Flavor Flav is bidding to represent Team USA at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

As athletes around the world revel in their accomplishments at the 2024 Olympics, Flavor Flav has his sights set on the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. After sponsoring the Team USA women’s water polo team in Paris, the Public Enemy frontman hopes to join the athletes on the Olympic stage as a torchbearer.

During the performance in “Potlickin'” Podcast. mentored by former NFL star Marshawn Lynch, agent Doug Hendrickson and California Governor Gavin Newsom, the rapper revealed he took the obligatory steps to be considered for the role.

“Guess what? I have a feeling I might be one of them,” he joked. “I already made an offer. I said, ‘If Snoop can carry that torch in Paris — come on, man — Flav can carry that bad boy in L.A.,’ and Snoop did a fantastic job, man.”

This yr, in addition to serving as NBC’s Olympic correspondent, Snoop Dogg was chosen as one in all the American torchbearers for the opening ceremony in Paris. True to his California roots, the rapper charmed fans by smiling and seemingly crippled as he walked through the streets of Paris with the Olympic torch.

“He was rockin’,” Flavor Flav said of his fellow rapper. “They were paying him half a million a day; Snoop got a good paycheck there. Other than the paycheck, he did a good job, and I know the guy had a great time there. Big shout out to you, Snoop.”

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Much like Snoop Dogg entertained audiences together with his personality and enthusiastic support for athletes, Flavor Flav charmed audiences in his own way. Proving to be an advocate for ladies in sports, the Public Enemy star made headlines for his financial support of athletes struggling to fund their careers. When he learned that members of the U.S. water polo team often juggled multiple jobs to stay afloat, Flavor Flav donated $1,000 to each team member and a cruise for the team. Similarly, the rapper teamed up with Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, to help Team USA discus thrower Veronica Fraley pay her rent.

“These women here… the women’s water polo team, they’re out there trying to make the United States look good,” he said in an interview about his sponsorship of the water polo team. “And they’re chasing that dream, you know what I’m saying?”

As the rapper explained, watching these athletes chase their dreams live from Paris was a “dream come true.”

“I won’t lie, man. The Super Bowl… it’s exciting to go to the Super Bowl, but this was a little more exciting,” Flavor Flav added, according to People magazine“It’s like, wow, I’m finally here and I can finally really experience and see it with my own eyes, being in the moment.”