Veronica Mars Gets New Castmate

(HOLLYWOOD, CA., DECEMBER 3, 2005) Sam Sarpong, once the international face of Tommy Hilfiger, and host of the S.I. TV The Rub, joins the cast of the UPN hit drama Veronica Mars. Sam will play Dime Bag, a famous rapper that comes to the town of Neptune, Calif.

Sam Sarpong recently finished up a short stay on the hit NBC drama E.R., and will also appear in the 2005 features Lucky 13, with Daryl Hannah, Jeremy Piven, Garry Marshall, and Jami Gertz and Gradnite, with rapper Coolio.


Playing the rapper Dime Bag will come easy for the young actor, who is a member of the hip-hop/rock group The League along with childhood friend Mike Kasem, son of legendary DJ Casey Kasem. We may both be rappers, but I am nowhere near as obnoxious as Dime Bag. Hes a Divo, a male Diva. Sam says of the character he will portray.