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The tournament consists of three rounds where Jimmy has to rap against a member of the 'Free World.' Jimmy wins two of the rounds with better rapping in each round. Throughout the film, Jimmy's friends constantly refer to him as an incredible rapper but we only see snippets of skills. Paul ( Craig Chandler), a gay co-worker who Jimmy stuck up for, agress to cover his shift. A late night shift conflicts with a rap battle which Jimmy initially doesn't want to go to. Jimmy's boss is impressed by his new found responsibility, giving Jimmy the extra shifts he'd asked for at the beginning. Jimmy is left with a black eye that is present at the final rap battle.

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This makes Wink team up with the 'The Free World' and beats Jimmy up as his little sister, Lily watches inside the trailer. Enraged, Jimmy beats up Wink as Alex tries to break it up. When Jimmy shows up at the studio, he finds Wink having sex with Alex. Wink pesters Jimmy throughout the film, promising him that he has links to help them 'get big' and he can hook Jimmy up with influential people. This starts with the deterioation of Jimmy's friendship with 'Wink' ( Eugene Byrd). The rap battle acts as a final conflict between Jimmy and a rap group known as 'The Leaders of the Free World.' They have been harrassing Jimmy throughout the film. Jimmy appears to decide that he'll put his dream of a music career on hold so he can provide for his mother and sister. He questions whether his group of friends, including 'Future' ( Mekhi Phifer), are holding themselves back from moving onto bigger things. Over time, Jimmy begins to take responsibility for his life and how much control he has over it. Jimmy begins to realise that his life has remained pretty much the same since he graduated from high school.At first, he considers himself to be a victim of circumstances and blames others for his problems. During the film, Jimmy begins a new relationship with Alex ( Brittany Murphy), who he meets at the factory he works in. Prior to the events of the film, Jimmy had broken up with his pregnant girlfriend, Janeane ( Taryn Manning). He seems to have stalled in progress choking in the middle of a rap battle and getting booed off stage. Jimmy is focused on getting his rap career started. He has moved back north of 8 Mile to the run-down trailer home in Warren, belonging to his alcoholic mother, Stephanie ( Kim Basinger), his younger sister, Lily ( Chloe Greenfield) and Stephanie's abusive live-in boyfriend, Greg ( Michael Shannon). ( Eminem) is a young and frustrated blue-collar factory worker. The synopsis below may give away important plot points.

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