Rio Ferdinand raps at Kieran Richardson's 30th birthday party

Queens Park Rangers defender Rio Ferdinand has shown off his rapping skills by taking to the microphone at Kieran Richardson's 30th birthday party.

The centre-back attended the celebrations for his ex-Manchester United teammate, along with grime artists including Skepta and General Levy.

Richardson, who turned 30 on October 21, spent five years at United with Ferdinand before moving on to Sunderland, Fulham and now Aston Villa.

A video of Ferdinand's rap was uploaded onto the Instagram belonging to Boy Better Know member Frisco, who wrote: "Rio Ferdinand took to the mic and this is what happened...."

A video posted by FRISCO (@bigfris) on Oct 10, 2014 at 11:55pm PDT