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0:01It is October 17, 2024. The Accor Arena
0:04is sold out. 20,000 people and on stage
0:07that night. It’s not Beyoncé, it’s
0:09not Drake, it’s a rapper from
0:11Montreuil whose real name half the
0:12people in the room couldn't tell you.
0:14His name is Jérémy Bana Ohana. He is
0:1630 years old and at that moment, he is
0:18the artist who has sold the most albums
0:20in France 2 years in a row. But 7
0:21months later, Yeah. Werenoi passes away
0:24. The shock and the emotion were
0:26immense this Saturday upon the
0:28announcement of the sudden passing of
0:29Werenoi, whose real name is Jérémy
0:31Bana Ohana. The young rapper had just
0:33turned 31.
0:36Everything that happened between that
0:38concert and this tragic end, we have
0:39never told you about. The story of a
0:41guy who succeeded in silence and whose
0:43death sparked a war among his entire
0:45inner circle. And to understand all of
0:47that, we have to go back to the
0:48beginning. So, before going any further
0:56, a small clarification: everything we
0:58recount in this video is already public
1:00information, whether from press
1:01articles, statements from his family,
1:02or court rulings. We hesitated before
1:04making this video, not because his
1:06story doesn't belong here, quite the
1:07contrary. We just didn't want to add to
1:09the noise without respect for what he
1:11represented. The idea for this video is
1:13not to be sensational about his death,
1:15but rather to understand and pay
1:16tribute to everything he built.
1:18Jérémy was born on January 30, 1994,
1:20in Melun, Seine-et-Marne. His parents
1:22are Cameroonian, his mother was born in
1:24France. He grew up in Montreuil, in the
1:26Jean Moulin housing project. And that
1:27is about all we know with certainty
1:29about his childhood because Werenoi
1:31made his private life forbidden
1:32territory. His loved ones said it
1:34themselves. We’ve been working with
1:35him for 2 years and not once did he
1:37tell us his birthday. He shows no
1:38emotion. The only way to know him is to
1:40listen to his music. To Le Parisien,
1:42the only major newspaper to have
1:43obtained an interview with him, he says
1:45: "I prefer to keep my private life to
1:46myself. By talking too much, you might
1:48say things you didn't want to say. I
1:49prefer the mystery. I say enough about
1:51myself in my lyrics. Even they couldn't
1:53confirm his age and his real name with
1:54certainty." When an artist says that,
1:56you can take it two ways. It's either a
1:58stance, a marketing calculation to
1:59build an image, or it's a genuine
2:01conviction, a way to protect oneself in
2:02an industry where everything you reveal
2:04can come back to haunt you. And with
2:06Wino, it's clearly the latter. Well,
2:07there are still a few things we do know
2:09. For example, he’s in the same
2:11family as the rapper Zekin, and
2:12somewhere back then in Montreuil, he
2:14started writing. Not to become a rapper
2:15, but just to write, because you have
2:17to understand something about Wino. He
2:19wasn't looking for fame at all;
2:20everything that happened to him
2:22afterward, he hadn't really planned.
2:28It’s February 2021. A guy named Wino
2:30posts a music video on YouTube, and the
2:33track is called Guadalajara.
2:34Every day is Saturday, I spend during
2:37the week.
2:41The sound is polished, the voice is
2:42immediately recognizable. It's not
2:44surface-level rap; it's rap that tells
2:46a real story. By April, his first four
2:48clips have already racked up 800,000
2:49views for a total unknown without a
2:51label, without anything around him.
2:52It's a strong signal. Producer Kor, who
2:55runs the Hawa label, hears Wino. At the
2:57time, he’s working on the soundtrack
2:59for the Netflix film*Dealer*and comes
3:01to offer him a track, "Chibi." I’ve
3:03got the experience that almost as much
3:07as in "I don't want you to die, just to
3:08run." It’s not a solo album yet, just
3:11a feature on a soundtrack, but it’s
3:13already national exposure, and Wino
3:14makes the most of it. He goes on
3:16Planète Rap to perform the track with
3:17Gazo for the back-and-forth. Everyone
3:19says the same thing when they hear him.
