Snoop Dogg wants to create the “Hood Olympics” ahead of 2028 LA games
nme.comSnoop Dogg has said he’d love to start the “Hood Olympics” in LA ahead of the city hosting the 2028 gamesThe legendary Doggfather has been in recent headlines for his time at this year’s Paris Olympics, where he was one of NBC‘s television correspondents.
While attending the red carpet for the film premiere of the thriller 1992, Entertainment Tonight asked Snoop about his plans when the Olympics come to his home state of Los Angeles in four years.“One thing I wanna do is have the Hood Olympics,” the Long Beach star said. “There’s a lot of homies from the hood that could run a 10.2, that could high jump, throw the javelin, backflip, swim good, jump over gates and hurdle, you know what I’m saying?”He added: “I just wanna make it available for the athletes from the hood that didn’t make it that probably have certain ramifications but they still were athletic and they still were good.
So, I want to bring that component in and, hopefully, we’ll be able to make it make sense.”A post shared by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg)Snoop Dogg had a large presence at the 33rd Summer Olympics.
He was the final torchbearer and walked down the streets of Saint-Denis to the Stade de France stadium – where the sports events were being held.The 52-year-old also was seen swimming with esteemed Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps.
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