Forgotten former Newcastle star who swapped national teams now a RAPPER after leaving Saudi minnows

A FORMER Premier League star-turned-rapper has switched hitting crossbars to spitting bars.

The 35-year-old has gone from being released by Saudi Arabian minnows Al-Orobah to releasing his 4th azygous earlier this year.

Vurnon Anita is champion known for the 5 years helium spent astatine Newcastle.

But helium is present going down a antithetic way nether the pseudonym JR.

He has gone from getting connected the shot successful midfield to picking up the microphone, having launched a vocation arsenic a rapper.

Anita's biggest deed "On Top" has amassed 600,000 listens connected Spotify and helium averages 3,000 plays per month.

As a player, helium featured 155 times for Newcastle and won the Championship rubric with the Toon successful 2017.

The Ajax academy postgraduate besides had a little indebtedness spell astatine Leeds the play after.

Since leaving England, helium has played for Bulgarian broadside CSKA Sofia, Willem and RKC Waalwijk successful Holland and Al-Orobah successful Saudi Arabia.

He is presently without a nine but is keeping engaged successful the euphony studio.

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Anita was capped 3 times by Holland and was included successful their provisional squad for the 2010 World Cup.

But helium has since changed his allegiance correspond Curacao.

The state is simply a Caribbean island conscionable 37 miles distant from Venezuela that classes itself "within the Kingdom of the Netherlands".

Their nationalist team, ranked 90th successful the world, are managed by ex-Sunderland brag Dick Advocaat.

Former Aston Villa prima Leandro Bacuna and ex-Southampton defender Cuco Martina are their apical two-capped players.

Anita is not the lone footballer with Dutch descent to effort their manus astatine rapping.

Memphis Depay, Ryan Babel and Royston Drenthe each had spells successful the Prem and successful the charts.