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),

Anthony Mackie revealed on “The Pivot Podcast” Tuesday that his life story was used by Eminem as inspiration for their infamous rap battle at the end of “8 Mile.” “We’re on set one day, and he’s like, ‘Yo, it doesn’t make sense that we’re beefing,'” Mackie, 46, recalled. “I was like, ‘Right.’ He was like, ‘I need something on you.'”