Nightclub Where Proof Died Closes Its Doors

 •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  92 Comments

Proof1.jpgUnder a new deal with local authorities, the club where D12 member Proof was shot and killed will close its doors for a year, according to the Associated Press. The C.C.C. club was hit with a nuisance violation and will also be subject to fines for operating after hours, which will be determined today (May 11) at a Wayne County court hearing. According to reports, Proof was shot in the head and killed by Mario Etheridge on April 11 after Proof had shot Etheridge’s cousin, Keith Bender. Bender was taken from the club and remained in critical condition for a week before eventually dying from the injuries.

  • jim

    this sucks big proof r.i.p i.f for life

  • Latin_King

    I miss Proof. R.I.P. Proof

  • runyon9

    Proof was da nigga on tha set, wish he was still on tha roll R.I.P. Proof

  • A

    don’t forget that there was another one that died too!

  • D

    FUCK THE OTHER ONE R.I.P PROOF

  • http://hotmail the prof

    AYE FUK THA OTHR DUDE.RIP PROOF!PLUS I THINK IT WS A COVR UP!Y DID THA KILLR GO ON THE RUN??AND HOW WE KNO THE DUDE PROOF SHOT DIDNT HAV A GUN??THE CUZ CUD HAV EASILY LIFTD THE GUN TO MAKE HIS CASE BETR…DO THE MATH

  • BBPRZ

    Wish we were sayin R.I.P TI Proof was more valuable

  • sticky white

    damn rip proof,lotta cats dieing its not rite.. man im trying to get up some new rappers any body no ant new mcs that are just getting on ,i heard that one dude jeremiah matches heres pretty nice,any body know any more?

  • BIG ESCO A.K.A BLACK MAGIC

    FUCK PROOF HE KILLED THE BODY GUARD AND HE GOT SHOT THIS IS HOODD LIFE U FILL ME NORTHSIDERS

    LEAVE TEH CLUB OPEN U FILL ME THERE WERE ALOT OF HOES UP IN DAT JOINT

    BLACK MAGIC 4 LIFE FUCK U BITCHES

  • BIG ESCO A.K.A BLACK MAGIC

    D FUCK U

    FUCK PROOFF
    D 12 WAS WACK ANY WAY

    FUCK PROOF ALL DAY LONG

    FUCK PROOF
    FUCK PROOF
    FUCK PROOF

  • ghettopride

    real toy solider. r.i.p. we meet ya at the crossroads bro.

  • DaT151Kid

    Nah Fuck You Big Esco you get no hoes or bitchez R.I.P Proof

  • http://bigesco louis 13

    big esco you are one gay ass dude play your respect man another fucking hater

  • http://comment louis 13

    big esco you are a fucking faggot

  • RAMMY

    Have some fuckin rspect. You fuckin faggot Black Magic. Your a fuckin retard. The man is dead and left behind 5 children. R.I.P Big PROOF

  • rican baby gurl

    damn yal is wilding,rip proof,i sure eminem is very upset i would too if i lost one of my best boys,yo sticky white i heard of jeremiah matches but i dont no were to get his mix tapes i just have one of his songs.well peace everybody and lets stop all the beefs!

  • http://www.myspace.com/dabloods jamie

    y0 check out ” Look at my enemies” by young blood and young killa. leave some feed back..

  • http://N/A Thoriso Nkone

    R.I.P Big Proof I’m from South Africa a rapper who believes that there will never be a mention of D12 without me thinkin of Proof,fuck how he died it was tragic but we as black people don’t have to act that being hardcore is overrated up to a point where one of ours dies we accept it as a code of the streets and thats fucked up “NGAMA SIMBA.”Oh that Black magic fella is an ass hole”UMSUNU.”

  • F8L

    FUK BIG ESCO THA ONLI THANG BIG BOUT DAT MUTHAFUKA IZ PROBABLY HIZ FAT MUTHAFUKIN MOUTH YALL FEEL ME????HOLLABAK

  • http://yahoo.com lil will

    rip proof. fuck all ya who said fuck proof. proof was a real niggga. And went out like a real nigga. RIP

  • http://www.yahoo.com lil will

    Rip proof.Fuck all ya who said fuck proof.Proof was real nigga. And went out like a real nigga

  • bigboi

    R.I.P. Proof he was a good overlooked rapper he was a G and will remain.

    P.S.-Fuck you esco u a lil bitch tryin to fake like u a G over da internet but u a tru bitch

  • $d12$

    The World,Detroit,D-12 and eminem
    wont be da same wit out proof.

    R.I.P

  • UK

    Why kill each other? Its not right!

  • RAMMY

    Once again FUCK YOU BIG ESCO!

