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lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="فرنچ مونتانا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Montana" title="French Montana – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="French Montana" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Montana" title="French Montana – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="French Montana" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="فرنچ مونتانا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فرنچ مونتانا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Montana" title="French Montana – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="French Montana" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%A0%8C%EC%B9%98_%EB%AA%AC%ED%83%9C%EB%82%98" title="프렌치 몬태나 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프렌치 몬태나" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%B9_%D5%84%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1" title="Ֆրենչ Մոնտանա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆրենչ Մոնտանա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Montana" title="French Montana – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="French Montana" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Montana" title="French Montana – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="French Montana" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Montana" title="French Montana – Italian" lang="it" 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href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B4_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="فرنش مونتانا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فرنش مونتانا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Montana" title="French Montana – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="French Montana" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8A" title="フレンチ・モンタナ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フレンチ・モンタナ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%87_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Френч Монтана – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Френч Монтана" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Montana" title="French Montana – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="French Montana" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Montana" title="French Montana – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="French Montana" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple 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title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>, Morocco</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">The Bronx</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">Hip hop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output 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producer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_Montana_discography" title="French Montana discography">French Montana discography</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">2002–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gamma_(media_company)" title="Gamma (media company)">gamma.</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a></li><li>Montana</li><li>Coke Boys</li><li><a href="/wiki/Bad_Boy_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Bad Boy Entertainment">Bad Boy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maybach_Music_Group" title="Maybach Music Group">Maybach Music</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Konvict_Muzik" class="mw-redirect" title="Konvict Muzik">Konvict</a></li><li>Evil Empire</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Deen Kharbouch</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2007; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 2014)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://frenchmontana.com">frenchmontana.com</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> Karim Kharbouch (<a href="/wiki/Moroccan_Arabic" title="Moroccan Arabic">Arabic</a>: كريم خربوش <a href="/wiki/IPA_pronunciation" class="mw-redirect" title="IPA pronunciation">[kæɾiːm χɑɾbuːʃ]</a>; born November 9, 1984), better known by his stage name French Montana, is a Moroccan-American rapper.<a href="#cite_note-auto-1">[1]</a> Born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>, he immigrated to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> with his family at the age of 13.<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-SDinterview-3">[3]</a> Kharbouch first gained recognition hosting the New York City-tailored <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> series Cocaine City during the 2000s, which centered around interviews of hip hop figures. He embarked on a recording career while doing so, and released several <a href="/wiki/Underground_hip_hop" title="Underground hip hop">underground</a> projects until signing with <a href="/wiki/Sean_Combs" title="Sean Combs">Puff Daddy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bad_Boy_Records" title="Bad Boy Records">Bad Boy Records</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ross" title="Rick Ross">Rick Ross</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Maybach_Music_Group" title="Maybach Music Group">Maybach Music Group</a>, in a triple-joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope Records</a> in 2012. His debut