3:20This voice is different. That way of
3:22holding a sentence, of making every
3:24syllable land. You can't learn that.
3:25And then something happens that changes
3:27everything. Lacrim, who is in the
3:28middle of recording his album*Persona
3:30non grata*at the time, spots Wino’s
3:32talent. He opens the mic for him on "
3:34Seigneur des Los Gallos." There are the
3:35fakes, there are the real ones, the
3:36mirror, the makeup. I don’t forgive,
3:38I pretend to forget.
3:40And in French rap, having Lacrim reach
3:42out to you like that is a real
3:43validation. And while all this is
3:45happening, the views climb, and Wino
3:47does something that no one notices at
3:49the time. He leaks his own tracks.
3:50Wino's songs start circulating on
3:52Telegram well before their official
3:54release. It’s not an accident; it’s
3:56a strategy. He would even name his
3:58first EP*Telegram*in direct reference
3:59to that channel. Sounds travel in
4:01circles, people share them like rare
4:03items, and when the EP is officially
4:05released, the world already knows it.
4:07And on September 22, 2023, he releases
4:09a second Telegram EP with 8 tracks,
4:11including "Mago" with SCH. You all
4:13surely know that track. "Solitaire,"
4:15taken from this EP, becomes one of his
4:17most-streamed songs.
4:18I don't have much history, I'm a solar
4:21guy. We're very solid, we're like the
4:24Gauls, we're very solar.
4:26And yeah. Werenoi, the one who didn't
4:28want to be a star, who showed no
4:29emotion, who didn't even tell his own
4:31label colleagues his age, finds himself
4:32sweeping it all. And now it’s
4:40February 23, 2023, when Werenoi posts a
4:43freestyle titled "10 mars 2023.2" with
4:46a caption: "It’s midnight." No
4:49announcement, no press conference, just
4:51a freestyle with a date in it. And the
4:53fans realize in 30 seconds that his
4:55next album is dropping on March 10.
4:57That album in question is "Carré," and
4:59shortly after its release, it goes
5:01straight into the SNEP top albums and
5:03doesn't leave the top six for weeks. If
5:05we talk about the features on this
5:06album, they say it all. PLK, Ninho,
5:08Tiakola, Lacrim, names you don't get by
5:11chance, names you earn. And it's May
5:132023. Les Flammes award him the prize
5:16for Male Revelation of the Year. He
5:17goes up on stage, takes the trophy,
5:19says only two words, and leaves. At the
5:21end of 2023, the SNEP releases its
5:23annual report. The best-selling album
5:25in France is "Carré" by Werenoi. But
5:27while he was at his peak, at the height
5:29of his craft, having just released the
5:31best-selling album in France, a rather
5:33novel question arose: "What was he
5:34doing in Dubai?" So now, you're surely
5:41wondering what the connection is to
5:42everything we said just before. But it
5:44turns out the artist went there
5:45regularly, but he never said what he
5:47was doing there. Anyway, at that time,
5:49it's 2024. It’s the year he releases
5:51"Pyramide" in February, then "Pyramide
5:532" in October, including features with
5:55Gazo and PLK. The album sells over
5:58276,000 copies, #1 in sales in France
6:00for two consecutive years. With over
6:02300,000 sales for "Carré" and a double
6:04platinum record for "Pyramide." Yeah,
6:07Werenoi at that moment becomes
6:08unavoidable. "Carré" even receives the
6:10Flamme for Rap Album of the Year. And
6:11even when an artist is at the top, not
6:13everyone validates them 100%. Some call
6:15him an industry plant. A criticism
6:17based on the pace of his releases, the
6:18all-star casting, and his well-placed
6:20solo tracks. But in the end, the
6:22numbers speak louder than the critics.
