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Anthony Mackie Claims Eminem Used His Actual Life Story to Mock Him in 8 Mile Rap Battle
Anthony Mackie, who played Papa Doc in '8 Mile,' remembers how Eminem used details from his real life to win the rap battle at the end of the movie.
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Eminem used Anthony Mackie's real-life story in “8 Mile” rap battle, the actor recalls: 'You're talking about me!'
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 ...
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Eminem's on-screen rival Anthony Mackie reveals truth behind '8 Mile’' rap battle
When B-Rabbit torched Papa Doc in 8 Mile’s iconic final rap battle, it was actually Eminem taking shots at Anthony Mackie. On the March 11 episode of Pivot Podcast, Mackie, 46, revealed that the ...
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Anthony Mackie reveals how he felt when Eminem used his life story to mock him in ‘8 Mile’ rap battle
Actor Anthony Mackie disclosed on The Pivot Podcast that his personal experiences served as inspiration for Eminem’s legendary rap battle in the climax of 8 Mile. “We’re on set one day ...
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Anthony Mackie Claims Eminem Used His Actual Life Story to Mock Him in “8 Mile” Rap Battle
8 Mile might have been a fictionalized version ... the leader of the Free World rap group. “We're doing the movie and you know Eminem is just such a brilliant dude,” the Captain America ...