A member of his group from D12 named Bugz is the one who died and Proof was the actor playing the part who was Em’s best friend but sadly 2 years after this song was made Proof was shot and killed in a pool hall and Em can’t watch this video anymore.
@@iononharris yeah I know but he was acting in this video and he also acted in the movie 8 Mile although it was a small part. Trust me I know all about Proof and Em. He was playing pool in 2006 when he got into an argument and was shot and killed and although Em was always on drugs, his drug use got really bad after Proof died until he OD’d in 2007 and nearly died but his daughter found him when he was 2 hours away from death.
Proof (the actor that was shot in the video) shot a guy in the head in self defense while at the same time being shot in the head himself, had nothing to do with shady/aftermath btw
What’s even more crazy is the guy who he got into a fight with (im not sure if he was the one that shot proof) was a combat Vet, so a “Soldier” the coincidences are wild as hell. Also, RIP BUGS! And Big PROOF!
Proof was playing the part of ( BUGZ an original D12 member he was there before eminem was D12 bugz was a real G he got shot and died proof and bugz was real close back in the day aswel just like he was real close with eminem so proof wanted to play bugz in this video and just over a year am sure maby 2 years max ( more confident it was like a year) later proof got into a shoot out in a club and died ( apparently the guy proof got into shit with and started fighting with in the club guns got pulled shots from both side happened and the other guys cousin proof got into it with was the security for the club and he's the 1 that apparently fires the fatal shot that killed proof unfortunately) when proof died eminem went off the rails as that was his best friend from childhood and eminem hit drugs hard closed everyone out and he overdosed and nearly died and then he got sober off drink and drugs and had to learn how to rap again as he had never done it sober before so it took him a while to learn the craft again ( he raps about it most of his old shit is all about his life and even now in the newer shit she still spits about what it's like ( not full tracks like he used to more a bar hear and there now and again he still spits facts ) mgk warning u all need ja benzino reminders if u mention hailey you die
The dre line aswel about dre told me to stay out it and don't talk about something as know nothing about that was about suge and death row shit eminem never said shit about all that even when he was getting the shit and pushed on ( I inherited his and he inherited mine meaning beef 1st bit was about he inherited dre beef and then he got 50s beef aswel but they got his beef aswel shit veiws in the source magazine n that stuff ) this track is real hard and spits real facts about the shit that was happning back them ( BUMP HEADS is a brilliant eminem diss to ja rule aswel 1 shit ended ja ( me and hailey dance to your songs we like you 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
The point of the song is anti street violence. Toy soldiers is him saying people-kids are killing kids-people in the name of clicks. Gangs were started to fight government corruption, then they started hating eachother.
Maybe u guys should also know Em raps in personalities. Shady is his jacked up thoughts, say anything, getting reactions. Marshall is his sorry ass dad he hates and carried his name. Marshall Mathers III. Em is him and his love and feelings that gives a look in his real life. Real feelings. The descriptions of his struggles. He is doing themed productions that are nore like a artistic story line but its all spit with real lyrics. Em's a poet! Maybe the best ever poet but thats just me
Benzino was on Love & Hip Hop. Dre & Suge Knight had a beef....that's what he told Eminem to stay out of. Suge tried to have Em killed to get back at Dre for leaving Death Row records. There is more to it but its a long story....lol The "receptionist" that was going after Eminem to try & resurrect his career.....is Benzino! lol The Source is the publication Em mentioned.
Proof was Em's best friend. He started losing friends and realized u can inherit beef even if u didnt mean too. Proof was a lyrical legend. They came up in game together. In some ways proof turned him on in rap
d12 is Ems former group the guy who was shot was Bugz (it was in 1999) the guy who plays Bugz is Proof Eminems best friend later Proof was shot too in 2006
My native language is not English (im Dutch), but i used to listen to Eminem before i even knew a word Eminem was saying, i listened to the Marshall Mathers LP on repeat without knowing a single word. When i got older and learned English and knew the lyrics, i liked Eminem even more.
