Proof Slay Suspect Turns Himself In

A suspect in the murder of rapper Proof -- the D12 rapper and longtime friend of Eminem who was fatally shot during a shootout Tuesday at Detroit club CCC -- turned himself in to police for questioning Wednesday afternoon.

Mario Etheridge, 28, a bouncer at CCC, located on the city's famed Eight Mile strip, met with police accompanied by a lawyer. Etheridge is the cousin of Keith Bender, 35, who police say the rapper shot at the club after an argument over a pool game.

Authorities have now also determined that it was Proof who fired the first bullet. Proof was among the most revered MCs in Detroit and befriended fellow Motor City rapper Eminem before joining Em's rap troupe D12. He released his solo debut, Searching for Jerry Garcia, last summer on his independent label Iron Fist Records.

Memorial service arrangements are still pending.

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Song Stories

“Help Me”

Joni Mitchell | 1974

Joni Mitchell wrote and recorded this song for her album Court and Spark, but she had to switch from her regular band to make the song sound exactly the way she wanted. "I had attempted to play my music with rock & roll players," she told Rolling Stone. "They’d laugh, 'Awww, isn't that cute? She's trying to teach us how to play.'" Mitchell switched to a jazz band, Tom Scott’s L.A. Express, and scored the biggest hit of her career in the process.

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