Well, it’s now August 13 and we still do not have Missionary, the collab album between West Coast icons Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. There was a little hope that Tha Dogg Pound was actually on the money with their claims. Daz Dillinger and Kurupt told the Drink Champs panel this in early June and it had us excited that it was dropping really soon. “Dogg sacrificed ’cause he got an album dropping in July. This album with Dr. Dre dropping in July”, Kurupt stated. Daz doubled down, adding, “He got an album coming out next month with Dr. Dre”.
For whatever reason, their words never became reality, but we do have a new update from one of the LP’s creators this time. According to AllHipHop, Dre had a chat with Entertainment Tonight and during it, he really hyped it up. Despite putting out a timeless classic with Doggystyle about three decades ago, the famed producer and rapper feels this work maybe even of higher quality. “This one is gonna show a different level of maturity with his lyrics and with my music,” Dre claimed.
“I feel like this is some of the best music I’ve done in my career”. Perhaps helping aid the studio sessions was the fact that the 2001 creator felt that he’s been in higher spirits. “[It’s been] much more fun”. These are all exciting tidbits to learn about, but hopefully we get the release date soon. As of now, there’s some speculation from Genius that November might be the month we receive Missionary.
What are your thoughts on Dr. Dre hyping up him and Snoop Dogg’s upcoming album Missionary? Do you think this could eventually be recognized as a better album than Doggystyle? Is this going to be one of the best hip-hop records of the year? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.
The United States just wrapped up an exceptional run at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The US walked away from the games tied with China for the most gold medals (with 40), and well ahead of the pack for most total medals (126 to China’s 91).
Perhaps the biggest star of the Olympics, though, was Snoop Dogg. The rapper, simply, was everywhere as part of NBC’s broadcast team. Now that the Olympics have officially come and gone, let’s take a look at some of the best moments of Snoop’s time in France.
Carrying The Torch
Snoop had the honor of being an official torchbearer before the games began. As he tends to do, he had a hell of a time. Fans also had fun with the moment on social media, as they couldn’t help but come through with torch jokes, mostly either suggesting Snoop use the fire to light a blunt, or comparing the torch itself to one.
Simone Biles’ mom
At one point, Snoop had to confront a demon from his past (check out the video here). Of course, it was low-stakes, but funny: Simone Biles’ mother hilariously called Snoop out for blowing her off one time years ago, and everybody had a good laugh.
The Louvre
When in Paris, you have to visit the Louvre, one of the world’ most famous museums. Snoop did just that and did everything from calling himself Mona Lisa’s twin brother Tony Lisa to actually noticing subtle differences in art.
Gin & Juice
Snoop went viral a few years ago for his love of equestrian dressage, so of course, NBC didn’t let this year’s Olympics go by without getting Snoop’s thoughts on some horses. This year, a horse named Gin & Juice competed, and Snoop, naturally, was delighted to no end.
Swimming
Snoop didn’t just watch sports, as he found some time to try one out: Swimming. He swam with Michael Phelps, and Snoop quickly learned that swimming is more challenging than it looks. Perhaps the most impressive person in this situation, though, was whoever managed to get all of Snoop’s hair into a swim cap.
Closing Ceremony
The Olympics officially wrapped up yesterday (August 11), and while Snoop was largely a fish out of water during the games, he was in more comfortable territory when he performed during the closing ceremony (technically, his pre-taped performance from California took place on August 10). He had one last surprise, too, bringing out Dr. Dre to perform “The Next Episode.”
Days ahead of the 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony yesterday (August 11), there were reports of who would be performing (beyond previously announced acts), and the list included Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Well, the reports ended up being true, as the world learned last night.
The festivities kicked off at Stade de France, and among the performers there was Phoenix, who called upon a number of guests for their set, including Kavinsky, VannDa, Air, and Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig. Later, HER performed the United States National Anthem.
Then, there was a series of performances from Long Beach, California, which were pre-taped on August 10. There, Snoop busted out a setlist featuring (per setlist.fm) “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” “The Next Episode” alongside Dr. Dre, “Gin And Juice,” and “What’s My Name” (check out a video here).
At another point, RHCP hit the beach for “Can’t Stop” and “Eddie” (video), while Eilish (with Finneas, of course) played “Birds Of A Feather” and “The Greatest” (video).
It was a good showing from the United States, and that was the case for the actual Olympic events themselves. By the time all the medals had been handed out, the US had secured the most with 126 in total while tying with China for the most gold medals, with 40.
