Light it up! Snoop Dogg will carry Olympic torch during final leg in Paris

Snoop Dogg is group to bring other swagger to nan last limb of nan Olympic torch travel successful France, arsenic nan crip-walking rapper is scheduled to parade nan occurrence done Paris up of nan opening ceremonial connected Friday.

The politician of Saint-Denis, Mathieu Hanotin, announced nan news connected X connected Tuesday morning. In French, nan politician said Snoop Dogg will carry nan flame done nan streets of Saint-Denis earlier nan commencement of nan 33rd Games.

Saint-Denis, a bluish suburb of Paris, is nan last extremity for nan torch earlier it will beryllium carried to nan Eiffel Tower to ray nan Olympic cauldron.

Though Snoop Dogg (real sanction Calvin Broadus Jr.) is already well-known for lighting up, he celebrated nan announcement connected societal media pinch news article screenshots publicizing his participation.

“U gots to do it!!” Snoop Dogg wrote successful an emoji-filled Instagram caption. “Will u beryllium watchin??”

On Monday, Snoop Dogg shared a photograph of himself posed extracurricular Paris’ metropolis hall, nan Hotel de Ville, alongside nan caption, “U Ready? Paris 2024 Olympics ya digggg.”

French character Laetitia Casta and French rapper MC Solaar will besides transportation nan torch connected Friday.

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Officials person yet to denote nan sanction of nan last torchbearer for nan Paris Olympic Games. This personification will person nan honour of lighting nan Olympic cauldron to statesman nan Games connected nan River Seine connected Friday night.

As is tradition, nan torch was first lit astatine nan tract of ancient Olympia successful April. According to nan International Olympic Committee, nan occurrence is “a awesome of bid and relationship among nations since antiquity.”

The occurrence is ever lit by nan sun’s rays caught successful nan centre of a parabolic reflector to “ensure its purity.” Each runner who carries nan flame, Snoop Dogg included, brings nan symbolic connection of bid pinch them on their journey.

With nan world group to watch Snoop Dogg transportation nan torch connected its 67th limb this week, hopefully this is 1 lawsuit wherever nan rapper won’t Drop It Like It’s Hot.

Snoop Dogg’s Olympic tally doesn’t extremity aft he hands disconnected nan torch. The rapper is already group to execute duties arsenic a typical NBC Olympics analogous for nan Games.

The 33rd Olympic Games will return spot successful Paris from July 26 to Aug. 11.