Eminem, "8 Mile", 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (29 October 2002), New York: Shady Records
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[F]ollow no footsteps; I'm making my own. Only way that I know how, to escape from this 8 Mile Road.
— Eminem on M-102 (Michigan highway)
What It Means
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About Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born 17 October 1972), more widely known by his stage names Eminem and Slim Shady, is an Academy Award-winning actor and Grammy-winning American rapper.
About Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born 17 October 1972), more widely known by his stage names Eminem and Slim Shady, is an Academy Award-winning actor and Grammy-winning American rapper.
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