{"id":143540,"date":"2023-09-26T17:56:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=143540"},"modified":"2023-09-26T17:56:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T17:56:26","slug":"8-mile-star-nashawn-breedlove-dies-aged-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/celebrities\/8-mile-star-nashawn-breedlove-dies-aged-46\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Mile star Nashawn Breedlove dies aged 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Nashawn Breedlove dies aged 46: 8 Mile actor who rapped with Eminem passes away suddenly in his sleep<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Breedlove died in his sleep on Sunday at his home in New Jersey\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>His cause of death is currently unknown\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Breedlove&#8217;s character Lotto battle-rapped with Eminem in 2002 movie<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>8 Mile actor Nashawn Breedlove has died suddenly aged 46.<\/p>\n<p>Breedlove, whose character Lotto famously battle-rapped with Eminem in the iconic 2002 movie, died in his sleep on\u00a0Sunday at his home in New Jersey, reports TMZ.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His cause of death is currently unknown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his scene in the film, Lotto takes on Eminem&#8217;s B-Rabbit, rapping: &#8216;I feel bad I gotta murder that dude from Leave it to Beaver&#8217; with the crowd wowed &#8211; before he eventually loses the rap battle.<\/p>\n<p>Rapper Mickey Factz posted a tribute to Instagram, writing: &#8216;RIP to one of the few emcee&#8217;s to beat Eminem\u2026 Lotto from 8 Mile.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/17\/75856829-0-RIP_8_Mile_actor_Nashawn_Breedlove_has_died_suddenly_aged_46_see-a-11_1695745349611.jpg\" height=\"391\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>RIP:\u00a08 Mile actor Nashawn Breedlove has died suddenly aged 46 (seen as Lotto in the 2002 film alongside Eminem as B-Rabbit)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/17\/75856903-12562891-image-a-21_1695745498991.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Talented:\u00a0Breedlove, whose character Lotto famously battle-rapped with Eminem in the iconic 2002 movie, died in his sleep on Sunday at his home in New Jersey , reports TMZ. His cause of death is currently unknown<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Mickey Factz (@mickey.factz)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Whose friends lovingly called him, OX. You will be missed for your tenacity and aggressiveness.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A friend of Nashawn&#8217;s added: &#8216;My best friend and brother since 15 years old. We been thru it all Rest Easy my bro luv u and the family and my nephew OX FOREVER.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: &#8216;Thank you for posting this. Nashawn was so humble and modest he didn&#8217;t even know he had true fans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was so talented. Not only was he an amazing MC he sang better than Luther. He blessed me with my son @youngzaak and I swear that is Nashawn to the 10th power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I will always be his biggest fan. If y&#8217;all only knew his talent. Please pray for our strength it is needed. Thank you again @mickey.factz.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Before starring in 8 Mile, Breedlove rapped under stage name OX, and featured on the soundtrack for 2001 film, The Wash with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/17\/75856905-12562891-image-a-30_1695746482788.jpg\" height=\"392\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Famed:\u00a0In his scene in the film, Lotto takes on Eminem&#8217;s B-Rabbit, rapping: &#8216;I feel bad I gotta murder that dude from Leave it to Beaver&#8217; with the crowd wowed &#8211; before he eventually loses the rap battle<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12562891\/8-Mile-star-Nashawn-Breedlove-dies-aged-46.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashawn Breedlove dies aged 46: 8 Mile actor who rapped with Eminem passes away suddenly in his sleep Breedlove died in his sleep on Sunday&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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