SC's Chadwick Boseman and Darius Rucker immortalized on Hollywood Walk of Fame

HOLLYWOOD — The pink-speckled stars along Hollywood Boulevard in California will soon display the names of two more South Carolina-born celebrities.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame added the late Chadwick Boseman and Darius Rucker to its 2024 class of entertainment professionals to be honored at the iconic West Coast landmark.

Since the first-ever terrazzo and brass stars were laid in 1960, more than 2,700 now cover 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street. The upcoming class will add 31 more. 

An Anderson-native and "Black Panther" lead, Boseman, receives the posthumous accolade in the motion pictures category. He passed away in August 2021 after a battle with colon cancer.

Rucker, a country singer and former frontman of '90s band Hootie & the Blowfish from Charleston, is being recognized in the recording category. 

The entertainers were two of hundreds nominated for this class. The Walk of Fame Selection Panel of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce made their final picks on June 16. The Hollywood Chamber's Board of Directors approved the choices on June 21. 

South Carolina-native has been named one of the artists for the Hollywood Walk of Fame class of 2024. File/John A. Carlos II / Special to The Post and Courier

John A. Carlos II

Boseman and Rucker join a handful of other South Carolina-born artists engraved on the boulevard, including actress Viola Davis, talk show host Leeza Gibbons, jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, singer Eartha Kitt, playwright Barton MacLane, comedian Chris Rock and game show hostess Vanna White.

The new honorees have two years to schedule star ceremonies from the date of selection before they expire.

The entire Hollywood Walk of Fame Class of 2024 includes:

Motion pictures: Chadwick Boseman (posthumous), Kevin Feige, Gal Gadot, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chris Meledandri, Chris Pine, Christina Ricci and Michelle Yeoh

Television: Ken Jeong, Eugene Levy, Mario Lopez, Jim Nantz, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Michael Schur, Kerry Washington, and Raúl De Molina and Lili Estefan, Co-Hosts of the television show, "El Gordo y La Flaca" (double ceremony)

Recording: Glen Ballard, Toni Braxton, Def Leppard, Charles Fox, Sammy Hagar, Brandy Norwood, Darius Rucker, Gwen Stefani, and Andre 'Dr. Dre' Young

Live theater/live performance: Jane Krakowski and Otis Redding (posthumous)

Radio: Angie Martinez

Sports entertainment: Billie Jean King and Carl Weathers

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