studio album, <a href="/wiki/Excuse_My_French_(album)" title="Excuse My French (album)">Excuse My French</a> (2013), peaked at number four on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a> despite critical failure; its lead single, "<a href="/wiki/Pop_That" title="Pop That">Pop That</a>" (featuring Rick Ross, <a href="/wiki/Drake_(musician)" title="Drake (musician)">Drake</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lil_Wayne" title="Lil Wayne">Lil Wayne</a>), peaked within the top 40 of the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> His 2017 single, "<a href="/wiki/Unforgettable_(French_Montana_song)" title="Unforgettable (French Montana song)">Unforgettable</a>" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Swae_Lee" title="Swae Lee">Swae Lee</a>), peaked within the chart's top ten, and received <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification#List_of_certifications" title="RIAA certification">diamond</a> certification by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA). It preceded his second studio album <a href="/wiki/Jungle_Rules" title="Jungle Rules">Jungle Rules</a> (2017), which was met with similar commercial success—peaking at number three on the Billboard 200—and a critical incline. His third and fourth studio albums, <a href="/wiki/Montana_(French_Montana_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Montana (French Montana album)">Montana</a> (2019) and <a href="/wiki/They_Got_Amnesia" title="They Got Amnesia">They Got Amnesia</a> (2021), were both met with lukewarm critical and commercial reception; the latter served as his final release on a <a href="/wiki/Major_label" class="mw-redirect" title="Major label">major label</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> Kharbouch founded the record label Coke Boys Records (previously known as Cocaine City Records) in 2008, which has signed Chicago rapper <a href="/wiki/Lil_Durk" title="Lil Durk">Lil Durk</a>, as well as fellow New York artists including <a href="/wiki/Velous" title="Velous">Velous</a>, the late <a href="/wiki/Chinx" title="Chinx">Chinx</a>, and record producer <a href="/wiki/Harry_Fraud" title="Harry Fraud">Harry Fraud</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> He is the most <a href="/wiki/Music_streaming_service" title="Music streaming service">streamed</a> African-born musical artist, and is the first African-born artist to have a <a href="/wiki/Music_recording_certification" title="Music recording certification">diamond</a>-certified song by the RIAA. Outside of music, Kharbouch has been prolific in charitable and <a href="#Philanthropy">philanthropic endeavors</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> Karim Kharbouch was born on November 9, 1984, in <a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a> He grew up at the family estate outside Casablanca where he lived for the first 13 years of his life.<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a> Kharbouch has claimed that he has <a href="/wiki/Moroccans" title="Moroccans">Moroccan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethiopians" title="Ethiopians">Ethiopian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Somali_people" title="Somali people">Somalian</a> ancestry.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto-1">[1]</a> Growing up, he was consumed with <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">soccer</a> and rap, describing them as his two favorite childhood hobbies,<a href="#cite_note-SDinterview-3">[3]</a> before getting into basketball in his later teens.<a href="#cite_note-CombatJack1-15">[15]</a> In the mid-1990s, Kharbouch left Morocco with his parents and younger brother for <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, where they settled in the <a href="/wiki/South_Bronx" title="South Bronx">South Bronx</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a> Kharbouch spoke only his <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Morocco" title="Languages of Morocco">native languages</a> of <a href="/wiki/Moroccan_Darija" class="mw-redirect" title="Moroccan Darija">Moroccan Darija</a> Arabic and <a href="/wiki/French_language_in_Morocco" title="French language in Morocco">French</a> when he first arrived, and learned <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> in the streets and in the Bronx high schools of <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_High_School_(New_York_City)" title="Theodore Roosevelt High School (New York City)">Roosevelt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Herbert_H._Lehman_High_School" title="Herbert H. Lehman High School">Lehman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a> After struggling for two years, his father decided they would move back to Casablanca, but his mother opted to stay back with their children citing lack of opportunities back home.<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a> His mother was pregnant with his youngest brother at the time, who was born in the United States shortly after his father departed for Morocco. With three children, his mother was dependent on welfare for financial support. Kharbouch eventually found himself the primary breadwinner for the family.<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002–2010:_Cocaine_City_Records">2002–2010: Cocaine City Records</h3></div> Kharbouch began his career as a <a href="/wiki/Battle_rap" title="Battle rap">battle rapper</a> in his teens under the name Young French. In 2002, Kharbouch and close friend Cams created a series of street DVDs called Cocaine City, drawing inspiration from the Smack DVD series popular at the time.