Proof, a member of rap group D12 and a close friend of Eminem, was shot to death early Tuesday at a nightclub along Eight Mile Road. Proof was the best man at Eminem’s wedding in January. He also appeared in the movie “8 Mile” with Eminem.

Wende Berry, a spokeswoman for St. John Health System, said Holton was dead on arrival at St. John Conner Creek, an outpatient treatment facility. Berry confirmed that he had a gunshot wound.

Proof’s solo debut, “Searching for Jerry Garcia,” was released in August 2005 on his own Iron Fist label. “I went back to the original flavor of hip hop that I remember, that I love,” he told Billboard.com at the time. “[Where] people used samples, that kind of feel. Everything on there isn’t a sample, but just the rawness I remember from ‘94, ‘95.”

The artist is the second member of Eminem’s inner circle to be shot in recent months. Rapper Obie Trice was shot while driving in Detroit on New Year’s Eve but has since recovered from his wounds.

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