American rapper Snoop Dogg is reportedly making $500,000 per day at the Paris Olympic Games.
Snoop Dogg was hired by NBC and Peacock as a correspondent for the Olympic Games, working on both the live broadcasts and on social media. NBC has held the exclusive broadcasting rights for the Summer Olympics within the US since 1988 and expanded it to the company’s streaming service Peacock for the first time for the 2020 Olympic Games.
The report on Snoop Dogg‘s earnings at these Olympics first surfaced in a post by X (formerly called Twitter) user @henrylmcnamara. In the Tweet, the user reports that he sat next to an unidentified NBC executive who disclosed Snoop Dogg‘s salary for the Olympics, stating it to be around $500,000 per day.
Sat next to an NBC exec at dinner, he said Snoop gets paid $500k 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
— henrylmcnamara (@henrylmcnamara) August 4, 2024
With the Olympic competition stretching over 16 days, Snoop Dogg would be making around $8 million based on that estimate.
Snoop Dogg‘s presence at the Paris Olympics has been a hit with viewers. The 16-time Grammy nominated rapper has already been shown at several different sporting events, including the swimming finals where he sat with Caeleb Dressel‘s wife Meghan and his son August. According to Dressel, Snoop Dogg nicknamed August “Augie Dog”
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More money and attention diverted away from the athletes and coaches in a desperate fashionable attempt to revamp the dwindling importance of the Olympics…kinda pitiful.
It’s been brilliant. What has been interesting is how Fox just stumbled with celebrities during the World Cup but NBC brings in Snoop Dogg and he’s absolutely been fun to watch enjoying the Olympics. Sure, it’s ridiculous to get paid that much to hang out, but I’ve enjoyed seeing him. Make it if you can.
If this is true…how ridiculous is that? 8 million for 16 days. We are splashing the super rich with even more dollars an then we are paying 37,500 dollars for someone getting an Olympic gold medal. Absurd. I would like to know, a part from Tenis players, basketball players and some soccer players, which other athletes from this games are going to make 8 million in the 4 years until LA28 let alone in the next 16 days? Maybe biles? Maybe Noah? Maybe with very good luck Marchand? 8 million in total for the next 4 years… imagine doing that in 16 days as rapper in biggest sporting event of the planet where are gold medal winners working two jobs… Read more »
Preach!
Can anyone explain how ROI can be achieved? Hard to believe Snoop brings in excess $8M. Credit to him best gig in the world.
So about $8 million bucks to Snoop. Seems like it worked out well for NBC and the viewership numbers support it. He was great.
Good for him he’s been a delight. Best thing about the telecasts as far as I’m concerned (apart from the competition)
Snoop is the most successful athlete at these games
Money unbelievably well spent.