Eminem is portraying him in in 50 Cent‘s forthcoming series BMF (Black Mafia Family).Wershe Jr. was an FBI informant as a teenager in the mid-1980s, having infiltrated a Detroit gang.
He was later dumped by the FBI and in 1987, at the age of 17, was arrested for cocaine possession and sentenced to life in prisonHe was released on parole last year at the age of 50.Eminem is expected to feature in one episode of the forthcoming Starz drama series.“It’s Eminem, so that’s an honour to have him portray me in a series,” Wershe Jr.
told TMZ.He added: “He was actually one of the first people that was looking at doing a movie about me. It’s pretty cool that later down the line he gets to take on this role.
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