<a href="#cite_note-ComplexWIFM-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-IndieHipHop-17">[17]</a> The series featured interviews with major and upcoming rappers, personalities, and a focus on street music and hip hop beefs.<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-ComplexWIFM-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-RapFixLive-18">[18]</a> Initially as Young French, he used the DVDs as a means of showcasing his talent as an underground artist, including in it his original music, freestyles, and collaborations with other artists. The first volume in the series featured <a href="/wiki/Pee_Wee_Kirkland" title="Pee Wee Kirkland">Pee Wee Kirkland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Remy_Ma" title="Remy Ma">Remy Ma</a>, among others.<a href="#cite_note-ComplexWIFM-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-CombatJack1-15">[15]</a> What started out as a medium for developing an audience, quickly grew into one of the top-selling street DVDs.<a href="#cite_note-IndieHipHop-17">[17]</a> The series ran for eight years between 2002 and 2010, totaling 14 volumes, and multiple spinoff films. Based out of the Bronx, Kharbouch ran the series with the help of childhood friends including Brock, Droop Pop and Cheeze, who went on to become the first rappers that formed the Coke Boys.<a href="#cite_note-HHVibeBrock-19">[19]</a> In 2003, Kharbouch suffered a gunshot to the head when he was confronted by two armed gunmen as he was leaving a recording studio in the Bronx.<a href="#cite_note-Life+Times-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-USmag-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-ComplexWIFM-16">[16]</a> The incident resulted in one of the gunmen dead, in what is believed to be a case of "<a href="/wiki/Friendly_fire" title="Friendly fire">friendly fire</a>" by one assailant against the other.<a href="#cite_note-Life+Times-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-CombatJack3-22">[22]</a> French was then hospitalized for several weeks.<a href="#cite_note-ComplexWIFM-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-CombatJack3-22">[22]</a> Upon discharge, he discovered that he was set up by someone close to him and his circle.<a href="#cite_note-Life+Times-20">[20]</a> In 2007, French Montana released his debut mixtape French Revolution Vol. 1, which included collaborations with <a href="/wiki/Uncle_Murda" title="Uncle Murda">Uncle Murda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jae_Millz" title="Jae Millz">Jae Millz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mazaradi_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazaradi Fox">Mazaradi Fox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Yayo" title="Tony Yayo">Tony Yayo</a>. The track "Quarter to Eight" was the first of many collaborations with <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ross" title="Rick Ross">Rick Ross</a>. The <a href="/wiki/J._Cardim" title="J. Cardim">J. Cardim</a>-produced "Straight Cash" was French's first underground hit. In 2008, he released his second mixtape, Live From Africa.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> The song "Waavvy" was the first collaboration with rapper <a href="/wiki/Max_B" title="Max B">Max B</a>. French Montana and Max B released their debut collaborative mixtape <a href="/wiki/Coke_Wave" title="Coke Wave">Coke Wave</a> on February 6, 2009. A few weeks later, on February 23, Max B's mixtape Quarantine was released, while French released his The Laundry Man on February 24, 2009.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> The two artists resumed concentrating on their solo records, until the release of their second collaborative mixtape Coke Wave 2 in November that year. French was included in <a href="/wiki/XXL_(magazine)" title="XXL (magazine)">XXL</a>'s Freshman Class of 2012. At that time he had already been signed to <a href="/wiki/Bad_Boy_Records" title="Bad Boy Records">Bad Boy Records</a> following the success of his single "<a href="/wiki/Shot_Caller_(song)" title="Shot Caller (song)">Shot Caller</a>", and had just signed a joint-venture between Bad Boy and <a href="/wiki/Maybach_Music_Group" title="Maybach Music Group">Maybach Music Group</a>.<a href="#cite_note-RapFixLive-18">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Harry_Fraud_and_the_Chinatown_raid">Harry Fraud and the Chinatown raid</h4></div> In an interview with <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> magazine, close friend and producer <a href="/wiki/Harry_Fraud" title="Harry Fraud">Harry Fraud</a> revealed first meeting French Montana during a recording session at a studio in <a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Manhattan" title="Chinatown, Manhattan">Chinatown</a>. Fraud recalls recording a song for someone which French happened to have a guest feature on. In an unusual turn of events, the building was <a href="/wiki/Police_raid" title="Police raid">raided</a> by police after a tip-off that there were counterfeit Gucci and Louis Vuitton purses being manufactured at the same building. Having lost his studio spot, Fraud went on to form his own studio in Brooklyn, where the two "met and formed a bond".