Roi Heenok
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Heenok Beauséjour better known by his stage name
Roi Heenok ("King Heenok") is a Canadian
rapper of Haiti
an descent, from Montreal
, Quebec
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Roi Heenok having reached since 2004 a certain notoriety in France thanks to the Internet, he claims to represent the revival of the French-speaking rap. He performed in Paris the November 24, 2005, June 10, 2008 and October 29, 2008.
("T'entends, jeune pédé ?", "Ya hear, young faggot?") and particularly hard to translate("Mon médaillon touche à mon pénis", "My chain hangs down to my penis", "Mon T-Shirt du Pakistan, han ? De la merde Israélite, jeune pédé" "My T-Shirt from Pakistan, eh ? Israeli shit, young fag", "ça va devenir vrai dans cette pièce pour quelques instants" "It's going to get real in this room for a moment". Most of these expressions are a direct translation of English to French, contributing to the comic character of his music such as the infamous "pute nègre", "bitch nigger").
His lyrical tempo is slower than what is usually seen in rap, close to the level of poetry slam.
Roi Heenok is also known for his various provocative statements (he claimed to admire Osama bin Laden
, to be a drug dealer, and insulted some French rappers, like Booba
(whom he clashed
in a track named "J'garde le Kalashnikov", "Keeping my Kalashnikov").
.
His legitimacy as a rap artist has since been questioned frequently. Since his rise to internet stardom, he is believed to be nothing more than a parody.
and Dailymotion
. Heenok's internet notoriety seems to stem more from his comical antics and statements than his artistic talent.
is for cinema""
In the movie, Heenok describing himself as a "Crazy rapper". (Rapper Mongol - Common mistake in French with "mongolien", which means "mongaloid")
announces that Montreal Police Department found weapons, ammunition, bulletproof vests and drugs in his recording studio. Heenok and three of his friends were arrested. He was released on April 25, 2008.
Roi Heenok declared to be influenced by movies like Rambo 1 and Scarface.
Infamous Mobb, G.O.D. part III
The shop opened December 28, 2008
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
Roi Heenok ("King Heenok") is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
rapper of Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
an descent, from Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
.
Roi Heenok having reached since 2004 a certain notoriety in France thanks to the Internet, he claims to represent the revival of the French-speaking rap. He performed in Paris the November 24, 2005, June 10, 2008 and October 29, 2008.
Major facts
Roi Heenok often uses a strange slang and vocabulary, with a lot of recurring sentences, more similar to a pidgin than the academical French languageFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
("T'entends, jeune pédé ?", "Ya hear, young faggot?") and particularly hard to translate("Mon médaillon touche à mon pénis", "My chain hangs down to my penis", "Mon T-Shirt du Pakistan, han ? De la merde Israélite, jeune pédé" "My T-Shirt from Pakistan, eh ? Israeli shit, young fag", "ça va devenir vrai dans cette pièce pour quelques instants" "It's going to get real in this room for a moment". Most of these expressions are a direct translation of English to French, contributing to the comic character of his music such as the infamous "pute nègre", "bitch nigger").
His lyrical tempo is slower than what is usually seen in rap, close to the level of poetry slam.
Roi Heenok is also known for his various provocative statements (he claimed to admire Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
, to be a drug dealer, and insulted some French rappers, like Booba
Booba
Elie Yaffa better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper from Paris. He is half Senegalese from his father's side and half French of Moroccan origin from his mother's side...
(whom he clashed
Sound clash
A Sound clash is a musical competition where crew members from opposing reggae sound systems pit their skills against each other. Sound clashes take place in a variety of venues, both indoors and outdoors...
in a track named "J'garde le Kalashnikov", "Keeping my Kalashnikov").
Criticisms
While claiming fame in Quebec, which was believed to be accurate by various French media (the French newspaper 20 minutes wrote an article about his live show in Paris ), Roi Heenok was revealed to be nothing more than a promotional buzz once it was found that he's not as famous as he claims to be in CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
His legitimacy as a rap artist has since been questioned frequently. Since his rise to internet stardom, he is believed to be nothing more than a parody.
Web notoriety
Several videos and interviews can be found on video sites such as YoutubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
and Dailymotion
Dailymotion
Dailymotion is a video sharing service website, headquartered in the 18th arrondissement, Paris, France. According to Comscore, Dailymotion is the second largest video site in the world after YouTube....
. Heenok's internet notoriety seems to stem more from his comical antics and statements than his artistic talent.
Documentary film
January 21, 2008, Kourtrajmé edited on DVD the documentary film Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok ("King Heenok's mathematics"), by Romain Gavras and Mohamed Mazouz. This documentary explains that Heenok "is for French rap what Jean-Claude Van DammeJean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg , professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor, best known for his martial arts action films, the most successful of which include Bloodsport , Kickboxer , Double Impact , Universal Soldier , Hard Target , Timecop ,...
is for cinema""
In the movie, Heenok describing himself as a "Crazy rapper". (Rapper Mongol - Common mistake in French with "mongolien", which means "mongaloid")
In custody
On April 17, 2008, Quebecer Channel TQSTqs
V is a Canadian privately-owned French-language television network. The network has owned-and-operated and affiliated stations existing throughout Quebec, although it can also be seen over-the-air in some bordering markets in the provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick...
announces that Montreal Police Department found weapons, ammunition, bulletproof vests and drugs in his recording studio. Heenok and three of his friends were arrested. He was released on April 25, 2008.
