Snoop Dogg might already be worth $160 million, but his pay day for being a special correspondent at the Paris Olympics is still pretty lucrative too.
The rapper, born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., first found fame in the early 90s following his appearance on Dr. Dre’s debut solo single, Deep Cover.
He then went on to release his debut album in 1993, which sold 800,000 copies in the first week.
In the years since the 52-year-old has sold over 35 million albums worldwide and has won an American Music Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and 17 Grammy Award nominations.
He’s also appeared in films and TV shows including Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood, and Dogg After Dark.
However, this year he’s taken on a very surprising role as part of the 2024 Olympics after landing a job as a special correspondent for NBC.
Over the past two weeks, Snoop has been seen carrying the Olympic torch, dancing with Team USA gymnasts Simon Biles and Jordan Chiles and dressing up to watch the equestrian events alongside Martha Stewart.
Now it’s been ‘revealed’ what he’s being paid for the presenting gig.
Venture capitalist Henry McNamara shared gossip he’d overheard about how much Snoop is supposedly making on social media – and it’s pretty jaw-dropping.
‘Sat next to an NBC exec at dinner,’ he claimed in a post on X.
‘He said Snoop gets paid $500k (£392,165) a day plus expenses to be here promoting Olympics. From Gin and Juice to a few million to be a celebrity at the Olympics – what a world.’
If this information is accurate, Snoop would be earning more than more than $8.5 million (£6.64m]) for just over two weeks of work.
Ratings for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony were up 79% for NBC compared with the opening ceremony of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
NBC Sports president Rick Cordella said ‘a lot of more pop culture, celebrities, and a lot more Snoop than we’ve had before’ has contributed to the rise in numbers.
Meanwhile NBC executive producer Molly Solomon said Snoop had been an ‘ambassador of happiness’ and they’d been ‘pleasantly surprised by his popularity’ but shouldn’t have ‘underestimated’ him.
It comes after she admitted: ‘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.’
When his role was announced Snoop said he grew up watching the Olympics and was ‘thrilled to see the incredible athletes bring their A-game to Paris’.
He added: ‘Let’s elevate, celebrate, and make these games unforgettable, smoke the competition, and may the best shine like gold. Peace and Olympic LOVE, ya dig?’
Snoop is no stranger to the Olympic stage, and previously offered his take on the Tokyo games in 2021 alongside Kevin Hart, for Peacock.
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Metro.co.uk has contacted representatives for Snoop Dogg for comment.
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