Leave the world of mourning rap. The Werenoi artist died this Saturday, May 17 at the age of 31. A sudden death, due to heart failure, which aroused a rain of tributes on social networks. With the anonymous accounts of fans, several public figures spoke in their memory.
Starting with the world of rap. The number one of the sales in France in 2023 and 2024, Werenoi currently promoted “Diamant Noir”, his latest album. He was also named in several categories for his previous album, “Pyramid 2”, at the flame ceremony that rewards French rap. In each of his projects, he collected appearances with great names in the environment.
“I had prepared for him many sounds”
The rapper Sch, Hamza and Master have divided tribute stories that ask for prayers and condolences for their family. Others have had more personal words. “Happy to have met my friend. Rest in peace,” he published, on Instagram, The Artist Pork. Aya Nakamura singer also reacted: “Rest in my peace. A news that saddens me and courage to relatives especially.”
But Werenoi’s death not only reaches the world of rap. After several tributes on social networks, singer Pascal Bishop trusted our colleagues from the Parisians.
“He was a really good, friendly, intelligent, quiet, raised, a little shy guy (…) I often listened to it while painting, in particular his second pyramid album, with Damso and Aya Nakamura. We had to continue the adventure and do other things together. We had to see each other, they had prepared for him many sounds with a beatmaker. He will remain in a computer …” “” “” “” “” ” “
The interpreter of Lucie AND Fan He had met the rapper for three years, in particular through his son Sean. They met at a concert of the PNL group and had found themselves on stage for the first zenith of the rapper in 2023. “I had offered to come. He told me. Yeah Very fast and we met in the study a week before the concert. “
Werenoi had also caught attention outside the French scene. On April 18, he was on the stage of the Stade of France along with the Nigerian singer and composer Burna Boy.
“Discretion and talent”
There are also messages of support outside the musical world. Among them, the footballer Sacha Boey, who published a long message in Snapchat: “How many people envied your life and wanted my brother? (…) Those who wanted your life still want it today?” In X, the host Cyril Hanuna lamented “an exceptional talent. We lose a great artist.”
Some politicians also paid tribute to the rapper. One of the first was Sacha Houlié, deputy of Vienne, taking the appointment of an article in the Parisian about her dating from 2023: “The only way to know him is to listen to his music.”
The deputy of Sena de Sena Denis Alexis Corbière deplored the “such young and brutal game” of the rapper, originally from Montreuil. A game that “immerses many inhabitants of our city in great emotion. Hello, the artist!”
The entourage near Werenoi has not yet spoken, with the exception of its producer behind the “Babs-Pl Music” account in X: “Rest in peace, my brother, I love you!” Several videos of their clips and performances have been eliminated in particular the song “Piano”, broadcast a few days ago with rapper Gims.
Finally, it is still the large number of disconsolate fans. In promotion of his “Diamant Noir” album, the rapper had to act yesterday and tonight in two nightclubs, one in Poitou Chartes, the other in Lyon. Both showcase They were canceled a few hours before his death.
Source: BFM TV
