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See Snoop Dogg Serve as Torch Bearer Ahead of Paris Olympics

Snoop Dogg helped usher in the 2024 Summer Olympics as a torch bearer ahead of the games’ opening ceremony Friday in Paris.

Snoop Dogg helped usher in the 2024 Summer Olympics as a torch bearer ahead of the games’ opening ceremony on Friday in Paris. The Doggfather — who is part of NBC’s Olympic coverage at this year’s games — paraded during the final leg of the flame’s journey, hoisting the torch through the Saint-Denis suburb outside Paris in the hours before the opening ceremony. Speaking to the Associated Press earlier this week, Snoop Dogg reminisced about watching Muhammad Ali serve as the final torch bearer prior to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

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