  • BLACK HOMIES IN DA HOUSE

    YO FUCK PROOF, HE LEFT 5 KIDS BEHIND THATS HIS PROBLEM HE SHOULDNT HAVE BANGED HIS WIFE TOO HARD LOLZ. Y U ALL SENDING UR RESPECT TO PROOF FOR Y NOT THE OTHA PPLZ WHO DIED U FAGGOTS. PROOF CAN SUCK MY BALLS HE DESERVED TO DIE…. ROT IN HELL BITCH

  • BIG ESCO A.K.A BLACK MAGIC

    YO DUM SONS OFF BITCHES U NO WHO IS UP IN ERE NORTHSIDERS

    FUCKK ALLL U MOTHER FUCKERS

    PROOF WAS FCUKIN WACK N U NO IT LOLZZ

    MOTHERTFUCKING WANKERS HATIN ON REAL SOULJHA BRAAAAAAAAPPP

    WATCH OUT 4 THE NOBLE THUGS SOME REAL DETROIT KILLERS

    FUCK U RAMMY U BITCH BOY

    FUCK PROOFFF THAT GUY MURDERED ANOTHER MAN FUCK HIM

    BLACK MAGIC FUCK U WANKERS

  • playboy

    i agreee with this magic dude he was wack and he did murder anuve human

    so fuck u mother fuckers n yer noble thugs underground kings got some fire u fill me

    1 love

  • G’D UP

    R.I.P. 2 both Proof & the other guy.
    i 4got his name.
    anyway,
    R.I.P.

  • BIG ESCO A.K.A BLACK MAGIC

    FUCK RAMMY, bigboi, LIL WILL, DaT151Kid
    louis 13,F8L

    FUCK U DUM SONS OF BITCHES
    EAT A DIK U FUCKIN WANKERS

    I WILLL HAV SEX WID URE MUMS
    U FUCKIN WANKERS DONT TEST ME U

    FUCKIN WANKERS

    FUCKIN BITCH BOYS LOOKIN 4 SUM HEAT ON THE NET U WEAK ARSE NIGGAS JUS CUS A BROTHER IS RITE U HATIN MOTHERFUKERS

    BLACK MAGIC NORTHSIDERS

  • LostArmy

    Lost Army……Gang Bangin 4 LIFE…..

  • LostArmy

    FUK BLACK MAGIC A.K.A FAT MUHFUCKA…SHOOT FIRST ASK QUESTIONS LATER BITCH….AND IF WE AINT SHOOTING WE BLOWIN YOUR WHOLE FUCKN SPOT UP…GET THAT STRAIGHT BITCH R.I.P PROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF

  • Pacheco

    Proof we will never miss you cauz your always in our heart r.i.p proof luv ya

  • Some Smoker-420

    FUCK Proff He Sucked Any Ways Who Cares D.I.P(die In Pain)bitch

  • Some Smoker-420

    i think all you faggs trying to cyber bang bring it to long beach ca and ill show you how we west side get down

  • RAMMY

    Yo big esco u dumb fuckin asshole. You probably would of done the same thing Proof did, how do u know that this guy wasn’t some fuckin asshole who was threatening proof and shit, you don’t know anythin so shut the fuck up! and by the way typing in capital letters doesn’t make u seem tougher. R.I.P Big Proof

  • DERTY_SOUFCYDE_KILLAH

    yea yea yea rip to ma home’s PROOF rip cus…..ohh yea fuk u black majick u fukn slut anwat u be runnin yo mouf if like u were some gangster..let me tell u somethang bitch u no gangster nor a banger u bettah learn dat bitch or yor get yah blak ass shot bitch..fuk all da haters…R>I>P_P>R>O>O>F…..

  • RAMMY

    true that!

  • kay_kay

    whyd it have to be proof… that was friken emainems roll model and everything… proof went on tour with him he went everywhere with him… wut is eminem gonna do wit out proof…

  • JAY-DEE

    Big Esco u must me fuckin stupid to be talkin about a dead man like that. if anybody dies and u say fuck that person that just isn’t right. Unless the person did bad things, and Proof never did anythin bad, yeah he shot the guy first but how do u know that this guy wasn’t gonna kill him first.

  • rampage

    fuck black magic fuck esco fuck all yall northside faggots yall wanna bang lets bang 7 4 gangsta 6 poppin five droppin faggot ass niggas

  • Max

    yo, let Proof R.I.P I’m from Detroit and we miss him!!!