6:23Anyway, we arrive at October 17, 2024,
6:25when he performs at the Accor Arena for
6:2720,000 people. This is the visible peak
6:29. What the cameras show is an artist at
6:31the top. But what they don't show is a
6:33man managing an illness for years, a
6:35chronic disease in an industry that
6:37leaves no room for fragility. Wenoisa's
6:39diabetes wasn't a secret revealed after
6:41the fact. People in his inner circle
6:43knew about it. Fans had noticed his
6:44absences and cancellations. Rumors were
6:47already circulating about his health
6:48even before his death was announced. In
6:50any case, on April 7, 2025, he hosts a
6:52launch party at La Cigale for his new
6:55album. But according to the press
6:56present that night, he announces in a
6:58video that he has to cancel an event in
6:59Lyon. "I'm leaving, see you soon, stay
7:02strong."
7:03And at that moment, after all those
7:04signs, it would be his final public
7:06statement.
7:12On the night of May 16 to 17, 2025,
7:13Warenoî is rushed to the hospital in
7:15an emergency. He had only turned 31
7:17four months prior, and the cause was a
7:19severe hyperglycemic crisis linked to
7:20his diabetes. This crisis triggered
7:22diabetic ketoacidosis, which itself
7:24caused hyperkalemia, an excess of
7:25potassium in the blood. And this
7:27cascade of events led to a first
7:29cardiac arrest. But the doctors
7:30resuscitated him, and a glimmer of hope
7:32remained. He stayed under observation,
7:35but during the night, a second cardiac
7:36arrest occurred, and this time, it was
7:38fatal. It is Saturday, May 17, at 5:00
7:41AM, and Renois is pronounced dead. His
7:44producer, Babs, was the first to
7:45announce the news on X with a simple
7:47message: "Rest in peace my brother, I
7:49love you." Then the tributes poured in
7:50within the hour. Aya Nakamura, Gims,
7:52Kaaris, Jul, SCH, and Pascal Obispo,
7:54whose son was very close to him, told
7:57Le Parisien: "My son is very sad and I
7:59am heartbroken. 31 years old, he was a
8:02good guy, very talented." On May 20,
8:03the ceremony was held at the Grand
8:05Mosque of Aulnay-sous-Bois. He was
8:06buried in the Montreuil cemetery, just
8:08a few hundred meters from the Jean
8:10Moulin estate where he grew up. And out
8:12of respect for his Muslim faith and in
8:13accordance with a wish he reportedly
8:15expressed to his loved ones, some of
8:16his works were removed from YouTube and
8:18other platforms. Some Muslim fans are
8:20even calling for a boycott of his music
8:22, fearing it adds sin to the deceased.
8:24But others see it, on the contrary, as
8:25a legitimate tribute. Even his death
8:27becomes a subject of disagreement among
8:29those he loved. And then, very quickly,
8:31perhaps too quickly, something else
8:32begins. Wenois has been buried for less
8:41than a week, and the war has already
8:42begun. And one name keeps coming up in
8:44this affair: Fatima. A 35-year-old
8:46woman who says she grew up with
8:47Jérémie in Seine-et-Marne before
8:49reconnecting with him later in Dubai,
8:51where they supposedly became close. And
8:52on the night of May 21 to 22, 2025,
8:54just 4 days after his death, she is
8:56assaulted in the back room of a shisha
8:58bar. She receives blows to her face and
9:00body. 7 days of temporary total
9:02disability, and the attackers are none
9:04other than producer Babs’s entourage
9:06and Babs himself. And at the center of
9:08the conflict: 1 million euros.
9:09According to Babs, this money was a
9:11label advance to help Wenois settle in
9:13Dubai, which is allegedly being held by
9:15Fatima. As for Fatima, she denies
9:17everything, saying the money was
9:18intended for a real estate purchase.
9:21Behind this story, one thing is certain
9:23: there is a battle for control of the
9:24inheritance. We are talking
9:26specifically about his masters, his
9:28rights, and his future earnings. A
9:29family that Jérémy shielded from the
9:31public eye his entire life now finds
9:32itself in a legal war played out in the
9:34newspapers. And finally, on February 19
9:36, 2026, the verdict is delivered. Babs
9:38is sentenced to 2 years in prison, one
9:39of which is suspended, for group
9:41violence. And during the trial, a piece
9:42of news emerges. From his cell, Babs
9:44allegedly negotiated a 16.8 million
9:46euro contract linked to Wenois's
9:48musical legacy—and I would remind you
9:50that this is the same man who announced
9:52his death by saying, "I love you." And
10:00amidst all this, Wenois's death has not
10:02stopped the sales. *Diamant Noir*
10:04remains the 3rd best-selling album of
10:062025, ahead of*Pyramide 2*, ranked 5th.
