Boxing world champion Terence Crawford was wrongly labelled as Kendrick Lamar throughout a TV broadcast of UFC 306 final evening (September 14).
Crawford was sitting cageside for UFC 306 at The Sphere in Las Vegas. The occasion marked the primary fight sports activities occasion to happen on the US$2.3billion enviornment – which has hosted residencies with U2, Phish, and Useless & Firm.
Nonetheless, when the digital camera panned to Crawford, followers seen that he was wrongly labelled as rapper Lamar.
Viewers shortly reacted on social media, with former UFC champion Aljamain Sterling among the many first to remark writing on Twitter/X: “Terance Crawford advanced into Kendrick Lamar tonight.”
UFC BROADCAST CONFUSED Terence Crawford FOR KENDRICK LAMAR😭😭😭 #UFC pic.twitter.com/q8mnOUAgSO
— Sami Ullah (@Samiii90210) September 15, 2024
Terance Crawford advanced into Kendrick Lamar tonight 🤣🤣🤣#UFC306
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) September 15, 2024
Crawford took to his Instagram story to reply, sharing a screencap of the error and tagging Lamar together with two laughing emojis. He soundtracked the publish with Lamar’s track ‘Euphoria’ – a six-minute-long diss monitor in opposition to Drake that references Crawford. The track consists of the road: “He’s Terrence Thornton, I’m Terence Crawford, yeah, I’m whoopin’ ft.”
Terence Crawford laughing and exhibiting like to Kendrick Lamar by way of his IG story whereas taking part in euphoria pic.twitter.com/9hOUYCqH9H
— Whooping ft (@WhoopingFeet) September 15, 2024
The monitor isn’t the primary crossover between Crawford and the hip-hop world. Final 12 months, Eminem walked the boxer to the ring for his welterweight title combat in opposition to Errol Spence JR. in Las Vegas. Crawford had chosen ‘Lose Your self’ as his walk-on music.
In different information, final week it was introduced that Lamar could be headlining the 2025 NFL Tremendous Bowl LIX Halftime present – which shall be held on the Caesar Superdome in New Orleans subsequent 12 months on February 9, marking the eleventh time the key sporting occasion shall be staged within the Huge Simple.
There are rumours that Oasis shall be becoming a member of Lamar on stage, following a leaked picture of an alleged setlist for the occasion which incorporates two of the rapper’s greatest hits ‘Alright’ and ‘Humble’ in addition to tracks from London indie band Kero Kero Bonito. The encore sees Oasis and Kero Kero Bonito allegedly be a part of Lamar in a efficiency of the Mancunian’s monitor ‘Rock & Roll Star’.
rasta, are you going to sing on the tremendous bowl? pic.twitter.com/LccWqm8gBC
— Maxi (@MaxiGonzalez_23) September 13, 2024
Liam Gallagher has since responded after a fan on Twitter/X requested him: “Rasta, are you going to sing on the tremendous bowl?,” to which Liam replied: “How’s that leaked ffs.” Lamar has not addressed of the leaked setlist is actual and neither have Kero Kero Bonito.
In the meantime, Lil Wayne opened up about not being requested to carry out on the main sporting occasion which is going down in his hometown.
