Eminem: Shot rapper was my friend

Eminem has praised rapper Proof, who was shot dead earlier this week, for his “guidance and encouragement,” calling him “my best friend,” in a posting on his website.

Proof, whose real name is Deshaun Holton, was killed early on Tuesday in a shooting at the CCC, a nightclub in a strip of businesses along Eight Mile, the road made famous in the 2002 film starring Eminem.