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

Anthony Mackie and Eminem starred as adversaries Papa Doc and B-Rabbit, respectively, in the 2002 film ‘8 Mile’ ...

Anthony Mackie recently revealed that Eminem drew from his own life to craft the now-iconic rap battle diss in 8 Mile. Mackie portrayed Papa Doc in the 2002 film directed by Curtis Hanson. During his ...

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

If Eminem was a boxer ... expected to see the Kronk gym as a location. For years, 8 Mile Road was the dividing line between inner city Detroit and the beginning of suburbia.

Anthony Mackie says that Eminem used elements of his real life in the climactic rap battle scene from 8 Mile. Speaking on ... Eminem appeared on the Whoo’s House podcast where he called ...

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, that’s because it was. Anthony Mackie recently revealed that Eminem was dissing him in real life, not his character Papa Doc, in the scene.

Anthony Mackie revealed on a podcast that Eminem used his real-life story as inspiration for the infamous "8 Mile" rap battle.