Watch Knox Hills reaction to this song The guy that got shot in this video... is Proof, playing the part Proof actually got shot years later and it was like de ja vu Because Em had created this video with him playing a part of someone getting shot...and then years later It actually happened In your spare time, there are several old head reactors and Em fans that can explain it much better than me Two that I recommend though are Knox Hill and Stevie Knight
Its bot just the story, its how Em tells it. He has a way with words and delivery and his rap skills are top notch. Thats why he’s regarded as one of the best to ever do it! Of course there will be people who rank people in front of Em and thats cool, everyone is different…but its mind boggling how some people disregard Em as being ONE of the many GOATS of hip hop…its undeniable
One of Eminem's friends bugs got shot proof play the part of bugs in this 2 years later proof got shot which was his best friend he was the man that helped Marshall become who he is proof will always be missed and no one will miss him more than Eminem or his mom or dad
Same Benzino. Co/owner of the Magazine “the source”. Real name is Ray and he also put his daughter in one of those reality shows. The name he blanked out was Suge Knight. Dre didn’t want Suge to go after Em. Eventually Death Row went after Em at an awards show multiple times.
Em only went after benzino when benzino said he would kidnap Hailey at a candy store, and Joan boneit Ramsey her, of you dont remember that story, the little girl was kidnapped and killed, and that is what benzino threatened to do to Hailey!
Eminem wrote this song after one of the members (Bugz) from his group D12 was killed. The CRAAAQZY part about this is that Em's best friend since forever, Proof, who played "Bugz" in this video actually ended up shot to death too, about 2 yrs after this song was released. RIP Big Proof!!! He was the one who helped Eminem to get on stage in the rap-battles in Detroit and stuff. Without Proof I seriously doubt Eminem would have become who he is today. For real. His death devestated Em, leading to him overdosing and all sorts of crazy shit...... This video is rough to watch actually, song is dope af tho
Bugz got killed on Belle Isle(Detroit) after getting in an altercation with some other guys. He’s mentioned in their song “Good Die Young” too. I like your dad being on channel!
Keep in mind this song came out literally 20 years ago, yet benzino is 60 years old talking about thugging and killing people. Talking about "we failing as a people" dudes like him are the ones hurting the culture
If you want to understand everything in this song you need to listen to the diss tracks of the time, There are a lot, search Em vs Benzino diss tracks, Fifty vs Jah diss tracks Em and Fifty vs Jah and Benzino. There are good videos on YT explaining the beefs, they are called the Eminem and Benzino beef explained, also Fifty and Jah beef explained. Stay blessed guys
This song has nothing to do with Proof's death, he died 2 years after this video was out, proof is the one acting like he's been shot for the video Like Toy Soldiers was out in 04 and Proof died in April 06
I'm an old head and I do not expect anyone under 35 to know who the fuck Benzino is 😂. Let's be real Benzino never had a hit was never a good rapper and was toast after 2006 He should be known for the Source but he destroyed its credibility by going after Em and Em ended Benzino and anything that Benzino was close to or was affiliated with. So now if someone does know about Benzino it's isn't that the guy Em destroyed. Stay blessed guys 👊🏼
The sad part is that 99% of the rappers are just studio gangsters. Yet murders have been happening ever since I was a youngin growing up in NYC. The real gangsters are in the background and didn’t get much publicity and that was normal. Now a days it seems like these so called “Drill” rappers never learned about laws or anything. You never put your criminal record in a song unless the statute of limitations ran out. THERE IS NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON MURDER!
Do the explicit but most of the videos are realy dope and some help to understand the song, the "Genius" page can realy help you guys understanding the lyrics. All Love ! Proof is not just Em best friend, that his is Brother .
Great reaction guys, sorry for the annoying Stans. Another (old) songs that have storytelling and are based on true events (obviously exaggerated) are Brainless or Brain Damage!
Eminem an't no punk though, there's an interview where it's about that em stood toe to toe with suge, from what I always heard it never went anywhere but still em stood his ground
Yeh, censored hip-hop songs are especially bad cuz they censor more than just swear words. Listen to the censored version of changes by pac and it loses all its meaning. Terrible
This and Mockingbird is probably the ONLY Eminem songs I fw. Realest song he ever made. Benzino(later in the song he mentions the dusting off of his mic) was one of the guys at the Source magazine that Em had issues with. Benzino is a legend, don't get it twisted, but he stepped in lava going at em. He also mentions someone bringing up Haley's name, and that was Ja Rule who did that, but he didn't even say anything crazy. He said, "Em you claim your mother's a crackhead and Kim is a know smut, so what's Haley gon be when she grows up?". He implied something, but it wasn't crazy. Em also said "I went through my whole career without ever mentioning Suge(they bleeped that out)", which is why he was talking about Dre saving his life by signing him and Em wanted to go at Death Row.
So, when u see early hip hop, they had a beat machine. They would record a beat to the sampling machine and mix it with other song samples to make the beat and rhythm. It always was that I could be wrong. Think Sugar Hill Gang played instruments, but that's my experience. Will gladly learn, though, if I'm wrong.
