Declan Rice emerged as an unlikely rap craze on social media this week after he joined the “Sing Your Dialect” karaoke craze taking over Twitter Spaces.
NS West Ham United and England the midfielder appeared and rapping a passage from Vanilla Ice’s classic hit “Ice Ice Baby”, in which he changed the chorus to “Rice Rice Baby.”
It’s all part of the “Sing Your Dialect” phenomenon that has gone viral this week, which has seen a host of famous football faces take part.
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A warm welcome from @ jacobbmc2@_DeclanRice, Rice, Baby. 👏https://t.co/I1h7jJOOUs pic.twitter.com/MoDg6UAi52– Soccer Squawka (@Squawka) November 23, 2021
Sing Your Dialect karaoke party was launched on Twitter’s new Spaces function on Monday, created by Jacob McLaughlin, an 18-year-old from Manchester, who already has “100 Twitter followers and doesn’t need to do anything else. .”
McLaughlin initially invited only four of his friends to perform, but the link quickly spread as 150,000 eager fans flooded in from around the world.
“Sing your dialect is [started as] karaoke for everyone,” McLaughlin said. “No matter how big or small you are on Twitter, anyone can participate.
“Everyone is on the same level. It’s funny, we’re not serious here. It was just a joke.”
However, it wasn’t long until the joke spread around the world, with a host of football clubs from the Premier League to unrelated leagues, individual players and fans jumping on board. .
There are many celebrities to be found in the audience including various Youtubers, TV personalities, pop stars, professional soccer players… oh, and Barack Obama, the former President of USA, who sat and listened attentively as Shrewsbury Town team sing ABBA.
Turns out last night wasn’t a dream. #SingYourDialect https://t.co/JgOXj9J7b1
– Shrewsbury Town FC (@shrewsweb) November 23, 2021
Arsenal Goalie Aaron Ramsdale also participated, with Bruno Fernandes, Gabriel Martinelli and before City of Manchester Defender Micah Richards also noted the guests among those listening.
A strong performance from the FA was exemplified by the entire Morecambe FC defence, who proved just how tight a unit they really are by working together. to sing “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” by The Script.
I wonder what #SingYourDialect is all about…
NS@ShrimpsOfficialback to four people like: pic.twitter.com/SjBM1qiHNI
– Melissa Reddy (@MelissaReddy_) November 23, 2021
Former Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers defender David Wheater surprised everyone with a selection explosion of Pulp .’s “Disco 2000”.
David Wheater: “I played for Middlesbrough, Bolton and Oldham youth teams.” 😂😂😂
Wheatz bankrupted Disco 2000 with a nod to #oafc owner with his intro.
#SINGYOURDIALECT #bbcefl #bbcfootball #efl #bwfc #boro @ BigWheatz31 pic.twitter.com/jJVXuvdhC5
– Sanny Rudravajhala (@SannyR1985) November 23, 2021
Sing Your Dialect and other Twitter Spaces essentially function as a group phone call where the host controls who speaks at the same time. Jacob deserves to be the master of ceremonies as people line up to perform karaoke versions of their favorite songs.
Rice was first discovered listening on opening night, even implied that he would be willing to participate and sing a song yourself.
Rice Rice Baby🎶😂 #singyourdialect
– Declan Rice (@_DeclanRice) November 23, 2021
Sure enough, the 22-year-old mustered up his courage for Tuesday’s Sing Your Dialect party, much joy of Jacob.
IVE HAS DISCOVERED Glutinous Rice Glutinous Rice Rice for KIDS THIS IS A CLASS AHAHAHAHHAHAA
– jacob (@jacobbmc2) November 23, 2021
Rice’s version of the 1990 global hit was performed in the presence of more than 75,000 people – including some of his West Ham teammates such as winger Arthur Masuaku.
This guy ♂️🤦🏿️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️ https://t.co/bhgor3yYbR
– Arthur Masuaku (@ArthurMasuaku) November 23, 2021
The Hammers themselves sit up and pay attention among their young star’s impressive karaoke performances, as well as england national team.
‘Rice Rice, baby’#singyourdialect pic.twitter.com/A1CVaTzbCu
– West Ham United (@WestHam) November 23, 2021
Rice, Rice baby pic.twitter.com/GLTotXK3Xs
– English (@England) November 23, 2021
Rice’s energetic performance was warmly received by former England players such as Jamie Carragher and Peter Crouch, and has become a trending topic on Twitter to confront the Champions League action that night.
Brilliant 😂😂😂
– Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) November 23, 2021
What a man
– Peter Crouch (@petercrouch) November 24, 2021
Reece James scores against Juve in the Champions League but Declan Rice is after him because he sings Rice Rice Baby on Spaces. ♀️ pic.twitter.com/PdkRT8ZHKs
– Kelly Cates (@KellyCates) November 23, 2021
We can’t wait to see which famous names from the world of football and beyond will tune in for the next Sing Your Dialect party.
