Known for:	8 Mile, The Up in Smoke Tour, The Longest Yard
Birth name:	DeShaun Holton
Birthday:	2 October 1975, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Childhood friend of Eminem. Proof is known for his freestyle talents. He won the Source Magazine Freestyling Competition back in 1999. 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." Member of Eminem's group D12. The character of Future in 8 Mile is based on him. His debut solo album is called "Searching For Jerry Garcia" and is now considered a hip-hop classic. Proof was the best man at Eminem's wedding in January 2006. Although Eminem is the one who made D12 rise to fame, Proof has been credited for originally forming the group in Detroit years before they became famous. 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. Survived by his 5 children: 3 with wife Sharonda, and 2 from prior relationships. 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. The sextet group D-12 was made up of Proof, Eminem, Swift, Bizarre, Kon Artis and Kuniva.

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