If you're a cat person and you've been fortunate enough to have a cat in your life for years and years, you know the bond. Relationships, jobs, even your address might change multiple times, and that cat will be with you through it all. Maybe I'm just speaking for myself here when I say how meaningful that relationship becomes, but I don't think so. In fact, I'm pretty sure a lot of other people can relate, as the internet is positively obsessed with Xzibit's updates about his cat Thunder Cat. Since sharing a photo with her, earlier this month, which included a mention that this sweet furry girl has been with him since 2006, the internet has been delighting in updates about her.
Xzibit is well known for his music, as well as for presenting Pimp My Ride, the MTV series where old cars were restored and customized, which ran from 2004 to 2007. If you were watching MTV back in the aughts, there's no way you didn't binge episode after episode of this show, and remember it well, years later. (Though, apparently some rides were un-pimped after the show.) In addition to music and hosting, Xzibit also appeared in several movies and TV shows, including 8 Mile, Gridiron Gang, CSI: Miami, Empire, and Hawaii Five-0.
It seems, at some point during Pimp My Ride's run, Xzibit became person to Thunder Cat, and twenty years later, he shared the above photo of himself sitting with her. The post has amassed over 200k likes, and thousands of comments.
Naturally, this led to Xzibit giving Thunder Cat her own Instagram channel, and he's been sharing additional updates about her, including the current care she requires in her senior years.
My cat Fred just turned 12, so she's just at the start of her senior years. I've also been fortunate enough to be the person to a couple of other cats in my life who lived into their late teens. Quality of life for a senior cat is everything, so I appreciate how dedicated Xzibit seems to be about giving Thunder Cat the care she needs to live her best life. I also happen to have a cat named Thunder, and yes, of course I call him Thunder Cat sometimes (I was an '80s kid, after all!). My Thunder just turned six and we have an agreement that he will live forever.
Clearly I'm a cat person, and as such, I'm never going to be able to get enough cat content on the internet. Cats are universally amazing, so naturally, I'm now following sweet Thunder Cat's insta.
I'll close this out with one more video. Xzibit seems genuinely joyful about the love and attention his sweet spotted and striped girl is getting online. Check out this ET video of him talking about all of the hype surrounding her:
