"I don't care what anyone said or thought, Proof was and is family. Any misunderstandings were worked out a few years ago. On the Kanye tour I was chilling with Big Hex and Proof came on the bus and we all toasted to everyone winning. We even talked about maybe fucking the world up and doing a Dilated/D12 tour in the future. After that he reached out when he was in L.A. and looked out for us in Detroit. In fact, he came to our last show at The Drew's last month just to show love. He called me out of the blue a couple of weeks ago to say that he was in Arizona and wanted to come to our show in Tempe. We brought him out on stage to party, say "Peace" to the crowd, and let people see once and for all what was really good. A couple of days later he reached out again to get in touch with Ev and Babu about some beats and we talked again about doing some work. Proof is still here... I can still feel the crazy energy... I can still feel him serving as an ambassador to the streets, to Hip Hop and to Detroit.
Blessings to Proof's entire family, D12, the Iron Fist Records family, and everone in The D and worldwide feeling the physical loss of our Brother."
- Rakaa/ Dilated Peoples