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November 8 marks 16 years since Eminem portrayed Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith Jr. in the now-classic film 8 Mile. The anniversary was evidently on Shady’s mind, so he headed to Twitter to share an old throwback photo of B-Rabbit flipping off the camera.

“B-Rabbit in the house,” the caption reads. “#TBT Throwback to 16 years ago today. #8mile.”

Directed by Scott Silver, 8 Mile was loosely based on Shady’s life and co-starred Mekhi Phifer, the late Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon and Kim Basinger. The film opened at No. 1 with $51,240,555 in its opening weekend, which was the second highest opening for an R-rated movie in the United States at the time.

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“Lose Yourself” earned Em an Oscar at the 2003 Academy Awards in the Best Original Song category. The soundtrack also included contributions from D12, JAY-Z, Xzibit, Macy Gray, Nas, Rakim and Gang Starr, among others.

It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 upon its release, selling over 702,000 copies sold in its first week.

Revisit the track below.