Terence Crawford was out in Hollywood on March 19 night to celebrate legendary Dr. Dre getting a star on the coveted Walk of Fame. The former two-weight undisputed champion took star-studded photo shots with Eminem, 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg as they showed up to support the iconic rapper and producer on his very special day.
“Major congratulations @drdre on your Hollywood Star. Honored to have been a part of your special day today. Long overdue and very well deserved.” Captioned Crawford on Instagram. Crystina Poncher, international play-by-play commentator and host for Top Rank Boxing and ESPN replied: “Ok this pic is GOATED! I don’t even care if that’s not a real word, it’s what it is!” King Iso, Nebraska rapper who currently is signed to Tech N9ne’s label Strange Music, replied with “GOATs” emojis.
Dr Dre is a long-time supporter of Crawford’s. Ahead of his WBO welterweight title defense fight against ‘Mean Machine’ Egidijus Kavaliauskas back in 2019, the Top Rank cameras captured a Facetime conversation between Crawford and the hip-hop icon. “Hey man, I just wanted to say I’m a super fan and I’ve been following your career for a long time. I respect you man and I love what you’re doing. Everything about you is fire.” said Dre.
Eminem is also a fan of Crawford. Last summer Slim Shady was in Las Vegas to walk boxer Terence Crawford to the ring for his title fight against Errol Spence Jr. “Las Vegas, make some noise for the next undisputed welterweight champion of the world, Terence “Bud” f–king Crawford,” Eminem yelled to the star-filled crowd as the signature beats of his 8 Mile hit “Lose Yourself” filled the T-Mobile Arena.
Following his victory, Crawford told Showtime about how he managed to get Eminem to be his hype man, saying he simply DM’d the rapper. “I throw a rock in a haystack and he replied, I told him to pull up, and he said, ‘I’m there. You’re one of my favorite fighters,’” Crawford said. “That showed a lot of support for me, and that showed what level I’m at in the boxing world.”
