8 Mile actor Nashawn Breedlove, who performed the function of Lotto within the 2002 battle rap movie, has reportedly handed away.
His demise was first reported on Monday (September 25) by Mickey Factz, who paid tribute to the actor on social media.
“RIP to one of many few emcee’s to beat Eminem… Lotto from 8 Mile. Who’s mates lovingly known as him, OX,” he wrote. “You may be missed in your tenacity and aggressiveness.”
Battle rapper Daylyt additionally saluted the 8 Mile star, writing in a touch upon Mickey’s submit: “The primary mc who was ever robbed of his win in a rap battle! Rip lotto.”
Pete Rock, Onyx and Grafh additionally reacted to Breedlove’s demise within the feedback part.
Additional particulars surrounding his passing stay scarce. The information has but to be confirmed on Breedlove’s personal social media channels or by his household.
Nashawn Breedlove is finest identified for his tenacious look in 8 Mile, wherein his Lotto character battles Eminem’s B-Rabbit and provides him a run for his cash, however finally loses the competition.
Rocking a white tank prime and braids, Lotto stings Slim Shady with bars like: “I really feel unhealthy I gotta homicide that dude from ‘Go away It to Beaver.’”
Breedlove even carved out a rap profession away from the digicam, showing on the soundtrack to the 2001 Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and DJ Pooh movie The Wash beneath his rap title Ox.
8 Mile arrived to a lot fanfare in November 2002 and grossed over $242 million on the field workplace with a finances of solely $41 million. The movie celebrated its twentieth anniversary final 12 months and remains to be impacting popular culture to at the present time.
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Marshall Mathers not too long ago mirrored on his battle rap origins and spoke about how grateful he was to have reduce his tooth in that surroundings.
“Developing within the battle scene was the best factor to occur to me as a result of I knew what traces have been going to get a response from the group. That’s what I’d deal with,” he advised The New York Times.
“So once I acquired signed with [Dr.] Dre, I used to be making an attempt to translate that to document, to get that response. I’d image the listener sitting there and what traces they may react to. I simply used that as a formulation. Like, ‘The way you gonna breastfeed, Mother?/ You ain’t acquired no tits.’”
Revisit Nashawn Breedlove a.ok.a. Latto’s 8 Mile battle beneath:
