News: D12 Headed Back To The Studio Without Proof

D12 plans to include previously-recorded material from Proof on their new compilation. The Detroit crew will now only wait on Swift, who's currently serving a prison sentence for violating terms of his probation.

Comment Porter told the Detroit Free Press that D12 will resume recording in June, when Swift is scheduled to be released from prison.

Despite the recent death of their group mate Proof, the remaining members of D12 are still focused on recoding their third album.

Proof (born Deshaun Holton) was shot and killed at Detroit's C.C.C. nightclub on April 11, after a heated dispute with 35 year old army veteran, Keith Bender.

According to D12's Kon Artis, the Detroit bred rap collective will begin recording new material after group member Swift is released from jail. Swift (born Ondre Moore), is currently serving a 93 day jails sentence for violating terms of his probation in a drunken driving case.

"If people think that because he's not here we're not going to keep doing what we're doing, then they're wrong," Kon Artis told The Detroit Free Press. "We're just taking the record to the next level. We had some songs recorded already. We got a song called "Holding Our Own" that we recorded and Proof is on that song."

Denaun Porter of the Detroit rap outfit D12, which includes Eminem, says the group will continue to make music, including a D12 album that's in the works, despite the death of their friend and bandmate Proof.

Proof was killed last month at C.C.C., an after-hours nightspot on Detroit's east side. Keith Bender Jr. also was shot at the club that night and later died. Police are continuing to investigate the shootings.

The kinks are still being worked out with the new D12 album; the group won't resume recording until group member Swift, who is in jail for a probation violation relating to a previous impaired driving incident, is released. The group expects to record again in June.

The album could include guest appearances by Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and G-Unit.

The group will be using verses already recorded by Proof, Porter says.

"We're just taking the record to the next level," Porter says. "We had some songs recorded already. We got a song called 'Holding Our Own' that we recorded and Proof is on that song."

Another album by Proof will also be released later this year. A few months back he wrote and recorded an album in 24 hours; it will be called "Time Will Tell."