PASADENA, Feb 15 — Rapper Snoop Dogg, who is returning to NBC’s Olympics coverage this summer with a higher profile, promised more of the unique commentary that won fans three years ago at the Tokyo games.

Wearing a red, white and blue track suit with his name and the NBC peacock logo, the hip hop megastar said yesterday that his plan for Paris entailed “shaking it up in many different ways, bringing my flavour.”