It’s vice versa with the rappers and the footballers. Footballers want to be the rappers and rappers want to be the footballers. It’s a good thing."

You’ve been to Merky festival, you’ve been to Wireless; how much does music come into your world?

Music is a big part of my life. Music just helps me vibe and it just makes me happy. When I’m out in the sun listening to music, it just makes me happy. Just relaxing.

You’ve met all kinds of people through football, it just opens doors…

That’s a good thing as well. You get more connections and you get to bond with other people that are just in different industries, like music, and other stuff like basketball and all these other things, so it’s a good way to just connect with other people and other cultures.

While you go through the motions and you meet all these sorts of people, do you ever still have that moment where you’re like “Jeez…”

Yeah it’s crazy ‘coz I’m still only 19 and this stuff usually happens when you’re 23/24, breaking through. I’m just grateful that I’ve got the chance at such a young age.

When you see those people that you’ve hung out with and then they go and perform on stage, is that like something where you have complete respect for them?

Yeah, it’s nice because you’ve seen them on YouTube and that, or you’ve just listened to their song, and then you see them in real life at the performance. It’s crazy. It’s a good feeling.

And when it comes down to it, they’ve got their stage to perform on and you’ve got the football pitch…

Yeah, we totally respect each other so they get excited, like “ah you’re that sick footballer,” and then I’m like “Bro, this is crazy what you’re doing, getting all the fans just jumping just listening to your music. I wish I had that.” That’s what I would say. And then they wish they played football, so it’s vice versa with the rappers and the footballers. Footballers want to be the rappers and rappers want to be the footballers. It’s a good thing.

Do you ever sort of get that moment when you’re on the pitch and you’ve done something particularly good and you think oh man…

You get a nice buzz, especially in Dortmund, because of how big the stadium is and how passionate they are.