Noah Lyles was impressed by Snoop Dogg's humble and cool nature during the US Olympic trials, where Snoop joined him for race walk-ins and carried his briefcases.
Triple world champion Noah Lyles was humbled by Snoop Dogg’s humble nature at the US Olympic trials earlier this year.
As he was being announced in all of his races, Noah Lyles did walk-ins with Snoop Dogg and he admitted that the American rapper is one of the coolest people he has interacted with.
In an interview with USA Track and Field, Noah Lyles explained that Snoop Dogg did not decline any of his requests to carry the briefcases he had during the walk-ins.
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On the sideline, Snoop Dogg also hung out with Noah Lyles’ mother Keisha Cane Bishop and was seen with reigning world 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson. He also competed in a 200m race at the Hayward Field in Oregon, wearing a patriotic pair of Nike Pegasus 41 sneakers.
“I’ll tell you, that is a humble, cool as heck man…he’s just a cool guy. He’s not bringing no bad vibes. I asked him, ‘Hey man, you want to do the walk-in?’, and he was like, ‘I’m there.’ I then asked him, ‘Hey you mind helping with the briefcase?’ and he was like, ‘I’m there.’,” Noah Lyles told USA Track and Field.
He added that Snoop Dogg had no idea of what was in the briefcase as he thought it was money, just like many of Noah Lyles’ fans thought.
However, the briefcases carried different things on each including the kits and the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" cards, including all five pieces of Exodia which the reigning Olympic champion noted were very expensive.
“I heard what he thought was in the briefcase…what’s funny is that the card itself is worth a very significant money value even though he didn’t know it, it was technically money in the bank,” he added.