Nickname:	Derty Harry Big Proof Oil Can Harry
Known for:	8 Mile, The Up in Smoke Tour, The Longest Yard
Birth name:	DeShaun Holton
Birthday:	2 October 1975, Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. Childhood friend of Eminem. During his cameo in 8 Mile, he asked if he could just use his real name, so that he would be playing himself in 1995, when the film is set. The director decided against it, but he still manage to sneak is name as an acronym when he raps in the film, "I'll (P)unish (R)abbit (O)r (O)bsolete (F)uture." The character of Future in 8 Mile (2002) is based on him. Proof was the best man at Eminem's wedding in January 2006. After his death many rappers released statements mourning his death such as The Game, Jin, Method Man, B-Real, Insane Clown Posse and fellow band mate Kon Artis. The Detroit rapper was shot to death around 4:30 a.m. in a gun battle with another man outside "Triple C's," a Detroit after-hours nightclub. He died of a gunshot wound to the head. It is believed that Proof was the first to use his gun, shooting Keith Bender in the head after taking his pistol and striking Bender several times in the face. The argument reportedly erupted over a game of pool and escalated from there. Proof was then allegedly shot by the bouncer, Mario Etheridge, who was Bender's cousin. Proof's widely acclaimed song "Kurt Kobain" samples "Blue Sky, Silver Bird" by Lamont Dozier. Coincidentally, this sample was produced by Proof's biological father, McKinley Jackson, who was a prominent Detroit producer in the 1970s.