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Detroit Rapper Killed
By 7 Action News
Web produced by Christine Lasek
April 11, 2006

A shooting on Detroit’s northeast side early Tuesday morning has left a well known Detroit rapper and another man dead.

The shooting occurred on 8 Mile Rd. Rap artist Proof and another man were both shot to death at the Triple C club, at around 4:30 a.m.

Police are investigating the scene, and there has been word yet of suspects or motives.

Proof is a member of the rap group D12, and a close friend of Eminem’s.

It has been reported that Proof was the best man at Eminem’s recent wedding to Kim Mathers.

Stay tuned to 7 Action News for more information as it becomes available.

Wow. That sucks. What a shame.

Damn.

damn... that just ruined my day... Proof and the whole D12 crew are great.

That is pretty terrible news, he was looking to have a promising career.

MATT

Oh his career will be huge now! Unfortunately he won't be here to enjoy it.

Yeah, huh.

Well, that's what happens when you're in the game...

That's terrible. What shitty couple of weeks for Eminem. Divorce and his best friend is killed.

Another great rapper gone, R.I.P. homie you're in my prayers

Terrible. Should be enough to get Eminem back in the studio.

Didn't Proof get shot and killed in Eminem's 'Toy Soldiers' video?

damn rip, i heard bizaree might got shot to i hope he is ok

according to the d-12 website, he was not involved and was in GA at the time

Hey! Only 11 more to go, now!

Are you kidding me?

Sad news. R.I.P.

Zombiezilla your a bitch,I dont give a fuck if I get banned,maybe when you get shot in the head and die maybe some of the folks around here will say the same thing about you?

lame post.. I'm not saying the guy was a saint or you should cry/mourn his death (although I liked him), but come on... a little restraint/sympathy

Hey, after 41 YEARS living within a mile of a major ghetto in Detroit, I can't wait for them ALL to go. Harsh or not, "gangstas" are scum, and deserve nothing, let alone adulation, living or dead. Their entire culture (and I use the term loosely) is based upon drug sales/use and violence against "ordinary" people. I say we give each one a loaded gun and tell him/her that the last living gangsta gets anything they want in the world...and then we kill the winner.

I hate rap, but I hate to see people killed. Wishing for others to die is not a way to solve the whole gang problem.

Proof was a good rapper, sad to see him go.

Zombiezilla...well, they've already said it. Either way, I'd stop while you're ahead.

= J

on the one hand, he's got a point...i'm tired of hearing how bad [insert name of any contemporary rapper]'s life was and how he had to hustle/deal drugs/gang bang (not that kind of gang bang) to "survive". whatever.

on the other hand, my grandmother always said "if can't say something nice about someone..."

that said, other than running with Eminem, I know nothing about him..

This is probably better for another thread, but there is often a seperation between rappers and gangsters.. Rappers will oftem be the first to tell you that they are just playing a role. A role that white middle class america wants them to play, but that also is better for another thread. Do you wish Al Pacino dead because he played a gangster in Scarface... What about Robert DeNiro? Kind of the same difference.

Zombie im sorry about the outburst bro,but it still should not have been said,but you do have a point about how the ghetto works,plus not to mention D-town is the poorest city in the nation,like I said before im sorry bro.

I know he was in 8 mile as well, one of the freestyle rappers that battled em, early on I think.

From what I have heard he was a regular guy and didn't play the "fame" card. It's too bad...

You live the life they sing (if you can use that term) and this isn't surprising. Sad to see, but not a big shock any time you read about another rapper shot. I just don't get the mentality.