8 Mile (film) 8 Mile (film) 8 Mile is a 2002 American drama film written by Scott Silver, directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon, and Kim Basinger. The film is based loosely on Eminem's actual upbringing, and follows white rapper B-Rabbit (Eminem) and his attempt to launch a career in a genre dominated by African-Americans. The title is derived from 8 Mile Road, the highway between the predominantly black city of Detroit and Wayne County and the predominantly White Oakland County and Macomb County suburbs. It was filmed mostly on location. "8 Mile" was a critical
Sabotage (rapper) Sabotage (rapper) Mauro Mateus dos Santos (April 3, 1973 – January 24, 2003), better known by his stage name Sabotage, was a Brazilian rapper and songwriter from São Paulo. He grew up selling drugs in Brooklyn, a neighborhood in São Paulo’s South Zone. He gained fame in 2001 after the release of his first and only album titled "Rap é Compromisso". He performed on other artists' recordings, such as Sepultura's "Revolusongs" EP, a cover of Public Enemy's ""Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"", which was released in 2002. That same year, he appeared as himself in the Brazilian film