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.

Anthony Mackie didn’t lose himself while filming the final 8 Mile rap battle against Eminem — but he did he recall things getting very personal. “We're doing the movie and, you know ...

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 ...

"Maybe it's not the best analogy, but if you've seen '8 Mile' with Eminem, it's like before his final rap battle, he kind of disses himself. It's like: Here I am, what else you got on me?

He continued: "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. And then I’m like ‘That’s a little per ...

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8 Mile might have been a fictionalized version ... The next day, they were shooting the movie’s final rap battle, where B-Rabbit triumphs over Papa Doc and his friends. And when Eminem went ...