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Brazil\u2019s Ronaldinho has found a second calling aft"},"modified":"2019-05-04T10:42:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T10:42:01","slug":"ronaldinho-turns-rapper-releases-song-against-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/04\/ronaldinho-turns-rapper-releases-song-against-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldinho turns rapper, releases song against corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brazil\u2019s Ronaldinho has found a second calling after retiring from professional football: rapper.<\/p>\n

The former Brazil national and FC Barcelona megastar \u2014 full name Ronaldinho Gaucho \u2014 has released a song along with Brazilian singer Jorge Vercillo decrying corruption in their country.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Halfway through the duet, he plays drums, then breaks out in a 30-second rap solo.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove is our game, from start to finish, in my heart there are no longer enemies,\u201d he raps.<\/p>\n

He then asks the armor-clad Christian saint to slay \u201cthe dragon of greed\u201d and corruption, while a chorus bemoans the squandering of public funds in detriment of \u201cschools and hospitals.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is not the first musical outing for Ronaldinho, 39, who hung up his football cleats in January 2018.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Ronaldinho even made a surprise appearance playing drums at the World Cup closing ceremony at Moscow\u2019s Luzhniki Stadium.<\/p>\n

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 property in Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil.<\/p>\n

And during last year\u2019s presidential campaign, he joined the far-right PRB party and threw his support behind their candidate Jair Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro, who was elected on a sweeping promise to fight corruption, has faced his own scandals since taking office in January.<\/p>\n

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