What is Proof (rapper)?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Proof | image = ProofAug05.jpg | caption = Proof performing in 2005 | Img_size = 250 | landscape = | birth_name = DeShaun Dupree Holton | alias = Derty Harry | birth_date = {{birth date|1973|10|02}} | birth_place = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|04|11|1973|10|02}} | death_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|songwriter|actor|hype man}} | years_active = 1992–2012 | label = {{hlist|[[Iron Fist Records|Iron Fist]]|[[Shady Records]]}} | past_member_of = {{hlist|[[D12]]|5 Elementz|Funky Cowboys|Promatic|Goon Sqwad}} }} '''DeShaun Dupree Holton''' (October 2, 1973 – April 11th, 2006), better known as '''Proof''', was an [[Americans|American]] rapper. He was a member of the [[Detroit]] groups 5 Elementz, Funky Cowboys, Promatic, Goon Sqwad, and D12. He was also a close childhood friend of rapper [[Eminem]]. Proof's first studio album, ''I Miss the Hip Hop Shop'', was released in 2004. His second album, ''[[Searching for Jerry Garcia]]'', was released a year later in 2005. It rose to number 65 on the Billboard 200.<ref>{{cite web|title=Proof Chart History - Billboard 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/proof/chart-history/tlp/|website=Billboard|access-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121211702/https://www.billboard.com/artist/proof/chart-history/tlp/|archive-date=November 21, 2021}}</ref> On April 11, 2006, D12 rapper and longtime friend of Eminem, Proof, was shot and killed at a Detroit club located on the city’s famed Eight Mile. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1973 births]] [[Category:2006 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm in the United States]] [[Category:Rappers from Michigan]] [[Category:Musicians from Detroit]] [[Category:American songwriters]] [[Category:20th-century American rappers]] [[Catego