Dear fellow D12 fans, I am afraid to have sad news for you all…

I am so sorry to hear this! My heart goes out to Marshall and the rest of Proof’s family, to include the members of D12! RIP Proof, you won’t be forgotten!

RIP PROOF your loved by many!

Thanks for the laughs a good times, thanks for blessing us with your exuberence and words. Today is a sad day, but I hope we all remember Proof as who he was was and not just that he died.

I don’t believe the f**kin’ reports!!!!!!! Proof isn’t the type of person to just shoot someone for nothin’!!! The cops are just tryin’ to cover this up cause dude that was shot is an army vet. They said someone let fire off in the air, hench Proof pulled his gun, pistol whipped dude & his cousin shot him in the chest. Proof let off a round due to the sho, which happens & shot dude in the head. His cousin shot Proof in the head 4x’s!!!!! 4 that sh*t was uncalled 4!!!! He had right to carry a gun. He had a permit, he’s famous & he has to protect himself!!! This guy Ethridge isn’t even gonna get charged, that’s f**ked up!!! By them doing this more blood will be shed!!! ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Proof is someone, without him we wouldn’t of had D12, hence Eminem. The face of music was changed because of Em. Proof started that. He helped him with his skills. He was just as good as Em, if not better at a time. It’s not his fault certain people didn’t respect him the way he was suppose to be because he was always beside Em. Dude was a true nice guy. He’s gone & his family & friends have to suffer. Ethridge should be chgarged.

Ya just know Mr. Benzino had something to do with this, Acouple of months ago he released a song saying that he killed Proof (strange considering this was before proof got shot.). And Em cut his ass up in their last few bouts, so Benzino got jealous probably saved up all his money from selling “drugs” (probably stole an ice cream van or something) and put a hit out on Proof.
Go get him Eminem!
Peace Out

April 16 – Detroit Glock City – Benzino Paid Detroit Rappers To
Fuck Up Shady Camp
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> Detroit is unlike any other city in America, whether it is the
rap scene or in its culture. The city that brought the automobile
and the Motown sound to the rest of the world fell on desperately
hard times in the last quarter of the 20th Century in both
areas. “The Big 3″ car makers got knocked down a peg by Japanese,
Korean, and European automakers, and Motown Records abandoned
Detroit for greener pastures in California as NYC, the West Coast,
and the Dirty South eclipsed Detroit as the new center of urban
music and culture.
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> The result was a people constantly on edge economically and
socially, and a rap scene with no infrastructure or mentors to guide
it on an artistic path. The hip-hop game became an extension of the
drug game and both were strictly underground. It was cannibalistic
with every man for himself… no cooperation and no rules! Art
always imitates life…
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> In the late ’90s, a bit of light was shone on the Detroit musical
scene with the opening of the Hip Hop Shop on West 7 Mile road by
clothing czar Maurice Malone. Here heads could come and battle in an
atmosphere unknown up until that point. An atmosphere where the art
was the only important thing, not which crew of ballers you were
being backed by. Here is where Proof and Eminem honed their skills
and D-12 made their pact that whoever made it out first would pull
up the rest of the crew. After years of struggle and countless MC
battles, Eminem was discovered by the legendary Dr. Dre and the rest
is history as depicted in the smash hit movie 8 Mile. But with
success comes problems, and Detroit is the wrong place to have
problems.
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> Soon after the success of Eminem and D-12, the D’s hip-hop
community gained hope. As a matter of fact, many expected that the
glory days of Motown would return, this time with the beat of bass
drums and scratches, and that Detroit would blow up. It never
happened and this caused the green-eyed monster known as jealousy to
rear its ugly head among crews who were suspicious they were being
left behind unjustly by the new rap reps of the Motor City — namely
Eminem and D-12.
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> The scene has devolved back to the scene of days past, where open
warfare is commonplace. The streets say it’s on. Proof’s killing was
not suprising considering the atmosphere that exists in the hood. In
a little over a year Detroit has seen many of its top lyricists get
dropped in yet to be solved murders. The list reads like a who’s who
of the Motor City hip-hop scene. Blade Icewood and Wipeout (both
were paid homage in the John Singleton’s Four Brothers movie which
was set in Detroit) were gunned down in separate incidents, along
with two of their associates. Eminem’s protégé Obie Trice was shot
in the head on a downtown Detroit freeway while bouncing in his
Range Rover in a still unsolved case. And the latest and most
startling tragedy, Eminem’s right hand man and godfather of Detroit
rap scene, Proof of D-12 was gunned down in The Triple C’s Lounge, a
nightclub ironically on 8 Mile road on Detroit’s East Side this past
Tuesday. The local press and politicians are
> calling for a crackdown on the violence and rumor has it the
Detroit Police is in the process of forming a rap intelligence unit
to cool off what they are forecasting as a “hot summer” in the rap
game in the city. factions — the Eminem/Esham/Insane Clown Posse/D-
12 styles clashing with the gangsta rappers led by crews like The
Cheddar Boyz and The Street Lords. However, the streets are saying
it is over some very specific incidents involving the Eminem/Benzino
feud.
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> Some of Detroit’s top dogs are taking sides ironically with
Benzino. There are tales of cash dropped on some Detroiters to turn
on Em and D-12, and label them as setting the ladder on fire after
they climbed up to superstar status. This was confirmed, according
to many of the crew members who were suspicious that they were being
hated on, when an issue of The Source Magazine quoted Detroit rapper
E Dubb saying that Eminem blocked some of Detroit’s most prominent
crews from getting signed. It was further evidenced with the
infamous confrontation at the top-rated Detroit hip-hop station FM
98. Em is said to have become furious when he learned Benzino was in
his city spitting venom and enlisted Trick Trick and The Goon Squad
to deliver “a personal message” to the former Source mogul with a
beat down. Immediately after the strong arm favor, Trick Trick gets
quid pro quo with a high-profile track with Slim Shady and blows up
nationally.
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> According to sources exclusive to SOHH, this made it crystal clear
that Em had been living up to his alter ego, playing puppet master
on the Detroit rap scene. Certain rap crews made it clear that they
would exact revenge. This greatly increased the air of “dog eat dog”
on the scene by tenfold overnight and ignited a war by proxy on the
streets of Motown that is still playing itself out with lethal
consequences.
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> Right now Detroit is in shock, stunned that so many of city’s
lyricists are gone in the prime of their careers. The fans are
wondering who’s next? How do we stop this… now? Many are calling
on Detroit’s “Hip-Hop” Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to use his power and
influence in the rap community to call for a peace summit in hopes
of squashing the beefs and stopping the killing before the heat of
the summer pushes things to a higher boiling point. But at present
there are no moves being made to address the situation and the
powers that be seem to not have any understanding of seriousness and
urgency of the situation. And with a lack of action like this,
things are going to get far worse before they get any better.
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> Source: http://www.SOHH.com

R.I.P Big Proof.

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