Influences
He began in the group Drama Stay Live Entertainment, and since that, he launched another musical group, Gangsters et Gentlemen, with other Quebecer rappers, like Rap Iso, Kinimod, UgoBoss or Lynn. Roi Heenok claims to be part of the gangsta rap subgenre.Roi Heenok declared to be influenced by movies like Rambo 1 and Scarface.
Infamous Mobb, G.O.D. part III
Discography
- Mixtape : La Dose. Propagande américaine, 2005
- Cocaïno Rap Musique : le CD mixé Styles Libres Exclusifs Volume 1, 2007
- Cocaïno Rap Musique VOL. 1 le DVD et CD mixé Styles Libres Exclusifs Édition Limitée, 2008
- Musique Capitaliste, 2009 featuring RaekwonRaekwonCorey Woods , better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... in 1995, and has since recorded four solo albums, as well as work with Wu-Tang and an extensive amount of guest contributions with...
from the Wu-Tang ClanWu-Tang ClanThe Wu-Tang Clan is a hip-hop group from Staten Island that consists of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. They are frequently joined by fellow childhood friend Cappadonna, a quasi member of the group... - La guerre des étoiles, project from Roi Heenok including rappers as RohffRohffRohff - « Rimeur Original Hardcore Flow Fluide » is a French rapper from Vitry-sur-Seine, in Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. Rohff was born in Comoros and immigrated to the Parisian suburbs in 1985.A fan of 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., NWA, Game, and others, Rohff began rapping around 1994...
, SefyuSefyuYoussef Soukouna , better known by his stage name Sefyu , is a French rapper of Senegalese descent. He comes from Aulnay-sous-Bois , a city in the French department of Seine-Saint-Denis...
, Kery JamesKery JamesAlix Mathurin better known as Kery James, is a French rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer, who was born in West Indies from Haitian parents. His mother raised him in Orly, a suburb of Paris. Nowadays with his three solo albums, he is one of the most respected French rappers. The...
, Mac Tyer, Joe Dalton, AssassinAssassin (rap crew)Assassin is a French hardcore rap group formed in the 18th Arrondissement of Paris. The group was formed in 1985 by Rockin' Squat and Solo. Later, Doctor L joined them, as well as DJ Clyde...
, TandemTandemTandem is an arrangement where a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction....
, PassiPassiPassi is a French hip hop artist who became famous in the mid-1990s with the group Ministère AMER, which included himself and Stomy Bugsy. He is most widely known, however, as a solo artist, as well as a participant in many other groups, such as Bisso Na Bisso and Dis l'heure 2 zouk.- Biography...
, SopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
, Ol' Kainry, Oxmo PuccinoOxmo PuccinoOxmo Puccino is a French hip hop musician.- Life :Puccino was born in 1974 in Ségou, Mali. He came to Paris one year later, and lived in the XIXe arrondissement from the age of 5. He is the brother of basketball player Mamoutou Diarra...
, Alibi Montana, 113113Year 113 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Celsus and Crispinus...
, Tony S , Yeb and ArsenikÄrsenikÄrsenik is a rap group based in Villiers-le-Bel, France, founded in 1992, and made up of two brothers, Lino and Calbo , whose family is originally from Congo. Until 1997, the group also included Tony Truand, a cousin. In 1998, their first album "Quelques gouttes suffisent" went double gold...
, this project was originally planned for 2008 but is no more being of current events. Remplaced by Nouveau Rap Mondial - Calico Musique, album announced by Roi Heenok for the beginning of 2009 in which Roi Heenok produces all the songs and raps with GOD from Infamous MobbInfamous MobbInfamous Mobb, also known as IM3, is a hip hop group from Queensbridge in Queens, New York, composed of members Ty Nitty, Twin Gambino and Godfather Pt.III. They are an integral part of the Queensbridge hip hop scene, which includes rappers like Nas, Cormega and Mobb Deep, and began with the Juice...
on all the tracks. - Cocaïno Rap Musique vol. 1 & 2 Edition Finale avec des Styles Libres Exclusif, including Cocaïno Rap Musique Volume 1 and Cocaïno Rap Musique VOL. 2 and exclusives freestyles.
Filmography
- Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok, DVD made by Kourtrajmé, published in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in January 2008. - Cocaïno Rap Musique le DVD, DVD made by Amine Bouziane and Julien Lafont for Stuff Productions, published in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in June 2008. - Le Monde selon Roi Heenok, DVD made by Amine Bouziane and Julien Lafont for Stuff Productions, published in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in February 2011.
Clothing line
December 9, 2007, Roi Heenok announced the soon launching of his clothing line : Ghetto Elegance.The shop opened December 28, 2008