Dr Dre reveals shock career change as he bids to make US Olympics team for 2028 Los Angeles Games

GANGSTA rapper Dr Dre wants to add another string to his bow — as a competitor in the Olympics.

The Straight Outta Compton icon is a keen archer and is now aiming to make the squad for Team USA at the 2028 Games in LA.

Rapper Dr Dre is taking a long shot by attempting to make USA’s archery team at the 2028 Games in LA

Dre is hoping to be like US archer Brady Ellison, who competed in the Paris 2024 Olympic GamesEPA

Dre, 59, who performed alongside Snoop Dogg at Long Beach for the Paris closing ceremony, said: “I am going to try out for the Olympics in 2028 in archery. I am dead a** serious.”

He said of the handover ceremony: “It’s magical. I don’t even feel comfortable performing without Snoop.

“He’s the superstar. I’m the co-star on stage.”

Dre took up archery as a hobby a few years ago and in 2022 a clip of him teaching DJ Big Boy how to shoot arrows went viral.

In hoping to be like US archery champ Brady Ellison, he is not the first celeb to target the Olympic Games.

Australian singer Cody Simpson’s dream ended when he finished last in the 100 metre butterfly final at trials this summer.

K-Pop’s Jackson Wang tried out for the Korean fencing squad aged 16 but later chose a music career.

Designer Vera Wang was a pairs skater as a teen but failed to qualify for the US team in 1968.

Brit actor Jason Statham represented England in diving at the 1990 Commonwealth Games but failed to make Team GB.

He said: “I started too late. It probably wasn’t my thing. I should have done a different sport.”

Dr Dre is a world famous rapper and worked with some of the biggest names in the worldAlamy

Dre performed at the Olympics alongside rap legend Snoop DoggGetty