Yeah Mac Dre's been doing his thing for a long long time so he's been on the scene for ages makin hits....... BUT can't forget that Magnolia Slim began rapping in the early 90's! That mafucka was a sav too, I believe he also got shot in 95' or 96' and been in and out of Angola.
My guess would be that Proof was more famous than MD, and everybody knows his contributions to the Midwest Hip Hop scene. Not everybody knows what MD was...sad, but true.