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Chadwick Boseman, Dr. Dre & More To Receive Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

Author Autumn Hawkins

Chadwick Boseman and Dr. Dre are among those who will receive a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in 2024. According to the press release, 31 entertainers will get their stars in television, film, and sports categories.

“The Committee did an amazing job choosing these very talented people,” said radio personality and selection committee chair Ellen K. “We can’t wait to see each honoree’s reaction as they realize that they are becoming a part of Hollywood’s history with the unveiling of their star on the world’s most famous walkway!”

Boseman will be receiving his star posthumously. The Oscar-nominated actor died in 2020 after a private battle with colon cancer. He was known for his roles in Black Panther, 42, Get On Up, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and more.

Joining Boseman in the “Motion Pictures” category are: Kevin Feige, Gal Gadot, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chris Meledandri, Chris Pine, Christina Ricci, and Michelle Yeoh.

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Dr. Dre is known for his 1992 classic album The Chronic, for being the co-founder of Death Row Records, for being a member of the Compton-bred rap group N.W.A., and producing for some of the biggest talents in the industry. Joining Dre in the category are: Glen Ballard, Toni Braxton, Def Leppard, Charles Fox, Sammy Hagar, Brandy Norwood, Darius Rucker, and Gwen Stefani.

Sheryl Lee Ralph was also among those chosen to receive a star next year. She uploaded a video to Twitter to express her excitement about the award.

“Wow, I just have to thank God, I have to thank everybody who considered me for this,” she said. “I’m overwhelmed. I’m grateful and I’m blessed.”

Joining her in the television category are Ken Jeong, Eugene Levy, Mario Lopez, Jim Nantz, Michael Schur, and Kerry Washington. Raúl De Molina, and Lili Estefan, Co-Hosts of the television show, El Gordo y La Flaca will also be awarded.

Chadwick Boseman's 7 Greatest Movies

  • 7 - 'Message from the King' (2016)

    Jacob King (Boseman), a mysterious outsider from Cape Town, South Africa, arrives in Los Angeles after he receives a message from his estranged sister Bianca, who lives in Los Angeles with her husband and stepson. She is in trouble and has something “they” want. Jacob books a flight to search for his missing younger sister, only to find out that she’s dead and works to avenge her death in this 2016 action-thriller film. Alfred Molina, Luke Evans and Tom Felton co-star.

  • 6 - 'Marshall' (2017)

    In this film, Boseman plays Thurgood Marshall, an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. The film looks at his younger years, when he was working as a lawyer for the NAACP. Set in April 1941, Marshall travels to conservative Connecticut when wealthy white socialite Eleanor Strubing (Kate Hudson) accuses Black chauffeur Joseph Spell (Sterling K. Brown) of rape and attempted murder. He soon teams up with Sam Friedman (Josh Gad), a local Jewish lawyer who’s never handled a criminal case. Together, the two men build a defense while contending with racist and anti-Semitic views from those who deem Spell to be guilty.

  • 5 - '42'(2013)

    Another example of Boseman playing a real life icon: Jackie Robinson, the first Black man to play Major League Baseball. In 1946, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), legendary manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, defies major league baseball’s notorious color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson (Boseman) to the team. The heroic act puts both Rickey and Robinson in the firing line of the public, the press and other players. Facing open racism from all sides, Robinson demonstrates true courage and admirable restraint by not reacting in kind and lets his undeniable talent silence the critics for him.

  • 4 - 'Get On Up' (2014)

    Again, Boseman portrays a real-life icon; in this case, James Brown. Brown was born in extreme poverty in 1933 in South Carolina and survived abandonment, abuse and jail to become one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He joined a gospel group as a teenager, but the jazz and blues along the “chitlin’ circuit” became his springboard to fame. Although his backup musicians came and went, Brown retained the ability to mesmerize audiences with his music, signature moves and sexual energy. The film uses a nonlinear narrative, following Brown’s stream of consciousness as he recalls events from his life, occasionally breaking the fourth wall to address the audience.

  • 3 - 'Da 5 Bloods' (2020)

    During the Vietnam War, a squad of Black US Army soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division, Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis), Melvin (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), and their squad leader Norman (Boseman), who dub themselves the “Bloods,” secure the site of a CIA airplane crash and recover its cargo, including a locker of gold bars intended as payment for the Lahu people for their help in fighting the Viet Cong. The Bloods decide to take the gold for themselves and bury it so they can retrieve it later. However, due to a Vietnamese counter-attack, one of the Bloods is killed, and the rest can’t find the buried gold after a napalm strike obliterates the identifying landmarks. In the present day, the living members of the squad meet up in Ho Chi Minh City to find the gold and their friend’s body in this 2020 Spike Lee American war drama.

  • 2. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

    Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) is a highly regarded, strong-willed blues singer who has recently been contracted by white producers. The story takes place on July 2, 1927, when a recording session is scheduled for Ma by her manager Irvin (Jeremy Shamos) to take place at Paramount’s Recording Studios in Chicago. Seasoned Georgia Jazz Band members Toledo (Glynn Turman), Cutler (Colman Domingo) and Slow Drag (Michael Potts) arrive on time without Ma, frustrating her producer, Mel Sturdyvant (Jonny Coyne). They are soon joined by Levee Green (Boseman), the band’s overconfident trumpeter, who has shown the producer his original compositions in the hopes of breaking away from Ma and getting his own record deal.

  • 1. Black Panther (2018)

    After the death of his father, T’Challa (Boseman) returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly appears, T’Challa’s mettle as king — and as Black Panther — gets tested when he’s drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people. Boseman also played T’Challa in Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame (and also voiced him in a few episodes of the animated Waht If…? series), but this was his finest moment as the character.

Autumn Hawkins is the National Hip-Hop and R&B writer for Beasley Media, currently residing in New Jersey. Prior to working at Beasley Media, she was in broadcast news as an entertainment producer. When she's not impatiently waiting for Beyoncé to drop new music, she is reading, shopping, or planning a vacation.

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