Dre also slammed the inaugural Olympic breakdancing competition.
Dr. Dre wants to represent the USA when the Olympics come to Los Angeles in 2028 and he’s looking for a tryout on the archery team.
Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Dre revealed his history with archery goes back to junior high school and he’s continued to hone his skills with target practice in his backyard.
“I’m trying to try out for the Olympics in 2028… Archery. I’m dead-a– serious,” he pleaded when the interviewer said she didn’t believe him. “I actually started playing around with archery in junior high. I stopped for a while and my son bought me a set-up I don’t know if it was for my birthday or father’s day or something like that, so I have it set-up in my backyard. And I heard qualifying for the Olympics is 77 feet and I practice at 90 [feet].”
Dre continued of the feat: “Yeah, wouldn’t that be interesting to go, especially with it being here in L.A. and win the gold medal… I feel like I could do anything.”
With Snoop Dogg stealing the show at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, it’s only right Dr. Dre gets his shot in ’28 in his backyard. Dre and Snoop reunited on stage with a performance of “The Next Episode” as part of the Olympics’ Closing Ceremony on Sunday (Aug. 11) when Paris handed over the baton to LA28 to begin the hype train for the Games’ anticipated City of Angels threepeat.
However, Dr. Dre admitted he “doesn’t even feel comfortable performing without Snoop.” “I rarely do it,” he said of performing without Snoop Dogg. “I’ve done it with Kendrick and Eminem, and those are my brothers, but something about the synergy me and Snoop has is really interesting.”
Snoop and Dre are reuniting for their first album since the Long Beach icon’s Doggystyle debut. Dre confirmed that Missionary is in the mixing stages and is on track for a November release with either 14 or 16 tracks.
With breakdancing making its debut in Paris, Dr. Dre added that he believes the IOC needs to get back to the drawing board when it comes to breaking as a medal sport; the newest addition to the Olympics roster won’t be a competition at the 2028 Games. “I did not like that. It’s so many great breakdancers, I don’t know why they had this particular person doing that,” he said in seeming reference to Australian breaker Raygun, who became a global meme after her unintentionally laughable battle moves netted a total of zero points. “It was funny, I got some laughs out of it, but what the f–k? There are incredible breakdancers out right now — I don’t know how that happened.”
Watch the full interview below.
