Mackie tipped his hat to his costar for being able to do it, however8 Mile might have been a fictionalized version of Eminem’s life, but the rapper actually pulled from parts of Anthony Mackie’s story when freestyling in the beloved movie.

Anthony Mackie, who played Papa Doc and lost the final battle to Em's B-Rabbit character, revealed that Em actually used part of the actor's real life story to diss him in the 2002 film. Mackie joined The Pivot Podcast on Tuesday (March 11),

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