In July 2025, Benab unveiled his project “LDDLF” (Le Début de la Fin, “The Beginning of the End”). Built in four parts, the Sevran artist rolled out close to a hundred tracks. In “Roro”, taken from “Au clair de la rue – Part. 2”, he announced he would bow out in 2025: “Twenty-six candles, give it four more, I’m done; if there’s heja, go through Tarek.” Promise kept: on Instagram he made the album “ALT F4” official — a keyboard command that shuts down a computer and, metaphorically, closes a chapter. The first signal arrived with “RS6”, a natural extension of freestyles “RS3”, “RS4” and “RS5”, which feels like the culmination of a long arc.
In an interview with Booska-P, Benab explained his decision. He never really saw himself as “a rapper”: his voice pulled him into music first, the writing came after. He also admits music took him away from his people, to the point of isolation — a weighty choice. On the numbers side, “Au clair de la rue” cleared over 7,000 first-week sales. By the end of the interview, he sounded set on turning the page.
Benab signs off in style with “RS6” alongside ZKR and Timal!
The production comes from Bersa. His tag — “Ah bah ouais, Bersa” — already stamped the very first freestyle “RS3”. Also from Sevran, Bersa has dotted Benab’s discography, bringing a touch of softness and vibey cuts to a city long tied to trap, alongside Dabs — and, a little earlier, Imen ES.
Many artists in Kaaris’s wake leaned into trap/drill — Ixzo, Kalash Criminel, 13 Block. Whether he truly “put Sevran in the spotlight” or not, he did anchor trap there, backed by Booba, who helped break him with “Kalash” (though Kaaris argues the opposite in “Réussite” — go figure!). On “RS6”, the beat is less explosive than usual: Benab, Timal and ZKR, the rapper from Roubaix, deliver sleek, controlled flows.
On social media, the video dropped on Sunday night. It was directed by Devia Studio, the creative team behind the cover art for Fresh La Douille’s Mains Sales and Djadja & Dinaz’s Terminal 7.
