Dr. Dre Provides Props to Michael B. Jordan for ‘Creed III’

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Michael B. Jordan has made a fan out of Dr. Dre. Whereas attending the premiere of Creed III on Monday night time (February 27) at TCL Chinese language Theater in Hollywood, the enterprise mogul, superproducer and rapper instructed Entertainment Tonight about Jordan approaching him to make use of his music within the movie.

“Mike really got here to my home and screened the movie for me, and I assumed he was out of his thoughts,” Dre recalled. “First-time director and starring within the movie? It’s like, you gotta be loopy to do this, as a result of it’s extraordinarily troublesome.”

“[But] I used to be so happy with him,” Dre added. “I mentioned, ‘Hear, man, I can’t wait to see what’s gonna come out of your thoughts subsequent, so far as the route goes,’ ? It was superb.”

Dre’s track performs over a big second within the movie, which additionally stars Jonathan Majors, Tessa Thompson, Wooden Harris and Phylica Rashad.

“I assumed they did an incredible job,” Dre mentioned. “I’m actually happy with it.”

Jordan, additionally the present cowl star of Rolling Stone, shall be honored with a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame on Wednesday (March 1).

“Michael B. Jordan has develop into a family identify because of his many roles on the massive display,” said Ana Martinez, Producer of the Hollywood Stroll of Fame. “To assume that this star didn’t develop up with desires of being an actor! Fortunately for us he modified his thoughts and now he shall be honored with an iconic star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.”