Departures of note

Prince Waly, born Moussa Magassa in Montreuil, began rapping in his teens with childhood friend Fiasko Proximo, forming the duo Big Budha Cheez, and was part of the Exepoq Organisation collective. He launched his solo career in 2016 with the EP Junior, followed by the critically acclaimed EP BO Y Z in 2019. His debut solo album, Moussa, released in September 2022, featured guests including Feu! Chatterton, Jazzy Bazz, Luidji, Freeze Corleone and Ali, and won the Prix Joséphine des artistes in 2023. He collaborated widely across the francophone rap scene with artists such as Alpha Wann, Lomepal and Oxmo Puccino. Diagnosed with thymus cancer in 2019, which cost him his voice, he announced his recovery at the end of 2021 before later battling pemphigus paraneoplastic, a rare autoimmune disease. He died on 4 October 2026 at the age of 34.