In July, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics had some firepower, featuring performances from Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, and Gojira. Now, the event is nearing its end, as the Olympics are set to wrap up this Sunday, August 11.
There’s going to be a closing ceremony, too, and now we’re starting to get word about which musicians will be involved in that spectacle.
A new report from Variety that cites “multiple sources” indicates that Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are set to perform. The performances will reportedly take place in Los Angeles (the host of the 2028 Olympics) and will be a combination of live and pre-taped performances.
Meanwhile, People also reports that HER will participate as well, by singing the United States National Anthem. Her performance will take place in Paris, live from Stade de France.
This follows reports that French bands Phoenix and Air would also perform during the closing ceremony, and there will apparently also be a large-scale stunt from Tom Cruise. Variety has since confirmed the reports of Phoenix and Air’s performances.
The 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony is set to broadcast on NBC, and stream on Peacock, on August 11 at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT).
All eyes have been on Paris as the 2024 Olympics have stolen the world’s attention—with Snoop Dogg at the center of it all. The greatest athletes globally have descended on France for a series of games that have fans glued to screens and wearing their best patriotic fits. Over the years, Snoop Dogg has made commentary regarding the Olympics and professional sports, and his love for the competition has landed him front row at some of the most coveted events. He did the same during the 2021 Tokyo Games, and Snoop has returned to cover the event for NBC as an official correspondent (reportedly making a pretty penny). Representing and supporting Team USA, Snoop was spotted checking out the judo matches and fencing bouts. He even helped open the Games by carrying the Olympic torch.
“It’s too hard to put in words, baby,” he told NBC of the special moment. “I mean, the D.O. Double was holding the torch, walking through the city, man. I felt like [boxer] Muhammad Ali. It was extraordinary. It was excellent. And I found out that when you hold the torch, you a peace messenger. So, I really felt good about that.” Of course, a Snoop Dogg extravaganza wouldn’t be complete without his billionaire bestie Martha Stewart, who celebrated her 83rd birthday on August 3. She also accompanied the Long Beach legend to the equestrian events, where they watched the best of the best go for the Gold.
Admittedly, Snoop confessed that he feared horses; however, Stewart was determined to get him to conquer his anxieties. Naturally, they had to do it in dressage. “I have to keep him away from the horses,” Stewart said. “No feeding, no sugar, nothing. But we’re gonna have so much fun.” Meanwhile, Snoop joked, “I am interested in the horses that dance and I want to give them some carrots and apples … make sure they’re fed before they do their thang.”
Things that were not on our Olympic bingo card: Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart watching a dressage horse named Gin & Juice. #ParisOlympicspic.twitter.com/wfvT4uLA2z
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 5, 2024
The Rap icon has also reportedly helped boost viewership for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with fans eager to see his hilarious hot takes. “This opportunity was nothing but a chance for me to show the world what it’s supposed to look like when you put the right person in the right environment,” Snoop told The Associated Press. “When the lights are on, that’s when I shine the best.” Mr. Broadus has certainly been glowing as a prime-time correspondent, and fans have taken notice. NBC has been applauded for adding Snoop to their list of anchors with his feel-good moments permeating through social media.
Aside from giving on-site updates to the events, Snoop has even danced with Simone Biles and taken a swim with Michael Phelps—two incredible Gold Medalists with long reputations for dominating at the Olympics. When gymnasts Biles and Jordan Chiles saw the rapper in the crowd dancing, they had to join in on the festivities.
Further, social media users have been tapped into NBC online as they share behind-the-scenes footage. Not only was the dancing moment caught by cameras, but Snoop’s casual dip with the famed Phelps was also captured. In a video, the “Gin and Juice” hitmaker joked, “Me and MP, we go back like the backstroke.” Then, he added more about his skills and physique. “You just described me. You said wingspan, lung power. I definitely have great lung power, and I do have a swimmer’s body. Look, our bodies are similar. Mike, we could be twins.”
Yet, Snoop seemed a bit winded when trying out some of Phelps’s best moves. “Mike, you make this look too easy, oh God. As you see, I’m in gold medal condition and he’s still in gold medal condition.” The rapper added, “As we speak, shout out to the Phelps family and to the team that’s going to give me some oxygen right now.”
Keeping up with all of the Games has proven to be difficult, but Snoop has mastered the art of…a lack of sleep? He told AP, “It’s more about relaxing rather than sleeping because I’m having so much fun.” The constant schedule of competitive sports has the Hip Hop icon running around the Olympic Village. “This ain’t the town to sleep in. This ain’t the time to sleep. This is time to be on it like you want it. It’s different events happening day and night. I want to be active with everything, because I love the American athletes and competition. This is what I’m here for.”
Moreover, there was concern from Snoop that NBC wanted him to water down his personality. Thankfully, he says he’s been able to be his authentic self, endearing fans to him even more. “That’s why it’s not hard for me,” he stated of his interviews. Snoop has been able to catch up with the likes of A’ja Wilson (women’s basketball), Noah Lyles (track and field), and more. “It’s not like an act. The bits that we do. They’re comfortable. They’re not stretched or forced. It’s me being me.”
PARIS, FRANCE July 28, 2024-Rapper Snoop Dogg cheers the USA team during qualifying for women’s team gymnastics at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France Sunday(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
While the Paris 2024 Olympics has athletes vying for medals, it’s Snoop Dogg’s commemorative pin that has people on edge. The limited edition pin features the rapper blowing out smoke into the Olympics rings logo. Notably, behind him stands the Eiffel Tower. People have taken to social media begging for an original, but even Snoop doesn’t know where the pins can be found. “I don’t have an answer for that. I’m going to be honest with you, I have zero answer for that,” he said. “I’ll have to get y’all a sidebar on that.”
Here are more photos and videos of Snoop Dogg and his Paris 2024 Olympics activities—from hilarious moments to those warm-hearted feels. Have you been tuned in to the Games? Which event is your favorite?
Snoop Dogg of United States of America during the Judo Women -78 kg kg Repechage contest also on Day 6 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Champ-de-Mars Arena on August 1, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Henk Jan Dijks/Marcel ter Bals/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images)PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 21: Snoop Dogg also attends the Team USA Welcome Experience ahead of Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on July 21, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOPC)PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 21: Maia Weintraub, Jacqueline Debruvich, Anne Cebula, Margherita Guzzi Vincenti, Snoop Dogg, Katherine Holmes and Lauren Scruggs attend the Team USA Welcome Experience ahead of Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on July 20, 2024 also in Paris, France. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOPC)Snoop Dogg watching the Dressage Team Grand Prix Special at the Chateau de Versailles, also on the eighth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. Picture date: Saturday August 3, 2024. (Photo by Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images)PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 21: Snoop Dogg tries on clothes during Team USA Welcome Experience ahead of Paris 2024 Summer Olympics at Polo Ralph Lauren on July 21, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOPC)PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 21: Jacqueline Debruvich, Snoop Dogg, Lauren Scruggs and also Maia Weintraub attend the Team USA Welcome Experience ahead of Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on July 20, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOPC)
US rapper Snoop Dogg holds the torch as part of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games Torch Relay, on the day of the opening ceremony, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on July 26, 2024. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 31: Snoop Dogg attends the Women’s Preliminary Phase Pool C match between Team United States and Team France on day five of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 21: Snoop Dogg and Lauren Scruggs attend the Team USA Welcome Experience ahead of Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on July 20, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOPC)
Snoop Dogg has been all over the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC. NBC made Snoop a special correspondent for the Olympics after a successful run during the 2021 Games in Tokyo. According to Henry McNamara on X, they’re paying him $500K per day and covering his expenses as well. Considering Snoop’s lifestyle, those expenses won’t be low, either. It speaks to how highly NBC thinks of the 52-year-old that he has gotten this kind of deal.
Since arriving in Paris, Snoop Dogg has been all over the country. He was one of the final torchbearers of the Olympics, carrying the torch through the streets of Saint-Denis alongside Pharrell Williams. After that, fans have seen Snoop Dogg all over the place at the Olympics. Fans have seen him at gymnastics, basketball, swimming, equestrian, and everywhere else. He has shown especially enthusiastic support for American athletes. During many of his appearances around the country, Snoop often wears shirts of American Olympians, past and present. If McNamara’s story is accurate, none of those appearances have come cheap for NBC.
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This is not the first time that Snoop has covered the Summer Olympics. Snoop worked as a correspondent during the Tokyo games in 2021, an event marred by the COVID-19 pandemic. Snoop and Kevin Hart co-hosted Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg, and the series performed well. It was thanks, in part, to that success, that NBC gave him a special correspondent role in Paris. Hart is also back in the fold this year, hosting the highlights show with Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson.
The 2028 Summer Olympics are taking place in Los Angeles. It would be surprising if NBC did not bring him back for his third straight Olympic Games. Snoop Dogg was born and raised in Long Beach, which is about 40 minutes away from Los Angeles. It would be a homecoming for the legendary rapper-turned-TV personality, one that Snoop will be unlikely to miss out on. For now, fans can enjoy his many appearances around Paris during what has been an extraordinary few weeks of high-level competition. The 2024 Olympic Games conclude on August 11.
Aside from the athletes, no one has had a better Olympics than Snoop Dogg, as he has been everywhere in Paris, serving as an NBC correspondent and Team USA superfan. Fans have loved getting to see Snoop’s various side quests during the Olympics, as he’s carried the torch, popped up at seemingly every event, hung out with Cookie Monster, toured the Louvre, and looked like he’s had a blast doing it all.
Over the weekend, Snoop joined his friend Martha Stewart at the dressage competition, where he got to take in the horse dancing that caused him to go viral back in 2021 when he lost his mind on his highlights show with Kevin Hart watching what he called “horse crip walking.” This time around, Snoop wasn’t going to miss a chance to see it in person, and on Sunday night he and Martha joined Mike Tirico in the NBC studio to talk about their trip out to the dressage competition. However, NBC had a surprise for Snoop, as they had video of a horse from Poland that did their routine to his song “Gin & Juice”, which led to an impromptu freestyle from the Doggfather.
Things that were not on our Olympic bingo card: Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart watching a dressage horse named Gin & Juice. #ParisOlympicspic.twitter.com/wfvT4uLA2z
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 5, 2024
As Snoop explained, after going with Martha he gained a real appreciation for the dressage competition and the way the horse and the “driver”, as he called them, are so in sync. There’s still no word if Snoop will be able to get one of the horses in a music video, but having one perform to one of his songs is pretty close.
The world doesn’t seem to agree on Snoop Dogg being the greatest rapper of all time. But, there is another title he can snatch without debate—the most globally popular.
Today (August 3), the “Gin And Juice” rapper boasted his beloved status by appearing in a video with Cookie Monster. Elmo brought his beef with Rocko to the 2024 Paris Olympics game. While Cookie Monster, on the other hand, opted for a sweet treat with Snoop Dogg.
In an adorable clip, Snoop Dogg and Cookie Monster enjoyed cookies as they stepped away from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
“Hi @SnoopDogg, me C. double O K.I.E,” read the post’s caption.
Prior to the Olympics, Snoop Dogg jokingly vowed to give up his favorite green plant if given the chance to cover the competition. However, he didn’t say anything about abandoning his munchies once they crept up.
Who’s doing the best at the 2024 Olympics? Don’t look at the medal count, because that’s not a factor: The answer is Snoop Dogg. He got to carry the torch, he had a laugh with Simone Biles’ mom, and now, he’s had a delightful private tour of Paris’ iconic Louvre museum.
Snoop shared a video of his visit on Instagram, and it’s good, clean fun. He starts, “You ever seen Night At The Museum? Well tonight, you get to go in the museum with Snoop Dogg, and we’re gonig to be snooping around.”
Of course, “snooping around” was more a play on words than it was an accurate description of his conduct, as Snoop behaved himself, didn’t touch anything he wasn’t supposed to, and so on. That doesn’t mean he didn’t enjoy himself, though.
While looking at the “Mona Lisa,” Snoop jokes, “Just found out I was Mona Lisa’s twin brother: Tony Lisa.” He then opted to see if the “Mona Lisa” is one of those paintings where the eyes seem to follow you around the room. That didn’t seem to be the case, but Snoop did observe, “She smile real hard when I stand on this side.”
He checks out some other art from there, so give the video a watch above.
Everyone knows Snoop Dogg loves to keep his spirits high, with the help of one herbal remedy. But fans are convinced that he actually identifies as a Satanist in his worship observations. However, Snoop Dogg immediately slammed the accusation.
So where did the rumor start? In promotional images from the 2024 Paris Olympics, Snoop is seen rocking an iced out medallion, which people believe is a Baphomet.
“If you were on the fence about which side Snoop was on – he made it clear upon his appearance at the Satanic Olympics ritual. He wears Baphomet upon his heart,” penned one user.
If you were on the fence about which side Snoop was on – he made it clear upon his appearance at the Satanic Olympics ritual. He wears Baphomet upon his heart. pic.twitter.com/doX17VDA0S
— Malak of 5th Avenue (@Malakof5thAve) July 27, 2024
In his Instagram Stories, the “Gin & Juice” rapper quickly put that rumor to bed. “I don’t know what y’all thought this was, but this is the goat,” he said. “I had this made because somebody told me I was the G.O.A.T. So I wanted to make me a goat chain. All that other sh*t y’all talking about, I don’t know what you all are talking about! This is the G.O.A.T. Greatest Of All Time!”
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