actually only 6 of them. or I guess 5 now |
| _____________________________ [Apr 11,2006 7:50pm - pam ""] shame on you for knowing that. |
| __________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 7:51pm - brian_dc ""] eh, you know what you know. I don't like D12, I just saw a little bit of a thing on TV about them. I do like some hip-hop though, without shame. |
| _______________________________________________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 7:54pm - the more than likely racist yet ambigous guy ""] a shooting involving Rap stars?..you NEVER see that too often HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW~! |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 8:20pm - danny p nli ""] rap getting bashed on a metal board...never see that either... |
| __________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 8:24pm - brian_dc ""] there are so many positive ideas in underground hip-hop...in many ways I can identify with that scene more on a personal level. Not musically though. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 10:25pm - hungtableed ""] "Prankstahs, studio gangstas, BUSTAHS!! but this time you're dealing with some reeeaal moooother fuckkkkin G's......Nigga Please!...." I guess he was a real gangsta. A real motherfuckin g eh? |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 10:28pm - i_am_not_me ""] I guess he found Jerry Garcia. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 11,2006 11:00pm - hungtableed ""] the only rapper I can stand is eazy e. "...and what about the bitch who got shot? FUCK HER, you think I give damn about a bitch - I ain't a suckah" |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 1:31am - glen dancing ""] looks like it'd D11 now |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 1:32am - RichHorror ""] Your tax dollars at work. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 1:36am - AUTOPSY_666 ""] D10 |
| __________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 1:37am - brian_dc ""] correct |
| ______________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 1:38am - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] AUTOPSY_666 said:D10 DID SOMEONE SAY DIO? |
| _________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 8:40am - DreamingInExile ""] AUTOPSY_666 said:D10 D12 D10 D8 D6 are we bashing a Rap act or playing D&D? how about D20? what's your THAC0? HAHAHAHAHA |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 9:04am - Jugulator ""] poopsmcgee said:Proof, an Eminem protege and member of the Detroit rap outfit D12, was shot to death early Tuesday at a nightclub along Eight Mile Road. "Memorial service arrangements are still being made, and his friends and family would appreciate privacy during this difficult time," said Dennis Dennehy, the publicist for D12 at Interscope Records. According to a spokeswoman for the Detroit police, the 32-year-old Proof, whose real name was Deshaun Holton, was shot in the head after a fight erupted around 5 a.m. at C.C.C., a bar in a Eight Mile Road strip on Detroit's northern edge. The rapper was rushed to Holy Cross Hospital in a private vehicle, but was pronounced dead on arrival. Dennehy added that, contrary to some early reports, another member of D12, Bizarre, was not involved in the shooting and was at home in Atlanta at the time. Authorities said a 35-year-old man was also shot in the head and was listed in critical condition at St. John's Hospital, but his identity has been withheld. Police say an investigation is underway and no suspects have been named. His death comes four months after another member of Eminem's entourage, Obie Trice, suffered minor gunshot wounds after coming under fire on Detroit's Lodge Freeway on New Year's Eve. Proof, who sometimes went by Big Proof, was considered a mainstay in Detroit's hip-hop scene. Last August, he released his solo debut, Searching for Jerry Garcia. He recorded two albums with D12, 2001's Devil's Night and 2004's D12 World, both of which topped the charts. The group, which also includes Eminem, was expected to head into the studio later this month and begin work on its third album. Proof also served as Eminem's best man in January, when he swapped vows again with high school sweetheart, Kim Mathers. The rappers were good friends, with Proof also appearing in Slim Shady's blockbuster semiautobiographical film, 8 Mile, as Li'l Tic, the wordsmith who smacked down Em in an early rap battle. And in a tragic coincidence, Proof played a murder victim in the Eminem video "Like Toy Soldiers," with Eminem and members of D12 attending his funeral. Speaking to the hip-hop Website SOHH.com last summer to promote his album, Proof tried to distance himself from the violence in his lyrics. "I feel that when you're put in a position of power to reach back to people who are in the streets still trying to make it that you try to make sure that people aren't beefing," he said. We're trying to have peace in the streets." The Q&A ended with a question about what he hopes fans remember about him "when all is said and done." "I'd want them to say that I'm a true artist," he said. "That as far as being who I am and expressing what it is that makes up me, that I did it the best and that I stayed true to the hip-hop roots. "If I were to take my bow--which I never hope to do, I think I can rap forever--then I'd want people to understand that I did this for the love." Great.All rappers should be shot DEAD |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 10:08am - Messerschmitt ""] the boy is on mydeathspace.com |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 1:11pm - HailTheLeaf ""] what a fucking waste...we're such an intelligent species, murdering eachother over stupid shit.. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 1:36pm - slowlypeelingtheflesh nli ""] HailTheLeaf said:what a fucking waste...we're such an intelligent species, murdering eachother over stupid shit.. I totally agree with you, also I think that a lot of people are completey ignorant towards hip hop artists. So what, who cares what their life style is. The more you ridicule them the more they will ridicule you for listening to some random obscure metal band. Saying things like rappers should be shot is just plain retardation. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:53pm - dreadkill ""] he will sell more albums now that he's dead. watch out for 8 new solo albums by him over the next decade, featuring guest appearances from tupac, biggie, eazy e, the dead pointer sister, and freddie mercury. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:54pm - RichHorror ""] I love it when celebrities are killed. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:56pm - dreadkill ""] me too, especially shitty ones. celebrity deaths usually bring a smile to my face. my favorite was when that cunt from tlc died. shit was hilarious. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 2:57pm - RichHorror ""] Yeah. That should've been a PSA in favor of revoking women's right to operate a vehicle. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:19pm - Jugulator ""] I wanna see Eminem and Snoop Dog shot to death next:doublehorns: |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:28pm - dreadkill ""] snoop can be funny sometimes. i agree with eminem getting shot. he's a shithead. |
| ______________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:32pm - Yeti ""] my girl is huge into Eminem. i have unfortunately been subjected to it numerous times, and i just dont get it. he says NOTHING useful, he says the word "dick" about 600 times per song, every song is "wah wah its hard being famous wah wah i'm a pussy and i like cock". a disgusting waste and a sad commentary on the state of the youth of america. |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:33pm - RichHorror ""] Yeti said:every song is "wah wah its hard being famous wah wah i'm a pussy and i like cock". That is ironically also the subject matter of every IWEIPH song. |
| ______________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:34pm - Yeti ""] hahahahaha oh man |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:35pm - RichHorror ""] I'm especially fond of cock. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 3:43pm - dreadkill ""] no foolin |
| __________________________________________ [Apr 12,2006 4:09pm - dwellingsickness ""] It was biggie's posse that did it |