Snoop Dogg will be an unlikely source of commentary for NBC at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, according to the American rapper and actor himself. 

The 52-year-old, Primetime Emmy Award winner, whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., has been named as an analyst for the network, three years after he and comedian Kevin Hart provided streaming-only commentary at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo (2021) on Peacock.

‘I grew up watching the Olympics and am thrilled to see the incredible athletes bring their A-game to Paris,’ Snoop Dogg said in a statement, as he posed in front of the Eiffel Tour as part of the announcement. ‘It’s a celebration of skill, dedication, and the pursuit of greatness.

‘We’re going to have some amazing competitions and, of course, I will be bringing that Snoop style to the mix. It’s going to be the most epic Olympics ever, so stay tuned, and keep it locked.’

The ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’ and ‘Gin and Juice’ hitmaker appeared in a commercial for NBC’s Olympics coverage with several American athletes during the Green Bay Packers’ 33-10 win against the Minnesota Vikings on New Year’s Eve.

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Snoop Dogg posed in front of the Eiffel Tower to announce his partnership with NBC for the 2024 Summer Olympics

Snoop Dogg will report for summer Olympics 2024 in Paris

The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is scheduled to take place on July 26, although that is subject to change.

Snoop Dogg’s participation in commenting over Olympic coverage generated ‘tens of millions of views,’ for NBC in 2021, shared the network’s executive producer and president for its Olympics Production, Molly Solomon, in a statement to Variety.

‘That performance alone has earned Snoop a job as our Special Correspondent in Paris. We don’t know what the heck is going to happen every day, but we know he will add his unique perspective to our re-imagined Olympic primetime show.’

Kevin Hart, L, and Snoop Dogg, R, on set as Tokyo 2021 commentators in their Peacock series

In December, Paris 2024 organizers admitted that there were contingency plans for the Olympics opening ceremony after French President Emmanuel Macron revealed the event could be moved from the River Seine in case of a major security alert.

‘Given we’re professionals, there obviously is a Plan B, Plan C et cetera,’ Macron said when asked if heightened security across Europe over tensions in the Middle East could thwart plans to hold the ceremony as planned.

France raised its security threshold in October, when a man with a knife killed a teacher in a school in northern France.

For New Year’s Eve, the country’s police force heightened security with 90,000 officers mobilized in Paris and elsewhere, with the efforts resulting in less disorder, six months before the Olympics’ opening ceremony.