My preparation for primetime is being me, he said. Google me. Look me up, dog. As the Paris 2024 Olympics officially open on Friday, the one-time pimp turned rapper has taken the city of light by storm after being chosen to carry the Olympic torch...
...the 52-year-old became emotional as he spoke about the honour, expressing a smidgen of surprise that France were allowing him to do it. I look at this as a prestigious honour and something that I truly respect. I would have never dreamed of nothing like this, he said.
The rapper has become a key figure of NBC's efforts to energise its coverage of the Games, attract a younger audience and by using celebrity sparkle. The broadcaster... is hoping to achieve record advertising support for its coverage, which has already ticked up to $1.2bn.
Sources at NBC said the inclusion of the rapper was an attempt to get down with the kids, with executives seemingly unaware that the rapper's defining album Doggystyle was released more than three decades ago. Snoop, whose real name is Calvin Broadus Jr, has been pictured having the time of his life in Paris.
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