Current:Home > InvestSnoop Dogg opening ceremony highlights: Best moments from rapper's Paris commentary -ChatGPT
Snoop Dogg opening ceremony highlights: Best moments from rapper's Paris commentary
View
Date:2025-04-22 23:58:52
It's Snoop Dogg's world and we're just living in it.
The Grammy-nominated rapper is serving as a special correspondent for NBC throughout the 2024 Paris Olympics. Although the Games are just kicking off with the opening ceremony, Snoop Dogg already has captivated viewers with his hilarious commentary, memorable catchphrases and positive attitude.
"I'm chilling like a villain," said Snoop Dogg, who was wearing a red, white and blue Ralph Lauren opening ceremony uniform in the pouring rain, similar to the Team USA delegation. "Raindrops falling on my head, but we still playing to win baby."
Get Olympics updates in your texts! Join USA TODAY Sports' WhatsApp Channel
Here's some of his most memorable moments from Friday:
2024 Olympic medals: Who is leading the medal count? Follow along as we track the medals for every sport.
MORE:Giannis Antetokounmpo being first Black Olympic flagbearer for Greece a 'huge honour'
The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
Snoop Dogg, Olympic torch bearer
Snoop Dogg lit the streets of Paris up, literally. The rapper carried the Olympic torch through the streets of Saint-Denis on Friday as the final torchbearer, alongside French actress Laetitia Casta and French rapper MC Solaar.
“I look at this as a prestigious honor and something I truly respect. I would have never dreamed of nothing like this,” Snoop Dogg said earlier this week. “I’m going to be on my best behavior. I’m going to be on my best athleticism. I’ll be able to breathe slow to walk fast and hold the torch with a smile on my face, because I realize how prestigious this event is.”
Snoop Dogg, the fashionista
Snoop Dogg is not only providing commentary, he's giving fashion advice.
"I heard me and Snoop Dogg are going to the same nail tech," said Team USA sprinter Noah Lyles, who flashed his white nails emblazoned with "ICON" in blue glitter. Snoop Dogg approved of Lyles' fashion statement, although he could not confirm or deny if they share the same nail salon technician.
"Noah (Lyles) stays spooned and groomed, dipped and whipped, suited and booted," Snoop Dogg said. "I know he was going to be fresh to death. Ya dig? That's my guy."
Snoop Dogg, the dancer
There were numerous performances at the opening ceremony, including one from Lady Gaga, who opened the festivities by singing "Mon Truc en Plumes" by Zizi Jeanmaire on the steps of a metro. Although Lady Gaga sang in French, that didn't stop Snoop Dogg from dropping it like it's hot alongside his commentary partner Hoda Kotb.
Snoop Dogg, the athlete
Earlier Friday, Snoop lent his usual comic take, this time to the Olympic event of weightlifting. He was shown lifting a bar with no weights. His finishing stance, however, was a 10.
veryGood! (47414)
Related
- San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
- What is Babesiosis? A rare tick-borne disease is on the rise in the Northeast
- Inside the Love Lives of the Fast and Furious Stars
- Germany’s Nuke Shutdown Forces Utility Giant E.ON to Cut 11,000 Jobs
- Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
- In Alaska’s Cook Inlet, Another Apparent Hilcorp Natural Gas Leak
- What's driving the battery fires with e-bikes and scooters?
- Opioids are devastating Cherokee families. The tribe has a $100 million plan to heal
- Gen. Mark Milley's security detail and security clearance revoked, Pentagon says
- U.S. Venture Aims to Improve Wind Energy Forecasting and Save Billions
Ranking
- 'Vanderpump Rules' star DJ James Kennedy arrested on domestic violence charges
- Neurotech could connect our brains to computers. What could go wrong, right?
- How well does a new Alzheimer's drug work for those most at risk?
- Experts weigh medical advances in gene-editing with ethical dilemmas
- Taylor Swift makes surprise visit to Kansas City children’s hospital
- Airplane Contrails’ Climate Impact to Triple by 2050, Study Says
- Mass Die-Off of Puffins Raises More Fears About Arctic’s Warming Climate
- Fearing More Pipeline Spills, 114 Groups Demand Halt to Ohio Gas Project
Recommendation
NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
Activist Judy Heumann led a reimagining of what it means to be disabled
First Water Tests Show Worrying Signs From Cook Inlet Gas Leak
Great British Bake Off's Prue Leith Recalls 13-Year Affair With Husband of Her Mom's Best Friend
Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
Dakota Pipeline Builder Under Fire for Ohio Spill: 8 Violations in 7 Weeks
Why Halle Bailey Says Romance With Rapper DDG Has Been Transformative
Girls in Texas could get birth control at federal clinics — until a dad sued