Bridgewater meets young fan who invited him to birthday with rap song

Obadiah Gamble, a huge Teddy Bridgewater fan, released via YouTube recently a rap song inviting Bridgewater to his upcoming 7th birthday party.

May 26, 2016 at 2:34PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here's a cute story via Foxsports.com: Obadiah Gamble, a 6-year-old Vikings fan and huge Teddy Bridgewater fan, released via YouTube recently a rap song inviting Bridgewater to his upcoming 7th birthday party.

The young fan tweeted snippets of the song at Bridgewater over the course of time, and the Vikings QB retweeted him. His mom told Fox Sports that the Vikings "are sending some signed Bridgewater items to Obadiah, but she didn't know if the quarterback would attend Sunday's birthday party."

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Well, that was Wednesday morning. By Wednesday evening, young Obadiah had received a pretty big thrill: meeting Bridgewater in person. The Vikings quarterback tweeted a picture of the two of them together:

And in case you missed it, the song itself was pretty awesome. Here's the full version in all its glory:

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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