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Every hero has an origin story. For Eminem, it was 8 Mile, Curtis Hanson’s semi-biographical film based on the Detroit rapper’s rise to fame. And like every superhero movie, it builds to an epic final battle. Well, battles in this case.

Upon the release of 8 Mile on Nov. 8, 2002, Eminem was at the height of his powers. Only a few months later, he would earn his third Grammy for Best Rap Album in four years, soon followed by an Oscar for Best Original Song for 8 Mile‘s No. 1 hit “Lose Yourself.” Yet, with his lone major acting role, he proved he was more than just a controversy-seeking, award-winning, game-changing rapper.

The three-battle sequence — all against members of the Free World — gets off to a decent start, highlighted by B-Rabbit declaring he’ll “walk my white ass back across 8 mile” as he turns away and drops his pants to show his bare ass. It goes up a level in the second round, even if all the competition mostly does is make jokes about him being white (“I feel bad that I got to murder that guy from Leave it to Beaver“). But, in the final round, B-Rabbit saved the best for last, and specifically, Mackie’s Papa Doc — and himself.

Eminem has fired back at Machine Gun Kelly with a new diss track called “KILLSHOT.” The song is a response to Kelly’s “Rap Devil,” which was the Cleveland rapper’s answer to the Kamikaze takedown “Not Alike.” On “KILLSHOT,” Em raps lines including, “I’m 45 and I’m still outselling you,” and “I’d rather be 80-year-old me than 20-year-old you.”

He also responds directly to numerous “Rap Devil” barbs. For example, MGK raps, “Last time you saw 8 Mile was at home on a treadmill.” In response, Em, says, “I’m really sorry you want me to have a heart attack/Was watchin’ 8 Mile on my NordicTrack/Realized I forgot to call you back.” In addition, Em calls out MGK for eating cereal in the “Rap Devil” video. At one point, he taunts, “The day you put out a hit’s the day Diddy admits that he put the hit out that got Pac killed.” He closes the track, “Oh, and I’m just playin’, Diddy. You know I love you.”