Terry Crews’ Career Started as Flint Courtroom Sketch Artist, and He’s Amazing

I love Terry Crews. We all love Terry Crews. Ever since we saw this big muscly man sing "1,000 Miles" by Vanessa Carlton in the movie "White Chicks," the whole world knew that this big, burly dude was just a massive teddy bear who had a TON of star potential.

Since then, he's obviously proved it, appearing in dozens of films and TV shows, podcasts, and so many other things, including a youtube series that I watch called "Last Meals" on the Mythical Kitchen. And during Terry's introduction, I learned something very interesting about his first job.

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Before he was an internationally renowned star, even before he spent time at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and playing in the NFL, Terry Crews was a sketch artist for WJRT in Flint, Michigan.

When he was very young, he developed a love of art, and became an incredible sketch artist. His talent landed him a job as a courtroom sketch artist in Flint Michigan, and that led him to doing it specifically for WJRT News in Flint. It landed him an art scholarship at Western Michigan, where he also stepped up his football playing under legendary coach Al Molde.

From there, he was drafted in the 1991 NFL draft, and bounced around the league for five years, but unfortunately never landed a full starting job with any organization.

But while he was in the league, Terry went back to his love of art, and supplemented his income by creating sketches of fellow athletes and selling them.

And it all started from his humble beginning as a kid in a court room in Flint in the 1980s.

You can see Terry's full interview from "Last Meals" below, where he also talks about his tough upcoming, and his time in the NFL, where he literally blacked out and forgot who he was, and what he was doing.