Snoop Dogg Named Official Paris Olympics Correspondent

Snoop Dogg is bringing the West Coast to the Paris Olympics.

On Sunday, NBC revealed that the multifaceted rapper could be a part of its protection staff for the 2024 Summer time Olympics in Paris. On this position, Snoop will be a part of NBC Olympics anchor Mike Tirico to supply commentary and common updates throughout the Olympic Primetime Present airing on NBC and streaming on Peacock. Snoop gained’t be sitting nonetheless. NBC plans to have him tour varied landmarks within the metropolis and interview athletes and their family members about their journeys to the massive video games.

The announcement follows Snoop’s earlier protection of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with comic Kevin Hart, which was well-received. President and Govt Producer of NBC Olympic Manufacturing, Molly Solomon, and different higher-ups on the community felt that Snoop’s distinct model and insights warranted his place as Particular Correspondent for the upcoming video games in Paris.

“That performance alone has earned Snoop a job as our Special Correspondent in Paris. We don’t know what the heck is going to happen every day, but we know he will add his unique perspective to our re-imagined Olympic primetime show,” Solomon shared in an announcement.

Snoop has already began working at his new job, recording segments that includes quite a few Crew USA athletes. Amongst them are gymnast Suni Lee, basketball standout A’ja Wilson, skateboarder Jagger Eaton, and the seashore volleyball pair Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes.

The Summer time Olympics will kick off on Friday, July twenty sixth, 2024, and undergo Sunday, August eleventh, 2024.