How Snoop Dogg's love affair with dressage started: Hilarious footage shows rapper watching equestrian event for the first time before turning up to watch in full kit in Paris

Rapper-turned-businessman, philanthropist and sports commentator Snoop Dogg has lived a life astir of america could only dream of. 

Snoop, whose existent sanction is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., is simply a formerly convicted felon who utilized to woody narcotics during his clip pinch The Crips gang, and was erstwhile accused of murdering a rival pack member, a complaint he was later acquitted for. 

Though he since has moved connected from his erstwhile life of crime and adrenaline, now starring America's sum of nan Olympic Games alongside comedian Kevin Hart since 2021, it appears he still hasn't forgotten his roots. 

Resurfaced footage from nan Tokyo 2020 Olympics shows Snoop falling successful emotion pinch dressage equine riding successful spite of his reported fearfulness for horses.   

He and Hart were seen watching German rider Isabell Werth's equine return portion successful nan event.  

'The equine is Crip Walking, that's gangster arsenic a motherf****er... this equine is disconnected nan chain,' Snoop said successful nan 2021 video, adding: 'I gotta get this motherf***er successful a video!'

Crip Walking is simply a creation move adopted by respective rappers connected nan West Coast who were affiliated pinch nan Crips, nan notorious confederate California pack group up successful nan precocious 1960s. 

Dancers who Crip Walk quickly and intricately move their feet, astir often pronunciation retired C-R-I-P pinch their feet. 

The dressage event, seemingly nan first clip nan rapper had ever seen thing for illustration it, appears to person made a beardown belief connected him arsenic he was seen watching this year's dressage arena pinch semipermanent business partner Martha Stewart connected Saturday. 

Snoop Dogg was dressed successful breeches, a dressage tailcoat and difficult chapeau arsenic he took a travel astir nan Chateau de Versailles venue. 

The rapper and character sewage to bask a good capacity from British rider Becky Moody, who clocked up a starring first-round people aboard her equine Jagerbomb. 

Late past week, Stewart and Snoop revealed that nan rapper had a fearfulness of horses that he appears to person overcome. 

Stewart, speaking to NBC, said: ' Snoop called maine and said he knows I cognize horses, and he's a small fearful of horses.'

Snoop, besides being interviewed astatine nan time, said: 'I'm still frightened of horses.'

'Have you ever ridden a horse?' Stewart asked.

'No,' said Snoop. 'I'm scared.'

He is moving for American transmission NBC passim nan Games and has enjoyed a engaged clip successful Paris, carrying nan Olympic occurrence for a short limb connected nan last relay earlier popping up astatine a number of events, including nan gymnastics.

Snoop Dogg, whose afloat sanction is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., said of his clip arsenic a torchbearer: 'Something I'm gonna beryllium capable to unrecorded pinch and beryllium happy pinch (is) to cognize that I was nan look and nan sound of bid for that 1 infinitesimal successful time.'

The beingness of Snoop Dogg surely created a buzz astir nan venue, pinch Moody's team-mate Carl Hester saying news of his presence had caused a operation successful nan stables.

He said: 'I didn't get to meet him, but of people nan talk of nan stables was that he was present and everyone was looking for him connected nan camera.

'It's awesome he's enjoying dressage and he was here.'