The late rapper Werenoi obtains the first diamond disc of his career

The world of rap and music still mourns him today and continues to pay tribute to him by listening to him every day – with all due respect to the young Muslim rigors who called for his songs to be removed from platforms after his tragic death on May 17, 2025. When he should have celebrated his 32nd^e anniversary on the Paris La Défense Arena stage at the end of the month, the late rapper Werenoi was awarded one of the most prestigious honors for an artist: his very first diamond disc.

He rewards his penultimate album Pyramidreleased in February 2024 and re-released in October of the same year. An opus of thirty titles, in which the hit songs appear Petunias, Pyramid, In a glass et Cursedand which to date has totaled more than 500,000 sales, according to figures from the National Phonographic Publishing Union (Snep).

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This trophy testifies to the impressive popularity of the discreet rapper from Montreuil. Before his death, caused by heart failure, Werenoi was the biggest record seller in France. Eight months after this painful event which shook the rap industry, he is still among the artists most popular with fans of the genre. In 2025, he spent some 39 weeks in the top ten places of the top album with his latest opus Black Diamond. Only Gims did better with a total of 49 weeks at the top of the Charts.

Verona – Petunias (2025)

A Netflix documentary on January 31

On platforms, Werenoi is still listened to by 6.7 million people each month on Spotify. He also has 1.6 million fans on Deezer and more than a million on YouTube. Last May, Internet users called for a “boycott” of the rapper’s music in the name of Islam. They felt that listening to his songs would have earned him “additional sins in the afterlife”. The artist’s teams were then forced to speak out on social networks, affirming « that none of his music would be removed from the platforms.”

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Instead of letting his work – where he played with the codes of gangsters without criticizing the police, justice or France – disappear forever, the rapper’s fans kept the flame alive, making him one of the country’s most appreciated hip-hop artists. On January 31, a tribute will be dedicated to him through a documentary produced by Netflix. Baptized The truth behind the legendthe film promises to show “the behind the scenes, the facts, the truth and the poignant moments” of his career, said his manager Babs.