THE rap star guessing game that has swept the UK may be a step closer to being solved after Dide let slip a key clue about his true identity.
The masked rapper – who claims to be a “Premier League star” in disguise – has earned millions of streams on YouTube and Spotify since he started releasing music earlier this year.
The rapper, who claims to be a current Prem player, hides his identity by wearing baggy clothes, gloves and a distinctive black rose mask.
His lyrics suggest that he “sees seven figures” and plays for a team which “stays winning”.
Internet sleuths have fingered the likes of Eddie Nketiah, Bukayo Saka, Reiss Nelson, Noni Madueke, Alex Iwobi, Michail Antonio, Wilfried Zaha and Sheyi Ojo as the face behind Dide’s mask.
The 5ft10 star has filmed music videos in Bermondsey, often raps about the “Big Smoke” and speaks with a trace of a London accent.
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Now he has spoken out for the first time – and let slip a clue to his true identity.
Dide told Sky News that Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium has the best changing rooms in the Prem, and Luton Town’s Kenilworth Road ground the worst.
Only four teams have played newly-promoted Luton at home this season – West Ham, Burnley, Wolves and Spurs.
This would seem to rule out nearly all of the most popular guesses – while his interview with Sky was recorded in London just half an hour before West Ham’s clash with Aston Villa at Villa Park in Birmingham, which would seem to also eliminate Irons star Antonio.
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Sheyi Ojo played at Kenilworth Road this year while with Cardiff City, meaning he could fit the bill.
Ojo made his debut in the Premier League for Liverpool in 2016 – however he is now on loan at K.V. Kortrijk in Belgium from Cardiff.
He played in Kortrijk’s 1-0 home win over Club Brugge the day before the Sky interview.
Dide added that the best player he has faced is Chelsea legend Eden Hazard, and gave a detailed explanation of recent changes to refereeing rules.
But the rapper says that not even his teammates know he is the man behind the mask.
He said: “A lot of us go into the studio just for fun, but no one really knows how far it’s gone.
“They ask me, like, ‘Oh, is it you? But just the same way that it can be me, it could be someone else.
“So there’s no real one thing that would make it be, you know, one football player.
“As the music comes out, it will kind of make sense. Maybe I might reveal myself in the future. Who knows?”
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But Dide slammed speculation that he is a certain Manchester United and England centre-back.
He said: “To me, that’s funny. Obviously I know Harry Maguire quite well.”
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