US rapper Snoop Dogg will pick up rubbish and perform other park maintenance duties for carrying an illegal weapon in an airport last year, authorities in California said.

Rapper Snoop Dogg has been charged with carrying a dangerous weapon – an illegal collapsible baton – at John Wayne International Airport in Santa Ana, California.

Rapper Snoop Dogg was charged today with carrying a dangerous weapon – an illegal collapsible baton – at John Wayne International Airport in Santa Ana, California.