Snoop Dogg’s ban has been lifted. Australia has just issued him a visa to enter and tour there in October and it’s all thanks to his friend Russell Crowe who wrote a letter on his behalf.

Snoop’s visa to Oz had been held up by government officials Down Under because of his criminal past.

Russell Crowe, in a letter to Australia’s Minister of Immigration, recently asked his country to reconsider their decision.

Here are parts of the letter:

“I have known Snoop Dogg for 3 years…[he] poses no threat to Australia or to any individual in this country; he has toured here three times before without incident and there are no reasons to assume this tour will be anything but the positive experience the last three have been,” Crowe detailed. “Snoop has built a stellar reputation with promoters and audiences worldwide.”

“Snoop has used his celebrity in many positive ways. I would like to bring to your attention a very significant contribution he has made in the City of Los Angeles where he started and continues to operate a Youth Football League for 8 to 10 year olds, put in place so that disadvantaged kids could take part in organized team sports,” Crowe continued. “It has been very successful, even to the point it has been examined by the NFL as they look to replicate the enthusiasm and engagement that kids have with this program.”

Now that’s the move of an Australian bad a** backing up an American bad a**!