French striker Karim Benzema turned heads at the Ballon d’Or galaan award that highlights the best footballer of each season in the world of football, as the Real Madrid striker managed to win this award for his outstanding season with the ‘merengue’ team.
However, many people on social networks noticed a particular detail about the French’s staging at the gala, Well, the suit with which he went to the ceremony attracted attention in a very special way.
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Benzema’s wardrobe had many similarities to one worn by prominent American rapper Tupac Shakur.better known in the music world as 2Pac, during an award ceremony.
Saying outfits It consisted of gold-framed glasses, a black jacket, a white shirt and a black necklace with a gold clasp. The only thing different was that the player was not wearing a gold chain, as if 2Pac did at the time of said photograph.
Benzema’s admiration for 2Pac
The French footballer has made public his admiration for the iconic rapper of the 90s, Well, Benzema has not hesitated to reference phrases from some of his songs for specific moments on his social networks.
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one of the examples was the controversy over the failed transfer of French footballer Kylian Mbappé from Paris Saint-Germain to Real Madridwhich put in extremis to the European transfer market at the beginning of 2022.
Amid the controversy, Benzema posted a photo of 2Pac with actor Stephen Baldwin on an Instagram story. but with the peculiarity that, behind the rapper, a friend of Shakur appeared. The publication would have been a hint about the betrayal, since the latter was one of the main ones pointed out by the artist’s followers regarding his murder, in 1996, accusations that only remained rumors.
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Despite the fact that Internet users compared the context of 2Pac’s photograph with the case of Mbappé and Real Madrid, The Madrid player denied that he had any intention of giving an implicit message when uploading said story on his social networks.
“It’s not against Mbappé, it’s because I like (2Pac) and I love Real Madrid very much, the best club in the world. There are no stories of betrayal. Look at my Instagram, I have 10 photos of 2Pac. He is my favorite, he has no nothing to do with football. It’s not a photo with a message. If I have a message, I spoke to the person,” Benzema said in an interview with the Spanish sports program ‘El Chiringuito de Jugones’.
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