- The 52-year-old rapper and actor's real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
- Six months before the Games, France raised its national security threshold
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According to the American rapper and actor himself, Snoop Dogg will be an unlikely source of commentary for NBC at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
The 52-year-old Primetime Emmy Award winner, whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., was named the network's analyst three years after he and comedian Kevin Hart provided streaming-only commentary at the 2019 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (2021) on Peacock.
“I grew up watching the Olympics and am excited to see the incredible athletes bring their A-game to Paris,” Snoop Dogg said in a statement as he posed in front of the Eiffel Tower as part of the announcement. “It is a celebration of skill, dedication and the pursuit of greatness.”
“We're going to have some great competitions and of course I'm going to bring that Snoop style into the mix. “It's going to be the most epic Olympics ever, so stay tuned and keep it updated.”
The “Drop It Like It's Hot” and “Gin and Juice” hitmaker appeared in a commercial for NBC's Olympic coverage with several American athletes during the Green Bay Packers' 33-10 win over the Minnesota Vikings on New Year's Eve .
Snoop Dogg posed in front of the Eiffel Tower to announce his partnership with NBC for the 2024 Summer Olympics
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics is scheduled for July 26, but is subject to change.
Snoop Dogg's involvement in commentary for the Olympics coverage brought NBC “tens of millions of views” in 2021, the network's executive producer and president of Olympic production Molly Solomon said in a statement to Variety.
“That performance alone earned Snoop a job as our special correspondent in Paris.” “We don't know what the heck will happen each day, but we do know he'll bring his unique perspective to our reimagined Olympics primetime show. “
Kevin Hart, L, and Snoop Dogg, R, on set as Tokyo 2021 commentators in their Peacock series
In December, Paris 2024 organizers admitted there were contingency plans for the Olympics' opening ceremony after French President Emmanuel Macron revealed the event could be moved from the Seine River in the event of a major security alert.
“As we are professionals, there is obviously a Plan B, a Plan C, etc.,” Macron said when asked if increased security across Europe because of tensions in the Middle East was scuppering plans to hold the ceremony as planned could do.
France raised its security threshold in October when a man with a knife killed a teacher at a school in northern France.
On New Year's Eve, the country's police increased security and mobilized 90,000 officers in Paris and elsewhere. The effort resulted in less unrest six months before the Olympics opening ceremony.