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Roi may refer to:

• Roi, a 1993 song by The Breeders in their album Last Splash
• Roi Et and Roi Et province in Thailand
• Roi Klein, an Israeli Defense major
• Roi-Namur, an island in the Marshall Islands
• "Le Roi" (French for "the King"), a nickname for French basketball player Antoine Rigaudeau
• USS Roi (CVE-103), a US war ship

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ROI may stand for:

• Return on Investment or Rate of return, used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment in finance and economics
• Receipt of invoice
• Reactive oxygen intermediate
• Risk of infection
• Region of interest, for example in image analysis or image processing
• Release of Information, in Health Information Management
• Republic of Ireland
• Republic of India
• Republic of Indonesia
• Royal Institute of Oil Painters

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Heenok Beauséjour^[1] (born in 1974^[2]) and better known by his stage name Roi Heenok ("King Heenok") is a Canadian rapper of Haitian descent from Montreal, Quebec.

Roi Heenok has achieved a certain notoriety in France since 2004 thanks to Internet fame.^[3] Henook claims to represent the revival of French rap, and he has performed in Paris on three occasions – November 24, 2005,^[3] June 10, 2008 and October 29, 2008.

Lyrical style[link]

Roi Heenok often uses an unusual slang and vocabulary, as well as many recurring sentences in his lyrics. His language is more similar to a pidgin than academic French For example, in one lyric he raps "T'entends, jeune pédé ?" ("Ya hear, young faggot?") His raps are particularly hard to translate. Some examples include "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's from Pakistan, eh? It's Israeli shit, young fag") and "ça va devenir vrai dans cette pièce pour quelques instants" ("It's gonna get real in this room for a moment"). Most of these expressions are directly translated from English to French, which gives his raps a comic tone in their original language (for example the direct translation of "bitch nigger" to "pute nègre").^[4]

Henook uses a lyrical tempo, slower than usual for rap and more like a poetry slam.

Criticisms[link]

Though he has claimed to be famous in Quebec, and French media have believed those claims (the French newspaper 20 Minutes wrote an article about his live show in Paris ^[5]), his legitimacy as a rap artist has since been frequently questioned.^[3] Since his rise to internet stardom, some believe that he is simply a parody.^[6][7]

Heenok is known for his provocative statements. He has claimed to admire Osama bin Laden and to be a drug dealer, as well as insulting French rappers like Booba, whom he clashed in a track called "J'garde le Kalashnikov" ("Keeping my Kalashnikov").

Internet fame[link]

Several Heenok videos and interviews are available on video sites such as Youtube and Dailymotion. Heenok's internet fame seems to stem more from his comic antics and statements than from his artistic talent.

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Documentary film[link]

On January 21, 2008 Kourtrajmé edited the straight-to-DVD documentary film Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok ("King Heenok's mathematics"), by Romain Gavras and Mohamed Mazouz. The documentary claims that Heenok "is for French rap what Jean-Claude Van Damme is for cinema""^[8] In the film, Heenok describes himself as a "Crazy rapper".

Arrest[link]

On April 17, 2008 Quebecois Channel TQS announced that the Montreal Police Department found weapons, ammunition, bulletproof vests and drugs in Heenok's recording studio. Heenok and three of his friends were arrested.^[2][9] Heenok was released on April 25, 2008.^[10]

Influences[link]

Heenok began in the group Drama Stay Live Entertainment. He then launched another musical group, Gangsters et Gentlemen, with Quebec rappers such as Rap Iso, Kinimod, UgoBoss and Lynn. Heenok claims to be part of the gangsta rap sub-genre.

He claims influences from movies like First Blood and Scarface.^{[citation needed]}

Discography[link]

• 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 Raekwon from the Wu-Tang Clan
• La guerre des étoiles, project from Roi Heenok including rappers as Rohff, Sefyu, Kery James, Mac Tyer, Joe Dalton, Assassin, Tandem, Passi, Soprano, Ol' Kainry, Oxmo Puccino, Alibi Montana, 113, Tony S , Yeb and Arsenik, this project was originally planned for 2008 but is no longer in progress, and has been replaced by Nouveau Rap Mondial
• Calico Musique was an album announced by Roi Heenok at the beginning of 2009 for which Roi Heenok planned to to produce all the songs with GOD from Infamous Mobb
• 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[link]

• Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok, a DVD made by Kourtrajmé, published in France in January 2008
• Cocaïno Rap Musique le DVD, a DVD made by Amine Bouziane and Julien Lafont for Stuff Productions, published in France in June 2008
• Le Monde selon Roi Heenok, a DVD made by Amine Bouziane and Julien Lafont for Stuff Productions, published in France in February 2011

Clothing line[link]

On December 9, 2007, Roi Heenok announced the launch of his clothing line, Ghetto Elegance.^[11] The first shop opened December 28, 2008.

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References[link]

1. ^ In an interview for 20minutes.fr, he affirmed that Heenok is his real first name. A report for channel TQS stated that his name is Heenok Beauséjour, but a second report speaks of a Jean-Marie Beauséjour, as does an article on Nouvelobs.com. An article on 20minutes.fr alludes to a brother of Roi Heenok named Jean-Marie. In an interview for webzine Bounce2Dis.com, the rapper in question confirmed that his first name is Henook and his brother's is Jean-Marie.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Le Roi Heenok a été arrêté". nouvelobs.com. nouvelobs.com. 24 June 2008. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/people/20080418.OBS0290/le_roi_heenok_a_ete_arrete.html. Retrieved 16 September 2008. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Roi Heenok sur canal+/"Tentations 07" sujet de Amine Bouziane
4. ^ YouTube - Best of Roi Heenok / Compilation
5. ^ Vive le Roi Heenok, futur monarque du rap ("Long live the King Heenok, rap's next monarch") (29 November 2005) sur le site de 20 minutes
6. ^ Interview du Roi Heenok sur dMute.net
7. ^ Le Roi Heenok en DVD, c'est maintenant, t'entends jeune PD ? - Le blog ciné-télé de Nanarland.com
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8. ^ Crakedz
9. ^ Arrestation du roi Heenok à Montréal^{[dead link]}
10. ^ Arrestation du roi Heenok à Montréal^{[dead link]}
11. ^ Site internet Ghetto Elegance

External links[link]

• Gangster et Gentlemen, Heenok's musical group
• Roi Heenok's official website
• an interview
• Roi Heenok's clothing line
• Roi Heenok on dailymotion