

In retaliation, Wink and the Leaders of the Free World assault Jimmy outside his trailer. Enraged, Jimmy attacks Wink as Alex tries to break up their altercation. Wink arranges for Jimmy to meet with producers at a recording studio, but Jimmy finds Wink and Alex having sex. Alex arrives and is impressed by Jimmy's actions and they have sex. At one point, Jimmy and his friends get into a violent brawl with the Free World crew, which is disrupted when Jimmy's friend Cheddar Bob ( Evan Jones) pulls out a gun and accidentally shoots himself in the leg he survives after being rushed to the hospital.ĭuring a lunch break at work, one of Jimmy's coworkers ( Xzibit) performs a freestyle rap insulting a gay co-worker, Paul (Craig Chandler). Jimmy's friendship with Wink ( Eugene Byrd), a radio DJ with ties to a record label promoter, becomes strained after he discovers that Wink does promotional work for Jimmy's rivals, a rap group known as the "Leaders of the Free World". When Jimmy punches Greg for pushing his mother to the ground, they fight, ending in Greg leaving Stephanie for good. Despite her best attempts to keep the eviction notice a secret, Greg finds out about it and confronts Stephanie. Later on, Jimmy befriends a woman named Alex ( Brittany Murphy), and he begins to take more responsibility for the direction of his life.Īt some point, Stephanie receives an eviction notice, as she cannot pay rent.

Desperate for money, he asks for extra shifts, but his supervisor bluntly dismisses his request because of his habitual tardiness. One night, Jimmy freezes during a rap battle at a local venue, the Shelter, and he leaves the stage humiliated.ĭuring the day, Jimmy works at a car factory. Although encouraged by his friends, Jimmy worries about his potential as a rapper. Jimmy has moved back north of 8 Mile Road to the run-down trailer home in Warren, Michigan, of his alcoholic mother Stephanie ( Kim Basinger), his younger sister Lily (Chloe Greenfield), and Stephanie's abusive live-in boyfriend Greg ( Michael Shannon). ( Eminem) is a young, unhappy blue-collar worker from a poor family. In Fall of 1995 Detroit, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. 8 Mile was named one of the best films of 2002 by several publications. The film garnered numerous award nominations and wins, including an Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Lose Yourself" win for Eminem, Luis Resto and Jeff Bass at the 75th Academy Awards. The album's accompanying soundtrack was also a commercial success, being certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It opened at No. 1 in the US with $51.3 million grossed in its opening weekend and an eventual total of $242.9 million worldwide. The title is derived from 8 Mile Road, the highway between the predominantly African-American city of Detroit and the largely white suburban communities to the north that Eminem originally lived in.Ĩ Mile was a critical and box office success. The film, which contains autobiographical elements from Eminem's life, follows white rapper B-Rabbit (Eminem) and his attempt to launch a career in hip hop, a genre dominated by African-Americans. It stars Eminem in his film debut, alongside Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon, Anthony Mackie, and Kim Basinger.

All of us never do sh*t about nuttin' and we're still broke as f*** and living at home with our moms.8 Mile is a 2002 American musical drama film written by Scott Silver and directed by Curtis Hanson. "No, what we need to do is put our songs on JLB." Man shut the f*** up.

"No, what weed to do is put our money in savings bonds", "We need to get fine b*tches and fat rides", How the f*** are we brothers? We need fine b*tches and fat rides, not no goddamn savings bonds. No what we need to do is save that sh*t up and put it into some savings bonds every week, stack it and build our own studio. I just wanna hit 31 and a 3rd on the box you know what I'm saying? One of them strong songs on JLB. Look to tell you all niggas the truth, I don't give a f*** about none of that. We sign us a deal you can take the motherfucking benefits, we're talking Bentley's and Benjamins not Blue Cross and Blue Shield. I'm telling you record labels supply niggas with the kind of benefits they need.ĭawg. That's why brothers need to sign themselves a deal.
