‘It’s peanut butter and jelly’: Snoop Dogg embraces Olympic torch baton role

‘It’s peanut butter and jelly’: Snoop Dogg embraces Olympic torch baton role

Rapper working in Paris for US TV network which is hoping to energise its coverage after criticism during Tokyo Games

When the rapper Snoop Dogg was asked how he had prepared for his new role as a primetime Olympics correspondent for the US TV network NBC during the Paris Games, he responded with characteristic swagger. “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 through its final stages in Saint-Denis to mark the beginning of the 33rd Games.

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