10:09An artist dead for 8 months, and he
10:11still places two albums in the national
10:13top 5. Netflix announces a full
10:14documentary on his life and career, his
10:16beginnings, his early freestyles that
10:18made an impression on YouTube, and
10:19never-before-seen testimonials from his
10:21inner circle. Then, on March 25, 2026,
10:2310 months after his death, a nearly 2.5
10:25-hour tribute concert is held at the
10:28Accor Arena before 15,000 people, with
10:30Black, Dinos, La Mano 1.9, and Hamza
10:32performing the tracks that defined him.
10:35The evening opens with "Pétouas," sung
10:37in unison by the crowd.
10:42Let’s be honest, this concert caused
10:44a lot of debate, especially at one
10:45specific moment when Youssoupha
10:47performed "Mon Roi." It’s a song in
10:49tribute to his own son, but Youssoupha
10:51is standing beside the son of the late
10:52artist, Omar. The kid isn't even 10
10:54years old, and he makes a surprise
10:56appearance for a few minutes that
10:57shocks part of the audience. First off,
10:59you organize a tribute concert for a
11:01deceased man—a Muslim one at that—
11:03and then you bring out the son of that
11:05very person, whom we’d never seen
11:07while the artist was alive, and the
11:08poor kid didn't ask for any of this.
11:10You put him in the middle of everyone
11:12on a bench. The poor guy couldn't care
11:14less. The guy—the little one—is in
11:15mourning or doing some weird thing.
11:17Guys. Youssoupha gets down on one knee
11:19in front of the artist's son as if
11:21he’s swearing allegiance. Guys, I
11:23don't get it.
11:24Before the concert, the artist's mother
11:25criticized the organization on social
11:27media. She called it an absolute joke
11:28and questioned the use of the proceeds
11:30that were supposed to go to his three
11:32children. She denounced a tribute
11:33organized without inviting his mother,
11:35his two brothers, or his sister—
11:37basically, his real blood. "What killed
11:39me, what really killed me, was my
11:41grandson.""We come from Corbeil.""We
11:43were devastated the moment we saw the
11:44grandson live."
11:44And as we mentioned after the concert,
11:46many people found Omar’s presence
11:48very questionable. In reality, we are
11:50absolutely entitled to ask the question
11:51. A ten-year-old child on a stage in
11:53front of 20,000 people. He’s sitting
11:55there in the spotlight to mourn the
11:57death of his father in front of the
11:58cameras. Honestly, is this really
11:59paying tribute to the artist, or did
12:01they just turn his son into the main
12:03attraction without really wondering
12:04what he was going through in that
12:06moment? And aside from that, according
12:08to the organizers, all the proceeds
12:10were meant for his three children, and
12:11given the tensions over the inheritance
12:13we just talked about, it’s hard to
12:15know exactly who got that money. That
12:19October 2024 night when the artist was
12:21on stage in front of 20,000 people at
12:22the Accor Arena, no one knew that two
12:24years later, this same venue would host
12:26his son on stage for a tribute that his
12:28own family would call a masquerade.
12:30Ultimately, the artist had chosen
12:31silence because he understood something
12:33very early on. In this industry,
12:35everything you reveal eventually
12:36becomes a target. But silence doesn't
12:38protect everything. It protects the man
12:39while he is alive, but it never
12:41protects what he leaves behind. And
12:42maybe that is the real story of the
12:44artist in the end. Not a mystery we've
12:45finally solved. Just a man who spent
12:47his career staying elusive and who
12:49became, unintentionally, the subject of
12:51all the disputes he was trying to avoid
12:54. Amidst all that, one thing remains
12:55that no one could dispute: his music.
12:59Renois wanted it to be remembered more
13:00than his life. On that point, at least,
13:02he won.

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