Snoop Dogg’s function carrying the torch on the Paris 2024 Olympics is simply one of the many bizarre and great aspect hustles from the rapper.
On Friday, July 26, the Drop It Like It’s Hot singer made headlines and he proudly carried the Olympic torch by means of Saint-Denis, within the North of Paris.
While some have questioned why Snoop Dogg, 52, is involved in the sporting competitors, he additionally has one other main involvement in the games.
The Young, Wild, and Free rapper is a particular US correspondent for NBC and stated he’s going to deliver some ‘Snoop style’ to the job.
The rapper whose actual title is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. introduced on January 1, 2024, in a press launch: ‘It’s going to be essentially the most epic Olympics ever, so keep tuned, and preserve it locked.
‘Let’s elevate, have a good time, and make these video games unforgettable, smoke the competitors, and might the perfect shine like gold. Peace and Olympic LOVE, ya dig?’
While this would possibly seem to be a bit of a rogue aspect hustle from the rapper, this isn’t the primary time he has danced to the beat of his drum with a task outdoors of his rap profession.
In 2023, Snoop Dogg’s launched a rosé wine at Co-op which he claimed paired rather well with spicy hen wings.
And this wasn’t even his first foodie enterprise as he additionally released a cookbook referred to as From Crook to Cook, which was launched in 2018.
In 2016 he additionally launched a cooking present referred to as Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party, with chef Martha Stewart.
Snoop was additionally snapped working shifts at Raising Cane’s for a comedy particular with the American quick meals chain.
The rapper is mates with the proprietor Todd Graves so was blissful to assist them out again in 2021.
The singer has additionally sung in a gospel choir as half of a Superbowl Celebration Concert for his album Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love.
He was slated for releasing gospel songs following a rap profession however the rapper wasn’t bothered and stated in response to the critics: ‘This is not a money-driven project – it’s a spirit-driven challenge.’
The singer has additionally appeared on a number of sport reveals, each as a number and contestant.
In the previous twenty years, the rapper has appeared as a contestant in Celebrity Blackjack (2004), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ( 2009), The Price is Right (2012), Celebrity Family Feud (2016), and The $100,000 Pyramid (2016).
He grew to become the host of The Joker’s Wild in 2017.
The Gin ‘n’ Juice singer has additionally gotten into WWE wrestling and has taken to the ring to pummel opponents in the past.
The rapper is a lifelong fan of the game so has taken alternatives up to now to seem in three WrestleMania occasions.
He has hosted fights and even been concerned in them himself.
The artist isn’t only a wrestling fan both and additionally has been a fan of baseball for many years.
Snoop has thrown the primary pitch for the Brewers at a sport and joined the staff within the broadcast sales space.
He is additionally a longtime fan of the Lakers basketball staff and even has a tattoo on his arm dedicated to the team and Kobe Bryant.
Snoop has appeared in an enormous quantity of movies and TV sequence, most lately an Amazon comedy-drama which he produced and starred in referred to as The Underdogs.
He has notably appeared in Training Day in 2001, Scary Movie 5 in 2015, Pitch Perfect 2 additionally in 2015, The L Word in 2004, and The Addams Family in 2019.
Although he has primarily performed himself in these on-screen appearances, he has incessantly acted in character roles and isn’t afraid to tackle random appearing challenges.
Although it appears the artist would possibly simply be up for any problem, the Sexual Eruption singer has been identified to show down some gigs.
It was reported in January, that Snoop Dogg turned down a $100,000,000 OnlyFans deal as he stated his spouse, Shante Broadus, 52, wouldn’t be blissful.
Snoop revealed all in an Instagram Live interview with actor Slink Johnson on Wake & Bake with Double S Express.
‘They was like, “OnlyFans wants you to come on there, Snoop. … You can do about $100 million. All you gotta do is pull that thang out.”
‘I’m like, “N***a, I got a Black wife, n***a.” Ain’t no approach on the planet she gonna permit me to go on there and pull that thang out for no quantity of cash,’ he stated.
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