Brazilian Ex-Football Star Ronaldinho Turns Rapper, Releases Song Against Corruption

Ronaldinho Gaucho

Brazil's Ronaldinho has found a second calling after retiring from professional football: rapper.

The former Brazil national and FC Barcelona megastar — Ronaldinho Gaucho — has released a song along with Brazilian singer Jorge Vercillo decrying corruption in their country.

The 2005 Golden Ball award winner appears in a video, recorded in a studio, wearing a black beret and a white tank top emblazoned with the image of Saint George slaying a dragon.

Halfway through the duet, he plays the drums, then breaks out in a 30-second rap solo.

“Love is our game, from start to finish, in my heart, there are no longer enemies,” he raps.

He then asks the armour-clad Christian saint to slay “the dragon of greed” and corruption, while a chorus bemoans the squandering of public funds in detriment of “schools and hospitals.”

This is not the first musical outing for Ronaldinho, 39, who hung up his football cleats in January 2018.

He has also performed with Tunisian rapper K2rhym and was featured in the official World Cup 2018 song performed by Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi.

Ronaldinho even made a surprise appearance playing the drums at the World Cup closing ceremony at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

The famous midfielder, however, is not free of controversy: in November 2018, a court ordered that his passport and that of his brother Roberto be withheld for failing to pay a $2.3 million fine for environmental damage incurred during the building of a property in the Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil.

And during last year's presidential campaign, he joined the far-right PRB party and threw his support behind its candidate Jair Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro, who was elected on a sweeping promise to fight corruption, has faced his own scandals since taking office in January.

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