  • openeyes

    ignore ignorance, repect the dead regardless if you agree/disagree with his work…rip proof

  • daniel

    yo r.i.p. proof i reminisce ya all tha time

  • FProof

    Yo Proof deserved it, he was standing over another guy with a gun ready to kill a man that did not have a single weapon on him. He got shot and now he has to deal with the consequences, ok technically he can’t deal with the consequences cause that dude killed him, ok maybe he can think about what he did, ok technically he can’t think about what he did…..lol. That mofo got lit the fuck up, thats what his bitch ass get, fight one on one or get done muthafucka

  • you assholes

    you people are morons. He’s a murderer and I’m glad his ass is buried. He shot someone, that mans cousin shot his ass back. If you don’t want to die, don’t pull a gun on someone. He was basically asking for it and thank God he got what he deserved. Now lets think of the realy victim here.

  • Fubarwibble

    there are 2 sides to every story, and none is sadder than the loss of life. A lot can be learned from observing history and not trying to base an opinion on only one side of the story. no-one deserves to die no matter how much of an ass public opinion makes out. There are reasons at work here that no-one will ever understand. both parties should rest in peace.

  • http://xxlmag.com SUPER313

    fuck a black magic bitch sucka duck ass niggas. is the reason for detroit hiphop even being in existence
    proof never been like these studio
    wankstas scaried to come to the hood.
    bitch he was in everyhood. and if i catch any of yall disrespecting his name you gon D.I.P (die in pain)
    detroit stand the fuck up 7 mile down hoes

  • Sum1

    another rapper who died frm da shoot
    :( i’ll miss him so much.
    R.I.P PROOF!!!!

  • Corinne

    I miss proof too, I wish he was still alive, he was and always will be one of the best rappers to me. I wish death upon Mario Etheridge for shooting him in the head. I hope he gets shot right between the eyes, making him look like he has an acne crater mark.

  • DETROIT RAPPER M80

    YO DIS YO BOI STR8 FROM DETROIT EASTSIDE! 6 MILE 7 MILE 8 MILE STAND UP! R.I.P. PROOF DETROIT WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. THE DAY U DIED DETROIT SEEM SO SAD DAT DAY, EURR NIGGA WAS ON DA BLOCK ROLLING UP A BLUNT 4 U DOE P! WE LOST 3 DETROIT RAPPERS IN THE PASS YEAR ALONE! (WYPEOUT EASTSIDE CHEDDABOYZ) THEN BLADE ICEWOOD WAS SHOT 7 TIMES WITH A AK 47 AND LIVED ,BUT WAS PARALIZED,AND THEN HE WAS MURDERD 7 MONTHS LATER ON 7 MILE RD, THEN WHEN YOUD THINK DAT ITS ALL COOL, PROOF WAS GUNNED DOWN ON DETROITS
    8 MILE RD! WAT DA FUCK IS WRONG WITH US! WE ALMOST LOST OBIE! DETROIT I LOVE MY CITY BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

  • lol loo

    fck proof he wasnt shid withouth em

  • the RevolutioN

    Rest In Peace Proof.
    Listen here all u ametures what ever went down in c.c.c. went down but the outcome stays the same Proof is gone. show love, show respect and stop the brother slayin. And for all you wanna be gangsters stop hatin you ain’t shit.
    By the way Black Magic don’t even trip bitch, if you tried to front i would carve your punk ass up mother fucker. and so would proof show some fuckin respect

  • 8thstreetdyme

    Yo, its so wrong for all these people on this site to say that proof deserved what he got and all that bull shit. I mean, how can u say someone deserve to be dead and wish death on someone, there is no coming back from that. Even if he was a bad guy or did wrong, we all are not perfect and people should have respect for the dead. Would u want someone to wish that shit on your mothers or someone u love and care about or even yourselves, I don’t think so. So my heart goes out to the family of Proof and Keith Bender. May your souls rest in peace. Come on people, grow the fuck up.

  • http://hotmail dohah

    1 their aint no G’s online their on the streets u r all full of shit rip proof

  • http://hotmail dohah

    u know all the real niggas shop ebay

  • mike

    FUCK PROOF HE WAS A HOE AS NIGGER.KIETH B WAS THE REAL ONE.FUCK FAGOT ASS PROOF REST IN PISS

  • outburstakatsepiso

    Yo sticky white!?!much respect foe what you trying 2 do-WORD LIFE kid,i may kno alota peeps,i think theyD feel what you want to hook up!More info and how we may find it!FUCK all you cunt suking peeps lyk mike,lol loo,giveup!word openeyes!Peace love and hiphop!

  • english/mofo

    your all really sad i aint saying fuck proof i liked all his lyrics but if all you fools didn’t go around with a fucking chip on your shoulders then this shit wouldn’t happen for fuck sake grow up!!!

    yall feel me!!!

