Snoop Dogg borrowed a presidential tradition in the U.S. when he decided to give a surprise phone call to the ladies who medaled in the 200-meter final for Track and Field at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
'Great job, ladies! Great job!' the hip-hop legend, 52, can be heard telling the three ladies in a Facebook Reel shared to the official Team USA Track and Field account.
The video featured Gabby Thomas, who had just won the gold for Team USA, Julien Alfred, who made Saint Lucia proud by taking home silver, and Brittany Brown, the bronze winner who also represented Team USA.
Feeling excited over her accomplishments at the games and to be talking to the Doggystyle star himself, Brown made a point of letting the superstar rapper know she's from Pomona, California, which is just 45 miles northeast of his hometown of Long Beach, California.
'Snoop Dogg, I know you have a team in Pomona, California. I'm from Pomona. I'm just letting you know I'm from Pomona. IE, Pomona,' Brown told the Gin And Juice star, for which Snoop quickly replied: 'You already know — most definitely. Y'all made me proud today.'
Snoop Dogg borrowed a presidential tradition in the U.S. when he decided to give a surprise phone call to the ladies who medaled in the 200-meter final for Track and Field at the 2024 Paris Olympics; seen on August 7
'Great job, ladies! Great job!' the hip-hop legend, 52, can be heard telling the three ladies in a Facebook Reel shared to the official Team USA Track and Field account
Snoop (born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.), who has served as a special ambassador for NBC during the major sports event, has been all over the Olympics with his commentary and appearances both solo and with Martha Stewart.
For Thomas, 27, her new gold medal in the 200m in Paris comes on the heels of her accomplishments at the 2020 Olympics games in Tokyo, Japan, for which she took home the bronze medal in the 200m and a silver as part of the women's 4 × 100m relay.
The Atlanta, Georgia native, who also spent part of her childhood in Northampton, Massachusetts, had recently won a silver and gold in those two same event at the World Championships in 2023.
While Alfred, 23, took second place in Wednesday's race, she recently earned the distinction of earning the first-ever Olympic medal for Saint Lucia by winning gold in the 100m event, setting a new national record of 10.72s in the final.
As for Brown, 29, her bronze in the 200m marks her very first medal in what is her first-ever Olympic games.
Previously, the proud Pomona native won silver in the 200m event at the 2019 World Championships.
Snoop has been the talk of the town since the Paris Olympics kicked off last month.
The beloved rapper has attended a slew of events solo as well as with his close pal and collaborator Martha Stewart, 83.
Among their first ventures together the dynamic duo of Snoop and Martha co-hosted Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party for VH1 in the fall of 2016.
The video featured Gabby Thomas (center), who had just won the gold for Team USA, Julien Alfred (left), who made Saint Lucia proud by taking home silver, and Brittany Brown (right), the bronze winner who also represented Team USA; seen on August 7
Feeling excited over her accomplishments at the games and to be talking to the Doggystyle star himself, Brown (left) made a point of letting the superstar rapper know she's from Pomona, California , which is just 45 miles northeast of his hometown of Long Beach, California
'Y'all made me proud today,' Snoop told all three ladies after the race
Gabrielle Thomas had no problem showing her excitement after winning a gold medal in the women's 200m at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday
The three ladies, including Alfred (left) and Brown (right), showed off their accomplishment for all to see
Snoop, who has served as a special ambassador for NBC during the major sports event, has been all over the Olympics with his longtime co-host Martha Stewart
Before heading to the Olympics, Snoop had been working hard on his upcoming 12th studio album, Missionary.
The rapper started talking publicly about working on new music on his social media accounts in the latter part of 2022.
The album is being produced by his longtime collaborator Dr. Dre, who helped get Snoop's career off the ground with the single Deep Cover, as well as producing his debut studio album, Doggystyle (1993).
During an appearance on the Stephen A. Smith podcast, Know Mercy, Snoop told fans that 'it'll be done in November.'
Missionary has been described as a return to the sound of the rapper's first albums, released in the early to mid-1990s.
