Retracing Cheikh Naam's career in the raï of the 70s and 80s. Through musical extracts and anecdotes (creation of a Chaabi group in Sidi bel abbes in the 70s, before taking an interest in a genre which, according to him, was emerging in Ain temouchent), I hope to shed new light on his work and his heritage (he drew on the qacidates of the Melhoun genre...).