"Without Proof, there would be no Eminem, no Slim Shady," or so Em claimed at the burial of his friend and mentor, the rapper Proof.

"He taught me how to be a leader," said Slim. "I'm sure everybody who has ever met him, even just once, can testify to the fact that he illuminated a room when he walked in it. I believe that Proof loved people and people loved him."

So how did Proof die? Well, it seems likely he was shot dead by the cousin of a guy he himself had shot in the face and killed a few hours earlier. Some reports claim that in the earlier gun battle Proof shot first. Feel the love.

Obie Trice hit the nail on the head when he used his eulogy to say: "We're killing each other. And it's about nothing. Nothing. Nothing. We're all dying over nothing."