“I’m gonna bring his8 Mileto television,” he revealed, adding that Eminem, 50, is on board to assist with the show’s production.
“It’s gonna be big. I’m working. I ain’t got no duds. I’m batting 100,” the 47-year-old rapper said after being asked about the show. “I think it should be there for his legacy because it’s important to me that they understand it.”
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According to the rapper, the project will provide a “backstory” to the film and show Eminem’s younger years. He also expressed a desire for the show to share Eminem’s story with a new audience.
The film’s storywas last revisited in 2020when Eminem, who won Best Original Song at the 2003 Academy Awards for “Lose Yourself” from the film’s soundtrack, appeared at the 2020 Academy Awards to perform the anthem. The appearance came after Eminem missed the award ceremony where he took home the win.
The rapper had earlier decided to sit out the swank ceremony, deciding it “wasn’t his sort of gig,” the paper noted. As a result,Barbra Streisandwound uppresenting the golden statuettefor “Lose Yourself” to co-writer Luis Resto.
“Look, if you had another shot, another opportunity… Thanks for having me@theacademy. Sorry it took me 18 years to get here,” Eminem wrote on Instagram, sharing a clip of Resto accepting the award without him.
Last October, he commemorated the song and additional music from the film in a re-release of the film’s original soundtrack in honor of8 Mile’s 20th anniversary.
" ‘I’m still standing here screaming “f*** the Free World."'#8Mile20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the soundtrack drops on streaming Friday!” he wrotealongside the announcementof the re-release with snippets from the film.
source: people.com
