‘U Ready?’ – Snoop Dogg set to light up the Paris Olympics

D-O-DOUBLE-G:Rapper Snoop Dogg is scheduled to carry the Paris 2024 Olympic Torch on Friday (Anthony Harvey/PA)

Snoop Dogg is set to lend his special “shizzle” to the final stages of the Olympic torch relay in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis on Friday.

The American rapper, whose decades of hits include “What’s My Name” and “Drop It Like It’s Hot”, is in the French capital as a special correspondent for American network NBC.