Eminem is set to appear on the small screen with a role in 50 Cent’s upcoming Black Mafia Family series as White Boy Rick. The man who the character is based on, Richard Wershe Jr., recently spoke to TMZ about the high-profile casting and showed his full support for Slim Shady.
“Of course, it’s Eminem so that’s an honor to have him portray me in a series,” he said. “He was actually one of the first people that was looking at doing the movie about me. So it’s pretty cool that later down the line, he gets to take on this role. You know, before this all came about, if you look at my Instagram, I wore a ‘Free Big Meech’ shirt home before this was even in the works, so I’ve always been a supporter of his. I don’t believe anybody should get 30 years for a non-violent crime.”
He added, “I don’t think I have to tell him anything at all. He’s a professional. Everything he does, he does very well. His music speaks for itself. He’s an icon, he’s a legend. This for him will be a small thing. I think he’ll kill it whatever he does, man. I’m a fan. It’s an honor to have him do it. He’s a Detroit legend, I have a huge name here. So, from one Detroiter to another, just kill it.”
News about Eminem starring as White Boy Rick was announced on Tuesday (August 17), with 50 Cent taking the time out to thank his longtime Aftermath collaborator for appearing in the series.
“I’m honored and appreciative of my good friend Em for supporting my new show BMF,” he said in a statement. “We couldn’t do a show based in Detroit without incorporating the legend that is Eminem.”
Eminem is set to appear in episode seven of the Starz series about drug and money laundering organization Black Mafia Family, which was founded in Detroit during the late 1980s.
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Growing up on the city’s East Side, Richard Wershe Jr. became an FBI informant when he was 14 years old and was later sentenced to life in prison at 17 for possession of cocaine. He was released in 2020 after spending 32 years behind bars.
In 2018, the biographical film White Boy Rick was released with Matthew McConaughey playing the title character. A documentary called White Boy also came out in 2017.
It doesnt even make sense. Eminem is 50 yrs old. Almost the same age as Rick I know he isnt playing a young white boy rick
he don’t look the same age as rick right now let that man shave give him some make up sorted
De-aging effects cmon now it’s Hollywood and it’s 2021 lol
The blog should have caught it, but 50 said they are using de-aging tech on Eminem. I think that will be cool to see.
The kid crom 13 reasons why looks more like Rick, but its Eminem, so ill watch it and give it a try.
No one wants to watch your garbage.
What happened to Rick is downright horrible. BLM and society decided to chase its tail with police brutality, when the real crime against people of ALL colors in the US is our penal system. Over 1% of our populous is in prison. Over 60% of those prisoners are black. Non violent drug offenders are over half of the people doing over 25 years. Many of them are rotting in prison for marijuana charges in states where the charges they initially caught wouldn’t stand today. It costs the taxpayers money, and someone selling pounds of weed who hits prison obviously doesn’t come out 15-20 years later just a weed guy. Sometimes sexual predators and violent criminals can’t be housed because some weed guy has to ride out his mandatory minimum. Rick showed that this isn’t exclusively a black or Latino issue. It’s poor people.
Richie Merritt played white boy rick not matthew mcconaughey, do you guys even research?
It’s such a shame that such a popular site can’t even be bothered to get their facts straight.