Former Arsenal Man Who Was Part of 2003/04 Invincibles Now a Successful Rapper

• Arsenal will forever be etched in Premier League history for the undefeated 2003/2004 season
• The Gunners ended up winning the Premiership, which remains their last title victory to date
• Among the members of the Invincibles squad was a winger, whose life took an unusual turn

It is nearly two decades since Arsenal last won the Premier League, but veteran fans still have fresh memories of that feeling all the way back in 2004.

In the 2003/04 season, a star-studded Gunners side pulled off the impossible - going the entire 38-game season without experiencing a single defeat.

Typically, fans will come up with names like Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Dennis Bergkamp and Robert Pires when talking about the ‘Invincibles’ squad.

But there were other unsung players who also made the cut and were feted with a Premier League medal after the triumph, and one of them is Dutch-born striker, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie.

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Owusu-Abeyie, an Arsenal academy graduate, was part of the 2003/04 squad, but unfortunately did not make a single Premier League appearance that season.

As reported by Daily Star, he still made a senior appearance despite his young age, during the League Cup third-round win over Rotherdam United where he replaced Cesc Fabregas.

He was one of two Arsenal players to miss a penalty in the resulting shootout, though the club still managed to progress. He went on to make two more appearances that season.

Things did not quite work out for Owusu-Abeyie in north London however, and he developed a reputation as the classic footballing nomad.

He represented clubs like Spartak Moscow, Celta Vigo, Al-Sadd, Malaga, Panathinaikos and Boavista, while also having loan spells with Birmingham, Cardiff and Portsmouth.

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After a stint with Dutch club, NEC Nijmegan, Owusu-Abeyie finally called it quits on his football career in 2017 at only 30 years old.

Where is Owusu-Abeyie now?

Years on and the retired ‘Invincible’ is now forging a new career as a rapper, and he goes by the name moniker BLOW. The name draws inspiration from his tendency to blow cash on partying and overall having fun.

He has always had a soft spot for music, but was releasing songs anonymously up until 2020 when he went decided to become a public artist.

In an interview with The Athletic, Owusu-Abeyie said:

"I always used to sing songs, play music with Johan Djourou and Nicklas Bendtner. Jerome Thomas was a good friend of mine and we used to listen to music together, rapping along."

His passion for music really picked up steam during his stint in Russia, and he ended up building a home studio while working in Moscow.

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Schurrle treks in sub-zero temperatures

Sports Brief also reported on the strange adventure former Chelsea star Andre Schurrle decided to undergo recently.

Two-and-a-half years ago, Schurrle shocked the football world as he announced his decision to retire from football aged just 29.

He now seems to have swapped the beautiful game for adventures in freezing conditions up the mountain.