Snoop Dogg is dropping Olympics tickets like it\u2019s hot. <\/p>\n
The hip-hop icon has been busy at the Milan-Cortina Games<\/a> as a special correspondent for NBC<\/a> as well as an honorary coach<\/a> for the U.S. team. According to recent reports by NBC<\/a> and Reuters<\/a>, he\u2019s also been spreading the Olympics joy to the locals. <\/p>\n The rapper reportedly sent five tickets for the men\u2019s snowboard halfpipe final<\/a> to the owners of a local restaurant who covered his dinner after there were some troubles with the credit card payment. Sofia Valmadre, whose parents own Cronox in Livigno, Italy, said Snoop had placed an order for a cheeseburger, chicken wings, chicken nuggets and French fries at her family\u2019s eatery. Unfortunately, the credit card the mogul\u2019s staffer tried to use was declined for an unknown reason. <\/p>\n \u201cMy mother told him it was OK [to take the food] without paying,\u201d Valmadre told Reuters. \u201c[The next day] he sent us five tickets to see the final.\u201d <\/p>\n The \u201cGin and Juice\u201d rapper has become a familiar presence at the Olympics, especially since NBC made his involvement official starting with the 2024 Paris Summer Games. In addition to cheering on American athletes including curlers Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin<\/a>, snowboarder Chloe Kim<\/a> and speedskater Erin Jackson<\/a> at their events \u2014 usually in custom apparel celebrating the sports stars \u2014 Snoop has been spending his time in Italy hanging out with bestie Martha Stewart<\/a>, learning how to ski from Picabo Street<\/a> and getting chummy with Olympians like \u201cQuad God\u201d Ilia Malinin<\/a>. <\/p>\n For those curious about Snoop\u2019s dining habits, Stewart recently described<\/a> him as a \u201cvery fussy eater.\u201d She even surprised him with a bowl of spaghetti with meatballs topped with cheddar cheese during a recent fine-dining outing. <\/p>\n