Snoop Dogg<\/a> is ready to convey additional swagger to the ultimate leg of the Olympic<\/a> torch journey in France, because the crip-walking rapper is scheduled to parade the flame by means of Paris forward of the opening ceremony on Friday.<\/p>\n The mayor of Saint-Denis, Mathieu Hanotin, introduced the information on X on Tuesday morning. In French, the mayor mentioned Snoop Dogg will carry the flame<\/a> by means of the streets of Saint-Denis earlier than the beginning of the thirty third Games.<\/p>\n Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris, is the ultimate cease for the torch earlier than will probably be carried to the Eiffel Tower to gentle the Olympic cauldron.<\/p>\n Though Snoop Dogg (actual identify Calvin Broadus Jr.) is already well-known for lighting up, he celebrated the announcement on social media with information article screenshots publicizing his participation.<\/p>\n \u201cU gots to do it!!\u201d Snoop Dogg wrote in an emoji-filled Instagram caption. \u201cWill u be watchin??\u201d<\/p>\n Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n On Monday, Snoop Dogg shared a photograph of himself posed outdoors Paris\u2019 metropolis corridor, the Hotel de Ville, alongside the caption, \u201cU Ready? Paris<\/a> 2024 Olympics ya digggg.\u201d<\/p>\n U prepared? \ud83e\udd47 Paris 2024 Olympics ya digggg \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udfff\ud83d\udd25 pic.twitter.com\/OOIo2DRZSC<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n French actress Laetitia Casta and French rapper MC Solaar will even carry the torch on Friday.<\/p>\n \n\t\tTrending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tJasper wildfire reaches townsite, \u2018multiple\u2019 buildings and motels on fireplace<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n \n\t\t\t\tAs e-scooter use grows, ER medical doctors say they\u2019re seeing \u2018devastating\u2019 accidents<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n \t\t<\/p>\n Get the day’s prime information, political, financial, and present affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox as soon as a day.<\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n Officials have but to announce the identify of the ultimate torchbearer for the Paris Olympic Games. This individual can have the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron to start the Games on the River Seine on Friday night time.<\/p>\n As is custom, the torch was first lit on the web site of historic Olympia in April. According to the International Olympic Committee, the flame is \u201ca symbol of peace and friendship among nations since antiquity.\u201d<\/p>\n The flame is at all times lit by the solar\u2019s rays caught within the centre of a parabolic mirror to \u201censure its purity.\u201d Each runner who carries the flame, Snoop Dogg included, brings the symbolic message of peace with them alongside their journey.<\/p>\n With the world set to observe Snoop Dogg carry the torch on its 67th leg this week, hopefully that is one occasion the place the rapper gained\u2019t Drop It Like It\u2019s Hot<\/em>.<\/p>\n Snoop Dogg\u2019s Olympic run doesn\u2019t finish after he fingers off the torch. The rapper is already set to carry out duties as a particular NBC Olympics correspondent for the Games.<\/p>\n The thirty third Olympic Games will happen in Paris from July 26 to Aug. 11.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\")
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