Werenoi

Also known as Jérémy Bana Owona, Jérémy Djibril Bana Owona, WéRenoi

Jérémy Bana Owona (; 30 January 1994 – 17 May 2025), known professionally as Werenoi (), was a French rapper. He was voted the male revelation of the year at the Les Flammes ceremony in 2023. Werenoi held the number 1 position in album sales in France in 2023 and 2024. He released four studio albums and two EPs.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1994 births, 2025 deaths and 21st-century French male rappers.

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Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France

Jérémy Bana Owona, known professionally as Werenoi, was a French rapper.

Known for

Déambulations : Werenoi au château Constance — Self2024

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France
Active from: 1994-01-30
Active to: 2025-05-17

french hip hophip hop

Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 112,520
Total plays: 8,961,255

Key facts

Musical artist.name: Werenoi
Musical artist.image: Werenoi (3x4 cropped).jpg
Musical artist.caption: Werenoi in the Montreux Jazz Festival, 2023
Musical artist.birth_name: Jérémy Bana Owona
Musical artist.birth_place: Melun, France
Musical artist.death_place: Paris, France
Musical artist.genre: Hip hop
Musical artist.occupation: Rapper
Musical artist.years_active: 2021–2025
Musical artist.label: PLR Music, PGP Records, AllPoints

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Melun
Place of death: 13th arrondissement of Paris
Occupation: rapper
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: French
Genre: hip-hop
Instrument: voice
Image: Werenoi.jpg

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social media followers: 1000000
Commons category: Werenoi
date of birth: 1994-01-30
pseudonym: Werenoi
start of work period: 2021-00-00
date of death: 2025-05-17
end of work period: 2025-00-00
cause of death: cardiac arrest
manner of death: natural causes
birth name: Jérémy Bana Owona
name in native language: Jérémy Bana Owona

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Early and personal life
Musical career
Death
Discography
Studio albums
EPs
References
External links

== Early and personal life == Jérémy Bana Owona was born on 30 January 1994 in Melun. Little was known about Owona's personal life, due to his desire to keep his personal life and his family matters private. He grew up in Montreuil in a family of Cameroonian origin. He was related to the rapper Zequin. He was a Muslim.

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