  • english/mofo

    *follow-up*

    you lot really think your ghetto dont you

    it shocks me how sad it is that you think thats something to be proud of

    as i said before grow up

    before you have to bury someone that means something to you and there wont be a big news story when that happens

    put your guns down and get a fucking job and live a decent life before you fuck everybody elses up

    why cant a news story like this one have a positive message stop playing with peoples lives and your before its too late!!!

  • a voice

    yall wanna know what i think, i think all yall should stay the fuck out of the celebrity buisness and get the fuckin story right,not any of yall were there, yall never spoke to proof or any of the the other people invovled in this so how in the fuck do yall know.yall need to stop believeing everything yall here and see on t.v and get yall own motha fuckin lifes.don’t get mad at someone cause they speakin their opinions its what they think,so don’t go wishin death on someone else cause that shit can back fire and i know none of you wanna die anytime soon.so stay the fuck out of peopls buisness,now is that so hard.

  • a voice

    many of yall never wonder of what could happen in the next min,hour,day,month,year,cause yall to busy in everybody elses buisness.black magic i respect you but all that shit you were sayin it wasn’t right but thats your opinion and everybody spoke their minds but you could’ve have left that to yourself,and for whoever wishing death on my dog TI,you bets to believe you got the whole game fucked my nigga,yo bitch ass wanna be hero then you go take that fuckin bullet for that dudes cuzin,cause thats some real negative shit you said.

  • http://myspace.com JoOm JaZtiK

    RIP Proof… fuck you BIG ESCO, u sound like one of’em moefuckaz right up in England, go back to where u came from moefucka… WANKER WANKER WANKER is all you moefukca say.. fuck you BIG ESCO.. go fuck yoself bitch… moe fucka got no respect… HOpe you next moefucka

    Island Luv’n…FUck BIG ESCO

  • http://myspace.com J_ Rida

    yO, you fucks with the nonsense, bithces, mothafuckaz opinion from where you say Proof deserved his death and all your bullshitz.. fuck ya’ll mothafuckaz.. nobody deserves to die when killed by a mothafucken fat ass gunner… Ya’ll bitches with no respect gotta head back up yo mama’s pussy and learn…. then you can come back out after you learn.. feel me?

  • http://myspace.com J_ Ride’ah

    yO, you fucks with the nonsense, bithces, mothafuckaz opinion from where you say Proof deserved his death and all your bullshitz.. fuck ya’ll mothafuckaz.. nobody deserves to die when killed by a mothafucken fat ass gunner… Ya’ll bitches with no respect gotta head back up yo mama’s pussy and learn…. then you can come back out after you learn.. feel me?

  • http://myspace.com J_ Ride’ah

    yO, you fucks with the nonsense, bithces, mothafuckaz opinion from where you say Proof deserved his death and all your bullshitz.. fuck ya’ll mothafuckaz.. nobody deserves to die when killed by a mothafucken fat ass gunner… Ya’ll bitches with no respect gotta head back up yo mama’s pussy and learn…. then you can come back out after you learn.. feel me? Yeah bet you do huh, mothafuckaz

  • DUI

    You fuckin people are a fuckin embarrassment. Since most of you cunts are probably white kids from england I’ll thank you to fucking speak english. Proof was a punk and got what he deserved. Keep it real and get over it!!!!!!!!!!

  • DUI

    PS. He was a fuckin punk before he was shot. If he shot my cousin I’d have done more than just shoot him. He got off light. (And I’m not talking it up I really could). Most of you twats need to grow the fuck up.

  • DUI

    PSS. His tracks were phat though!!! Keep it real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=1591 ian kreps

    r.i.p proof miss you dui can suck a dick if you would of shot proof i would cut your throat

  • Dez

    RIP Proof. yur rhymes wer killer man. ezz bro

  • Dez

    who the fuck writes beef. the mans fuckin dead hav sum respect. that man ripped shit nun of yu fucks wud ever touch

  • Zach

    R.I.P. Proof, I stilll cant belive hes gone. I miss the hell outta you Proof.

  • Zach

    Fuck Mario Etheridge! He took away the realest, greatest, most talented, Detroit rapper in history. This bitch is fucked up. I wish I could find that bitch and shoot that fucker DEAD! Bender shoudn’t have brought the fight to where guns were involved. Fuck that whole family. The people livin’ wit’ ‘em taught ‘em to start brawls, and fuck with a famous man who had of fans over the world. Fuck Mario Etheridge! Fuck Keith Bender! Rest In Peace Big Proof!!!!

