Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1973-10-02
- Died
- 2006-04-11
- Works
- 53
Top works
- Stuff I Can't Remember
- Crap I Always Forget
- Temperature Log Book
- Crap I Can't Remember
- Make Passwords Great Again
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Detroit, Michigan, USA
DeShaun Dupree Holton (October 2, 1973 – April 11, 2006), known professionally as Proof, was an American rapper and actor from Detroit, Michigan. During his career, he was a member of the groups 5 Elementz, Funky Cowboys, Promatic, Goon Sqwad, and D12. He was a close childhood friend of rapper Eminem, who also lived in Detroit. Proof was often a hype man at Eminem's concerts.
Known for
- Stans — Self (archive footage)2025
- La Haine : La scène est à nous — Self2024
- LA Originals — Self (archive footage)2020
- Vanilla Ice Archive — Self (archive footage)2012
- The Longest Yard — Basketball Convict2005
- Eminem Presents: The Anger Management Tour — Self2005
- Eminem: Live from New York City — Self2005
- Punk'd — Self2003
- 8 Mile — Lil'Tic2002
- Eminem Live at Barkar Hanger in Santa Monica — Himself2000
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 561,790
- Total plays
- 2,743,448
Tags
rapHip-Hopd12detroithip hop
1.DeShaun Dupree Holton (October 2, 1973 – April 11, 2006), better known as Proof, was a Detroit hip hop rapper and member of the rap groups D12 and 5 Elementz. Although Proof first rose to national prominence as a part of the rap group D12, he had been fairly successful on his own. Most notably, he was featured in The Source's Unsigned Hype column in 1999 and came close to winning the 1998 Blaze Battle. His first television appearance can be seen in the Aaliyah video "Age Ain't Nothing But a Nu
via Last.fm · Proof
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression as Surrogate Marker for Cardiovascular Risk
· 2020 · cited 396x
- Toward Proof of Concept of a One Health Approach to Disease Prediction and Control
· 2013 · cited 134x
- Sympathetic overactivity due to sleep fragmentation is associated with elevated diurnal systolic blood pressure in healthy elderly subjects: the PROOF-SYNAPSE study
· 2013 · cited 122x
- Sleep Breathing Disorders and Cognitive Function in the Elderly: An 8-Year Follow-up Study. The Proof-Synapse Cohort
· 2015 · cited 84x
- Variation in RNA-Seq Transcriptome Profiles of Peripheral Whole Blood from Healthy Individuals with and without Globin Depletion
· 2014 · cited 81x
via Crossref · CC0
Key dates
- Born
- 2 October 1973
- Died
- 11 April 2006
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Detroit
- Occupation
- hype man
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- gangsta rap
- Instrument
- voice
Gallery (2)
Connections
Categories
1973 births2006 deaths20th-century American male musicians20th-century American male rappers20th-century American rappers21st-century American rappersAfrican-American male rappersAfrican-American songwritersAmerican battle rappersBurials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit)D12 membersDeaths by firearm in Michigan