The artist succumbed to a long illness after eight years of struggle.
French rapper Prince Waly, whose real name is Moussa Magassa, died on Sunday at the age of 34 following a long illness, after an eight-year battle marked by thymus cancer and paraneoplastic pemphigus.
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The rapper had fought against thymus cancer discovered in 2019, then against paraneoplastic pemphigus.
French rap is losing one of its figures. Rapper Prince Waly, whose real name was Moussa Magassa, died on Sunday at the age of 34. His relatives announced his death on social networks, explaining that he had died of a long illness after eight years of struggle.
His medical journey began in 2019 with the discovery of thymus cancer. The rapper announced his recovery at the end of 2021, but he then contracted paraneoplastic pemphigus. This very rare autoimmune condition is “characterized by painful bubbles and erosions of the skin and mucous membranes,” according to the Indian hospital chain Medicover Hospitals.
An album despite illness
This first illness also had consequences on his music. The tumor, located near a nerve controlling his vocal cords, caused him to lose his voice, according to an interview given in 2022 to the ABCDR du Son website.
Born in Montreuil, in Seine-Saint-Denis, Prince Waly had published several projects during his career, including the EP Junior and BO Y Z. In 2022, he released Moussa, his first album, including Feu! Chatterton, Jazzy Bazz and Luidji.
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