Anthony Mackie, who played Papa Doc in '8 Mile,' remembers how Eminem used details from his real life to win the rap battle ...

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 ...

8 Mile co-star Mekhi Phifer has detailed how he witnessed Eminem write Lose Yourself at ... while on the movie's set in ...

During a recent appearance on “The Pivot,” Mackie discussed working with the Detroit MC on the classic movie, in which he plays one of Eminem’s main rivals. Interestingly enough ...

8 Mile hit theaters in 2002 ... Clarence a.k.a. Papa Doc was the leader of a Detroit rap crew known as Leaders of the Free World, who was the primary rival of Eminem's Rabbit.

Eminem notably won an Oscar for his song Lose Yourself in 8 Mile. The film also featured some real-life elements from the rapper's life and traced his growth as a Detroit rapper. In a 2021 ...

If the famous rap battle on 8 Mile felt real ... on their The Pivot podcast and gushed over the Detroit rapper’s creative genius. “Eminem is such a brilliant dude,” he said.

“8 Mile” marked both Mackie and Eminem’s film debuts. The Curtis Hanson-directed movie features elements of Eminem’s real-life journey as a Detroit rapper who makes it big in hip ho ...

Discussing his film debut in 8 Mile, Mackie remembered star Eminem ... Mackie went to the casino near where they were shooting in Detroit, and that was that — until the climactic filming of Mackie and ...

8 Mile might have been a fictionalized ... opened up about starring in the 2002 drama with Eminem, 52. Eminem played Detroit rapper Jimmy Smith Jr. a.k.a. B-Rabbit, while Mackie played Papa ...