  • lowdowg

    i think it’s kinda fuck’d up that rappers rap about stuff like killing and shitt like that… I know it’s a part of the hiphop-kinda-style but man there is many fucked up people out in the world that actually think that those artists like 2pac (rip) or 50 actually think that smoking other niggaz or whatever is just fine.. But man.. tose people that actually belive in shitt like that. So i

    RIP 2pac, Proof, biggie (eaven though i had a bief with pac)

  • Ant

    Rest well proof youl be missed truly. And to thoughs ppl out there that dnt agree wen i say proof is a legend you jus dnt no rap.

  • DUI

    IAN KREPS. I have eaten a dick before. Ive been fucked in the ass. Ive fucked in the ass. And Ive killed men. I stand by what I said. Proof had it coming. If you live the life you thats how you do. dont be making threats you cant be backing up!!!!

  • DUI

    PS. We should get together to

  • craig

    yo black magic ur frm england so wht da fuck u kno bout da cummin in here wi ya wanker shit u a fag americans dont no wht a wanker is tell me were u live cuz i’ll cum show u wht happens in da hood oh and dnt think tht i wont cum bitch cuz i will

  • craig

    p.s noticed how i aint hidin behind a fake ass name like most of u bitches and ya’ll can’t be real g’s if u wuz u be out nt on da internet talkin shit 2 each other oh and if ya’ll r thinkin im no G cuz im on here tlkin shit ur wrong cu i am and da reason i am on here is cuz i’m doin research on rappers for my own pleasure cuz i like 2 compare da shit frm da 90′s and da shit thts around nw. if ur intrested in this just send me a mssge bk on dis site peace out

  • english/mofo

    OMG

    you dont get it do ya

    get a job

    stop killing people

    its simple

    wait till you losers get a bit older
    and you have got children

    and one of them comes home with a knife wound or summat

    because of the stupid example you are setting now

    rap really is to blame for this

    so on that note

    i am saying bye bye

    see you in purgatory(youl be going down and i will be going up)

    seriously

    stop playing with guns

    i dont care if you are G if any of you losers so much as looked at one of my children in the wrong way i would make a hat stand from your fucking spine

    yall feel me!!!

  • http://xxlmag.com WHITBOY

    YO, FUCK YOU BLACK MAGIC. WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE BODY GUARD. AND WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW ABOUT “HOODLIFE.”
    GO FUCK YOUR MOM!

  • http://none RIP PROOF

    str8 up fuk black magic little ho say shit to our face not 2 proof king of the d dumd little bitch

  • i will shit on proof

    FUCK PROOF

  • proof is a cocksucker

    I AM SO HAPPY PROOF IS DEAD I WISH HIS FAMLIY WILL DIE TO AND D12.IF YOU LIKE PROOF GO RAPE YOUR MOM AND GO KILL YOUR SELF D12 is NEXT TO GETTING KILLED.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • i will shit on proof

    PROOF DIED BECUASE HE DESERVED IT I AM SO HAPPY HE IS DEAD IF YOU LIKE PROOF OR D12 GO RAPE YOUR MOM

  • i will shit on proof

    PROOF IS GAY IF YOU LIKE HIM RAP YOUR MOM

  • i will shit on proof

    FUCK PROOF AND HIS MOM

  • CONCERNED!

    I can’t believe it in here. It’s as if this is all a game and who can be the “hardest”.

    This is reality. WE are talking about a human being, a soul that has been lost!!! This isn’t some rap video! GET REAL!

    There is nothing hard about talking about a dead man and his family with such disrespect! It’s as if there are a bunch of children on here playing games!

    Can we get real please.

    WATCH HIP HOP BEYOND BEATS AND RYHMES DOCUMENTARY ON GOOGLE VIDEO! Wake up!!!

  • PROOF N’ EM

    HEY MIKE… FUCK YOU, YOU STUPID COCKSUCKER BITCH! I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL WITH MARIO ETHERIDGE. SO CAN BLACK MAGIC. GO TO MUTHAFUCKING HELL. BESIDES BLACK MAGIC, YOU’RE FROM FUCKIN’ ENGLAND. THERE ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 10 BLACK PEOPLE THERE YOU COCKSUCKER.

  • Emanuele

    I’m italian and I’ve been in Detroit for a month, I don’t dislike D12 music and I think Proof was a good rapper but I think that when u kill someone for no reason u gotta pay.. he paid with death. May God forgive you Proof and the other guy who killed u. Peace

  • http://www.slim-shady-lover.piczo.com marta (from norway)

    proof was no killer but he had reason to kill this time. and fuck you motherfuckers that hate proof. hope you bearn in hell all of you fuckers. cuzz proof was a relly funny man and I miss him. love you proof. rest in peace. we all miss you<3