Eminem files for divorce — Again

Less than three months after exchanging “til-death-do-us-parts” for the second time with Kimberley Anne Mathers, rapper Eminem has decided to pull the plug on the marriage.

In court papers filed this morning in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mt. Clemens, a lawyer for Em — who goes in the filing by his legal name, Marshall B. Mathers III — cites as reasons for the divorce “a breakdown in the marriage relationship to the extent that the objects of matrimony have been destroyed.” The filing shows the couple had a pre-nuptial agreement, but did not include details. Also mentioned in the filing is the fact that Kimberley Anne Mathers is not pregnant. Em also asserts that he and Kim are “fit and proper persons to have joint legal and physical custody” of their 10-year-old daughter, Hailie, who was the subject of a bitter custody dispute in 2001 when the couple divorced for the first time. The couple's second marriage took place at Meadowbrook Hall in Rochester Hills on Jan. 14. The divorce case is slated to be heard by Chief Circuit Judge Antonio Viviano.

05 Apr 2006

 

Death of D12 member Proof

A prominent member of Detroit's hip-hop community was killed in a shooting at a Detroit night club early Tuesday morning Rapper and producer Proof, whose real name is DeShaun Holton, was one of two shooting victims at the CCC Club on east Eight Mile Road, near Gratiot Avenue, according to Detroit police. When police arrived at the scene, the club was empty, Local 4 reported. Both victims had been taken to a hospital, according to police. Proof was taken to St. John Holy Cross Hospital, and the second victim was taken to St. John Hospital, police said.

Both victims suffered a gunshot wound to the head, police said. Local 4 initially reported the second victim also died, but has learned the 35-year-old man remains hospitalized in critical condition at St. John Hospital, according to police. His name was not released. The rapper is a long-time friend of rap star Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers. Proof appeared in Eminem's movie "Eight Mile" as Li'l Tic, the station learned. Police are searching for a gunman. A description was not available. A witness was being questioned by police. The shooting remains under investigation.

12 Apr 2006

 

Eminem speaks on Proof's death

D12 partner, longtime friend encourages fans to focus on Proof's life, not death. April 14, 2006 - After two days of private mourning, Eminem broke his public silence late Thursday on the death of his best friend Proof, as the slain rapper's lawyer refuted police reports that he shot first in Tuesday morning's incident at Detroit's CCC Club. "You don't know where to begin when you lose somebody who's been such a big part of your life for so long. Proof and I were brothers," Eminem said in a statement regarding the death of his D12 partner, longtime onstage hype man and closest friend (see "D12's Proof Shot And Killed At Detroit Club"). "He pushed me to become who I am. Without Proof's guidance and encouragement there would have been a Marshall Mathers, but probably not an Eminem and certainly never a Slim Shady. Not a day will go by without his spirit and influence around us all. He will be missed as a friend, father and both the heart and ambassador of Detroit hip-hop." Though the focus since Tuesday's incident has been on reports from police that it was 32-year-old Proof (born DeShaun Holton) who fired first, shooting bouncer Keith Bender Jr. in the face before he was fatally shot by another man, Eminem encouraged fans to remember the life of Proof, not his death. "Right now, there's a lot of people focusing on the way he died," Eminem said."I want to remember the way he lived. Proof was funny, he was smart, he was charming. He inspired everyone around him. He can never, ever be replaced. He was, and always will be, my best friend".

On Thursday, Proof's lawyer, David Gorosh, strongly questioned police claims that his client fired first. "To indicate that Proof pulled the trigger first is reckless and quite frankly it will be proved to be untrue," Gorosh said, according to the Detroit Free Press. Bender remained in critical condition at St. John Hospital at press time and his family released a statement Thursday decrying the violence that led to his shooting. "The senseless events of Tuesday morning were extremely unfortunate, and have decimated the entire family," the statement read. "Keith is a warm, caring, giving and charismatic young man. To see him in his current condition is nearly unbearable. Please keep Keith and our family in your prayers as we work through this tragedy. This is an extremely difficult and sensitive time for our family in having Keith nearly taken away from us." Police and prosecutors continued interviewing the man suspected of shooting Proof, 28-year-old Mario Etheridge, who turned himself in Wednesday. Authorities have said that it's possible Etheridge, Bender's cousin, may not be charged if evidence points to him shooting in self-defense or to protect someone else. According to the Free Press, police said CCC Club bouncer Etheridge opened fire after Proof pistol-whipped Bender, fired a round into his head and stood over Bender and prepared to fire another shot. Etheridge shot Proof three times in the head and chest. Without acknowledging that his client shot anyone, Etheridge's attorney, Randall Upshaw, has said that his client did nothing illegal, also claiming that Proof shot first. "It's disingenuous to speak to the media to try and suggest that Proof shot first," Gorosh countered, according to the Free Press. "There are ways to determine what shots were fired and by whom. There's an ongoing investigation. ... Until all of the factual evidence has been evaluated, an opinion by the Detroit Police Department is premature." Source: MTV

31 May 2006

Eminem: 'I'm Not Retiring'

Eminem insists he's just taking 'a break.'

If you bought into recent reports that Eminem has decided to hang up his mic and settle into a quiet life out of the spotlight, the man himself has a message for you.

"I'm not retiring," Em told MTV News during a recent stop on his Anger Management Tour.

Reports from the rapper's hometown of Detroit last week had sources close to Em saying that he planned to retire following his Anger Management run. He's tired of the limelight, they said. He wants to produce other artists, they said. They even gave a date — September 17, when he's slated to play Slane Castle in Ireland on the last scheduled show of the Anger Management Tour — for his last concert.

Not so fast, said the man himself.

"When I say I'm taking a break, I'm taking a break from my music to go in the studio and produce my other artists and put their albums out. That's called taking a break for me," Em told MTV News. "When I know my next move, I'll tell everyone my next move. Not some reporter who writes a story about 'This is Eminem's last album.' I never said [Encore] was my last album. I never said anything yet. I don't know what I'm doing yet. Nothing is definite, you know what I'm sayin'? Nothing is written in stone."

Em concedes that nothing lasts forever, and that the day will eventually come when he decides to devote all of his time to enjoying the benefits of being the biggest-selling hip-hop artist of all time — but that day hasn't arrived yet. "I know that I'm not gonna be rapping forever, I know that much," Em said. "As long as I feel like I got the energy in me to do it, and the spirit, and I can do it, I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna always make music, whether I'm just sittin' behind the boards and producing and making beats and puttin' my other artists out there, or if I do decide to do another tour or make another album. When I start doing that, people will know."

However, if Em should ever decide to step away from the game, one of his tourmates would be more than happy to pick up the slack.

The day he retires is the day you will see me all over MTV," 50 Cent joked. "I'll be at the Movie Awards. I'll be doing news. You'll get sick of me."

23 Jul 2005 by News Team