The “Slim Shady” rapper makes a cameo as “White Boy Rick” in the upcoming Starz drama “BMF”, which was executive produced and directed by 50 Cent.
“Oh yeah, I’m bringing out the big dogs,” 50 Cent recently tweeted. “I couldn’t do a show in Detroit without involving the legend @eminem.”
Richard Wershe Jr. was a teenage drug dealer in Detroit in the 1980s known as White Boy Rick. He ended up serving more than 30 years in prison. Wershe, who says the FBI and Detroit police taught him the drug game and then cheated on him, wants $100 million for his effort.
“BMF” is described by Starz as: “Inspired by the true story of one of the most influential crime families in the country, BMF will delve into the origins of the Detroit mafia in the late 1980s, its expansion into Atlanta , and how the pursuit of the American dream eventually leads the operation to branch from national drug distribution to hip-hop in the early 2000s. It has all the hallmarks of a great drama, from the larger-than-life brothers to the deadly, high-stakes world they inhabited.”
It’s the latest project that 50 Cent has worked on with the network, which helped him as an actor with his role as Kanan in “Power.”
