Eminem Raps 50 Cent’s ‘8 Mile’ V...

Eminem Raps 50 Cent’s ‘8 Mile’ Verse for His Friend’s Birthday as He Reveals It Made Him Want to Quit Rapping

Eminem almost lost himself.

The 44-year-old rapper wished his longtime friend and collaborator 50 Cent a happy 42nd birthday. Eminem posted a video of himself on Thursday rapping a verse from the film 8 Mile — which he revealed made him want to quit making rap music.

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“Yo, Fif,” Eminem begins. “First off, I wanna say happy birthday. Secondly, I want to remind you of a verse you did that made me want to quit rapping.”

50 Cent shared the video, writing in the caption, “Thank you @eminem you know your still the best in the world… to me man, I love you bro.”

Eminem rapped a verse from “Places to Go,” which was featured on the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film.

“Picture a perfect picture/picture me in the paper/picture me starting s—/picture me busting my gat/picture police man dey ain’t gotta picture of that.”

He continues: “Where I’m from its a fact/you gotta watch your back/You wear a vest without a gat/you’s a target jack.”

After wrapping up the verse, Eminem admits: “Yeah, so, that made me want to stop rapping, for like a long time.”

8 Mile went on to win the 2003 Oscar for Best Original Song for “Lose Yourself.”