Mariah’s Spaghetti? Eminem Allegedly Wanted Mariah Carey To Play His Mom In 8 Mile

Eminem allegedly once wanted Mariah Carey to play his mom in the movie 8 Mile.

The story comes from music producer Damizza, who worked closely with Mariah and also held major roles in Hip-Hop. Speaking on the TFU Podcast, Damizza revealed that Eminem specifically asked to meet with Mariah to offer her the role. At first, Damizza didn’t want to get involved, saying, “I’m not getting in the middle of that. I know how this ends.”

At the time, Mariah turned down the meeting until she found out it was about a film. When they finally sat down, Eminem got straight to the point: “I want you to play my mother.” Damizza said Mariah was caught off guard, and she instantly was not feeling the idea.

What made this even more awkward? There were long-standing rumors that Eminem and Mariah had a brief relationship back in 2001. Eminem has talked about it publicly, but Mariah has always denied it. Their back-and-forth hit a peak in 2009 when Mariah dropped “Obsessed”, which many believed was aimed at Em. He fired back with “The Warning”, a brutal diss track that laid everything out.

In the end, Mariah turned down the role, but the fact that Eminem even asked her is wild.

Eminem’s movie 8 Mile came out in 2002 and ended up being a huge hit. It made a ton of money, over $240 million, even though it didn’t cost that much to make. The film was kind of based on his real life, and people were impressed with how real and emotional his acting was. The story about a guy trying to make it in rap really connected with a lot of people. The song “Lose Yourself” from the movie blew up and even won an Oscar.

8 Mile helped prove Eminem wasn’t just a rapper, he could act and tell powerful stories too.