Odell Beckham Jr., A$AP Rocky Compete In New FIFA 19 World Tour Video
Promotion of the FIFA 19 video game has featured plenty of stars leading up to its release. Now, several stars are back again to help with EA Sports’ latest campaign. This time around it’s a new FIFA 19 World Tour video in New York City. Starring in the latest promotional video are two major celebrities from the city from the worlds of hip-hop and football. Here’s the latest on their participation in the FIFA 19 event as well as other celebrities who are involved.
FIFA 19 World Tour hits NYC with ODB, A$AP
As it travels the globe, the FIFA 19 World tour hit New York City with a classic matchup between two celebrity gamers. On one side is wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., a Pro Ball player for the New York Giants. His opponent is platinum-selling hip-hop recording artist A$AP Rocky, who hails from Harlem in NYC. A$AP’s albums include the 2013 debut “Long. Live. ASAP” and follow-up “At. Long. Last. ASAP” in 2015.
During the video (below), the two celebs head over to the Kith office in NYC to meet up with founder Ronnie Fieg. During some of their comments, “ODB” admits that soccer was the sport he first fell in love with during his childhood recollection. He also talks about how long he’s been playing the FIFA game, while A$AP Rocky jokes about some of the games he enjoys playing.
The matchup in the video above features the two celebs squaring off with their teams of choice. There’s also just a bit of trash talk going on between the two. That’s to be expected when two bold celebrities collide in a friendly game of football.
Interestingly, this matchup features no actual soccer players, such as New York Red Bulls players. Still, both of these high-profile celebs are big fans of the game, so it made sense to bring them together for this competition.
FIFA 19 World Tour Featured Locations
New York City is just one stop of many during this event which showcases “the World’s Game x World’s Biggest Stars.” Another FIFA 19 World Tour video came from London, England on EA’s webpage and Instagram. In the video (below), English grime artist Stormzy teams up with comedian Michael Dapaah team up to battle actually FIFA football stars Jessie Lingard and Marcus Rashford.
The tour will continue on to other locations with videos coming soon. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Martin Garrix will take on Columbian singer Maluma. In Paris, France, a team of footballers Presnel Kimpembe and Thomas Menuier battles the duo of French hip-hop stars Niska and Alonzo.
Over in Dortmund, football star Marcus Reus and German rapper MoTrip will compete against singer Liam Payne and football star Christian Pulisic. Fans can follow @EASportsFIFA Instagram account to see videos and photos as they arrive.
It’s not surprising to see all of these celebrities getting their game on. There are plenty of reports of celebs and pro athletes who enjoy this game and others. In particular, boxer Anthony Joshua had his own FIFA Ultimate Team for gamers to go up against.
Gamers can currently pick up the FIFA 19 game for Sony’s Playstation 4, Microsoft Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PCs.