
<p class="has-drop-cap">Former Ghana winger Quincy Owusu-Abeyie has swapped careers after quitting football at 33 years to become a rapper with his first solo mixtape.</p>



<p>The former Arsenal player, who also represented the <a href="https://occupygh.com/tag/ghana-black-stars">Black Stars</a> at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, now goes by the name BLOW.</p>



<p>Owusu-Abeyie told VICE his new name springs out of a lifestyle that blew his earnings as quickly as it came.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://occupygh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_8975.jpg" alt="Quincy Owusu-Abeyie" class="wp-image-37835"/><figcaption>Quincy Owusu-Abeyie</figcaption></figure>



<p>He now hopes his songs about how he grew up in Amsterdam, role models and other issues can help young people after giving serious consideration to a music career for a long time.</p>



<p>“Now that I am releasing my first solo mixtape, I want to show the world: this is me. This is what I am doing now,” he said.</p>



<p>“There was no Ronald de Boer type around in our neighborhood who said ‘With football, you have a future’.</p>



<p>“My role models were the money makers of the block. The street men driving around in horrible cars. “That was then the s*** for me, later I grew older and I made other choices.</p>



<p>“I hope to make the people from the neighborhood proud. First as a footballer and now as an artist.”</p>



<p>Owusu-Abeyie played for Arsenal at the start of a promising career but after failing to tie down a regular spot, developed into something of a journeyman, playing in for three other clubs in England and for clubs in Russia, Greece, Spain, Holland, and Qatar.</p>



<p>At the international level, he represented Ghana at the 2008 and 2010 World Cup after playing for the Netherlands at youth level.</p>



<p>All the best Quincy Owusu-Abeyi from us at <a href="https://occupygh.com/">OccupyGh.com</a>.</p>



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Black Stars Player Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Turns Rapper
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