Eminem allegedly once wanted Mariah Carey to play his mom in the movie 8 Mile. The story comes from music producer Damizza, who worked closely with Mariah and also held major roles in Hip-Hop.

Anthony Mackie recently revealed that during Eminem’s infamous final freestyle in 2002’s 8 Mile, he used actual, real-life information about Mackie for it. Speaking during a recent appearance on The ...

Are Mariah Carey and Eminem still beefing? During a game of Plead the Fifth during her Wednesday, Oct. 1 appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, the Songbird Supreme was asked whether ...

In a surprising reveal, music producer Damion "Damizza" Young shared that rapper Eminem once tried to cast pop legend Mariah Carey as his on-screen mother in the 2002 film "8 Mile." On the TFU Podcast ...

8 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. On the March 11 episode of ...

Eminem once wanted Mariah Carey to play his mom in *8 Mile*, according to producer Damizza, who says the singer “did not like that s**t at all.” Damizza revealed the unexpected casting idea during a ...

Anthony Mackie didn’t lose himself while filming the final 8 Mile rap battle against Eminem — but he did he recall things getting very personal. “We’re doing the movie and, you know, Eminem is just ...

Add this to the annals of wild casting stories. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a wide-ranging interview, Kim Basinger ...

During a recent appearance on “The Pivot,” Mackie discussed working with the Detroit MC on the classic movie, in which he plays one of Eminem’s main rivals. Interestingly enough, in the final rap ...

We belong together — as mother and son. Eminem — who starred as aspiring rapper Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith in “8 Mile,” the 2002 movie based on his own life — reportedly had a certain pop superstar in ...