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 Reveals Eminem Threw Shots At Him In The Final Rap Battle In '8 Mile' During The 'Pivot' Podcast

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.'”

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),

Eminem's classic on-screen rap battle in the final scenes of "8 Mile" wasn't completely an act, turns out ... Slim Shady was actually shooting real-life darts at Anthony Mackie!!!

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. The 46-year-old actor joined Ryan Clark,