This is a brief excerpt from a Dan Zak column that’s well worth reading in its entirety.
Pass the torch to a new generation?
Or just pass the torch to Snoop Dogg (in French: “Snuup Doug”), who carried the
flame Friday morning through the streets of Saint-Denis. He wore white athletic
gear and gold-colored sneakers.
On a press call this week, a
journalist from Billboard asked Snoop how he would field a team to win a gold
medal for rapping. (Why not have a gold medal for rapping? NBC needs a new
generation of viewers to pay attention. Only 56 percent of Americans are
even aware that the games are being held in France, according to a Gallup poll
released Thursday [emphasis mine]; over the past 24 Olympiads, there’s been
a 27 percent drop in interest among Americans younger than 50. Maybe the Sixth
Republic can’t be built out of TikToks.)
Anyway. “So
this is rap Olympics you’re talking about?” Snoop replied. “I definitely would
take Eminem. … Definitely would take Rakim. Then I would go grab a female …
Queen Latifah. And naturally I gotta take Snoop Dogg. … I mean, dream team.”
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