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

The actor claimed, “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 ...

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 ...

Interestingly enough, in the final rap battle against Papa Doc and B-Rabbit (Mackie and Eminem’s characters), many of the lines Rabbit uses against Doc in the film were pulled from real elements ...

8 Mile hit theaters ... him during one of the rap battle scenes. Who is the co-star who was tricked? It was none other than Anthony Mackie, who played Papa Doc in the film, and opened up about ...

Anthony Mackie says that Eminem used elements of his real life in the climactic rap battle scene from 8 Mile ... in which the two guys (Mackie as “Papa Doc” and Eminem as “B-Rabbit ...

After his role in 8 Mile, Eminem has not returned to the silver screen for any full-fledged roles. (Image via Getty) Anthony Mackie accused rapper Eminem of using his real-life story details to ...

“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,” Mackie added. “And then I’m like ‘That’s a ...