Eminem and Brittany Murphy in “8 Mile.” ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection Mackie previously spoke about how Eminem used his life story in the rap battle on “The Rich Eisen Show” in 2021.

Eminem — who starred as aspiring rapper Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith in “8 Mile,” the 2002 movie based on his own life — reportedly had a certain pop superstar in mind to play the role of ...

Released in 2002, 8 Mile is based on Eminem’s own life as an aspiring Detroit rapper. The film shows his character, B-Rabbit, navigate the underground rap battle scene before finding success.

I’m like, ‘Yeah no problem.’” The actor claimed, “So before the entire 8 Mile final battle, he googles me and learns about me and all that stuff he basically makes fun of me as Papa Doc.”.

Lose Yourself, which was featured on the 8 Mile soundtrack, went on to become one of Eminem's most successful songs. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003.

Mackie graduated from Julliard’s drama division in 2001, and 8 Mile was his film debut. It was also Eminem’s first film. The movie costarred Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon and ...

On the TFU Podcast, Damizza revealed that Eminem had a specific idea in mind—he wanted Mariah Carey to portray the troubled mother of his character, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith, in "8 Mile." ...

8 Mile is a semi-fictionalized account of Eminem's rise through the ranks of the Detroit rap scene in the late 1980s and early ’90s. At the film's climax, Eminem's Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr ...

Eminem’s movie 8 Mile came out in 2002 and ended up being a huge hit. It made a ton of money, over $240 million, even though it didn’t cost that much to make.

8 Mile was also Eminem's film debut and took the film all the way to the Oscars, where he won Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself" in 2002. Eminem largely stepped away from screen roles after 8 ...

Anthony Mackie recently revealed that during Eminem’s infamous final freestyle in 2002’s 8 Mile, he used actual, real-life information about Mackie for it. What did Anthony Mackie say about ...