Rapper Snoop Dogg to carry Paris Olympics 2024 torch
American rapper Snoop Dogg will carry the Olympic flame through Saint-Denis on Friday ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony.
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American rapper Snoop Dogg will carry the Olympic flame through Saint-Denis on Friday, marking a significant moment before the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony.
Joining him will be French actress Laetitia Casta, French rapper MC Solaar, and retired Ukrainian pole-vaulter Sergey Bubka.
Snoop Dogg will carry it through the streets of Saint-Denis, the ethnically diverse northern Paris suburb that is home to the Olympic Stadium and Aquatics Centre, the town’s mayor Mathieu Hanotin told AFP on Monday.
Snoop Dogg will also be a commentator for NBC
The Olympic flame has spent two months crossing France, and Friday morning it will be carried through the athletes’ village which straddles Saint-Denis and neighbouring Saint-Ouen, before going to the Olympic Stadium and the Aquatics Centre a few kilometres away.
Snoop Dogg, 52, was born in greater Los Angeles, which will host the next Games in 2028.
The torch relay will not be the rapper’s only appearance at the Paris Olympics 2024 as he will also be an Olympic commentator for US television station NBC.