8 Mile (2002)
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance. individual, adolescence, rap music, hip-hop, rhyme battle, trailer park, street gang, ethnic stereotype, rapper, ghetto, single, detroit, michigan, semi autobiographical, 1990s, battle rap