The first 8 Mile movie came out in 2002, and those who haven’t seen it yet can stream it on Netflix right now. It’s about a want-to-be rapper named Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith Jr., played by Eminem, who lives in a trailer park and wants to make it big. The story is loosely based on Slim Shady’s own life. Some people don’t think it would 8 Mile is only partially based on real events that have occurred in Eminem’s life but isn’t meant to be an exact depiction of what happened in the rapper’s life. While 8 Mile is supposed to highlight how difficult it can be growing up in the struggling city of Detroit, plenty of creative liberties were taken to make the story more Nashawn Breedlove, the actor and rapper who famously battled Eminem in 8 Mile, has died. He was 46. The film is loosely based on Eminem's life, in which he portrays Jimmy Smith Jr., or B-Rabbit. gU9XT.

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