Dembele was named the Player of the Year at the ceremony held in Paris
Multiple award-winning Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie, has shared his encounter with 2025 Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembele.
The celebrated rapper met the newly-crowned best player in the world during his visit to New York in 2022 through his footballer friend Memphis Depay.
While Sarkodie had no idea of who Dembele was at that time, he spent a moment to learn about him as Depay introduced the two.
Following his announcement as the 2025 Ballon d’Or winner, Sarkodie shared his experience of the man he describes as down-to-earth while also disclosing he will call to congratulate him on his achievement.
“My friend is Memphis, I have even made a song with him which is yet to be released so I was meeting him in New York and that was when I met Dembele. That was the only time we met,” he said on Lawson TV.
Dembele and Depay were teammates at Barcelona and were spending the summer of 2022 in New York.
“I really did not know about Dembele. It was my team who prompted me about him and I had to even search about him. He is a cool guy and very down to earth. I even thought he was just a friend to Memphis and they were just moving together. Apparently, he was a superstar,” continued Sarkodie.
Dembele was named the Player of the Year at the ceremony held in Paris on Monday following a memorable treble-winning campaign with Paris Saint-Germain.
Meanwhile, Sarkodie is in Kumasi for the much-anticipated Rapperholic Homecoming concert on September 27, 2024, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.
