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Glastonbury 2019: Thiago Silva responds to Dave fan who went viral performing AJ Tracey rap

Young fan managed to keep up with Dave on the AJ Tracey collaboration, which is named in honour of the PSG star

Roisin O'Connor
Music Correspondent
Monday 01 July 2019 08:54 BST
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Young fan goes viral rapping 'Thiago Silva' with Dave at Glastonbury

Footballer Thiago Silva has responded after a PSG fan went viral for rapping a track named in honour of him at Glastonbury Festival.

"Thiago Silva" is a track from 2016 by rappers Dave and AJ Tracey. Dave was performing on the Other Stage at this year's festival, and asked if anyone knew the words to Tracey's parts on the track.

He then invited a young fan, Alex, onto the stage where they performed "Thiago Silva" together. The clip has since gone viral with praise for Alex. who was able to keep up.

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Their performance has since been spotted by Silva himself, who responded with an applause emoji and the words: "Thanks Alex!"

Dave had previously made a guest appearance during Stormzy's headling set on the Pyramid Stage.

Read more of our Glastonbury 2019 coverage here.

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