Snoop Dogg drops dressage-inspired freestyle at 2024 Paris Olympics
nme.comSnoop Dogg delivered an impromptu freestyle about dressage while in Paris commentating on the 2024 Summer Olympics.This year, the hip-hop legend is an Olympic correspondent for the US TV network NBC.
While in the channel’s broadcast booth at the Palace of Versailles with Olympics anchor Mike Tirico, he and his longtime friend Martha Stewart watched a video of a horse named Maxima Bella doing a dressage routine to his 1994 seminal hit ‘Gin & Juice’.Snoop couldn’t contain his excitement when he saw Polish rider Sandra Sysojeva’s performance and enthused: “OK, we got an LBC horse in the house, right?” as soon as he caught onto what was happening.
Then, he rapped along to the iconic beat with an equestrian twist.“From the front to the back/ There’s so much drama, and party, it’s hard being an H-O-R-S-E,” Snoop rapped as his pal Stewart commented on the horse’s form and skills.A post shared by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg)During their chat with Tirico, Snoop shared his newfound love for equestrianism and how dressage became one of his favourite sports.“I didn’t realise that I love the chemistry of the driver [rider] and the horse […] I call them the ‘driver’ because they actually drive the horse,” he said. “And I fed the horses and I’m really scared of horses!”Last weekend, Stewart and the 52-year-old attended an Olympic dressage event in matching equestrian gear to celebrate the food extraordinaire’s birthday.
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