<a href="#cite_note-HarryFraudRS-25">[25]</a> Harry Fraud, who hails from a musical family background and had interned at a <a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">recording studio</a>,<a href="#cite_note-HarryFraudL+T-26">[26]</a> was still unknown professionally at the time. The two released their first collaboration "New York Minute", featuring <a href="/wiki/Jadakiss" title="Jadakiss">Jadakiss</a>, off of French's fifth mixtape Mac Wit Da Cheese released on April 19, 2009.<a href="#cite_note-FM5-27">[27]</a> Following its success, the two artists recorded "We Playin In The Wind" off of French's sixth mixtape The Laundry Man 2 released on June 29.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> With "New York Minute" still buzzing in the city, rapper <a href="/wiki/Ma$e" class="mw-redirect" title="Ma$e">Ma$e</a> would approach French Montana to hop on the remix,<a href="#cite_note-ChoppaRoss-29">[29]</a> included in French's eighth mixtape Coke Wave 2 released in November. Since then, Harry Fraud's production has been a staple among French's music, and Fraud has since ventured out into working with various other artists. Fraud gained mainstream attention when his track with French Montana "<a href="/wiki/Shot_Caller_(French_Montana_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shot Caller (French Montana song)">Shot Caller</a>" became one of the most added tracks on <a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban contemporary">urban contemporary</a> radio in 2011–2012.<a href="#cite_note-SDinterview-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gaby_Acevedo_and_signing_with_Akon">Gaby Acevedo and signing with Akon</h4></div> Starting in 2009, French Montana had signed a deal with <a href="/wiki/Akon" title="Akon">Akon</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Konvict_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Konvict Music">Konvict Music</a> label.<a href="#cite_note-AkonAcevedo-30">[30]</a> The two previously met in Miami in 2008,<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> and later appeared on <a href="/wiki/DJ_Green_Lantern" title="DJ Green Lantern">DJ Green Lantern</a>'s "Invasion Radio" on <a href="/wiki/SiriusXM" class="mw-redirect" title="SiriusXM">SiriusXM</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Hip-Hop_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip-Hop Nation">Hip-Hop Nation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> The pair collaborated on a series of tracks including their first single "Married to the Streets" on French's seventh mixtape Cocaine Konvicts released on September 25.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-GabyAcevedo-34">[34]</a> In later interviews, French revealed that he had a "shopping deal" with Akon for a six months to a year period.<a href="#cite_note-ComplexWIFM-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-ParleMag-35">[35]</a> "A shopping deal is when an artist takes a liking in you, and they try to take you to a label to get you signed. I was gonna go get signed to his label, but they were going through problems with <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope</a>. [As a result] my deal was over with him, so I went and did my own thing", claimed French in his 2012 interview with Complex.<a href="#cite_note-ComplexWIFM-16">[16]</a> Akon, whom French refers to as "big brother",<a href="#cite_note-BadBoyKonvict-36">[36]</a> would continue to maintain a relationship with French, collaborating on songs together despite the unsuccessful deal between the two. French had met Akon through their mutual friend Gaby Acevedo. Acevedo was then-president of <a href="/wiki/SRC_Records" title="SRC Records">SRC Records</a> – under founder and chairman <a href="/wiki/Steve_Rifkind" title="Steve Rifkind">Steve Rifkind</a> — the label first responsible for breaking out artists such as Akon, <a href="/wiki/David_Banner" title="David Banner">David Banner</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Remy_Ma" title="Remy Ma">Remy Ma</a>, then a member of Fat Joe's <a href="/wiki/Terror_Squad_(group)" title="Terror Squad (group)">Terror Squad</a>. Acevedo, whom French had befriended during his time working on the Cocaine City DVDs, had put his music on to Akon who then approached French inviting him to meet him in <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AkonAcevedo-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-GabyAcevedo-34">[34]</a> Although the Akon deal was short-lived, Acevedo would eventually go on to become French's manager following his mainstream breakout. In 2012, with Rifkind leaving SRC's parent company <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a> in September, the SRC imprint would close shop as well. With French's management deal with Mizay Entertainment having recently ended, Gaby Acevedo would postpone retirement to become his new manager, where he now spends his time on the road touring with French.<a href="#cite_note-GabyAcevedo-34">[34]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010–2011:_"Choppa_Choppa_Down"_and_southern_breakout">2010–2011: "Choppa Choppa Down" and southern breakout</h3></div> French released his tenth mixtape Coke Boys on September 15, 2010, which included collaborations with <a href="/wiki/Three_6_Mafia" title="Three 6 Mafia">Three 6 Mafia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gucci_Mane" title="Gucci Mane">Gucci Mane</a>, Akon, <a href="/wiki/Fat_Joe" title="Fat Joe">Fat Joe</a>, fellow Coke Boys, among others.<a href="#cite_note-FM10-37">[37]</a> The record which included the track "Choppa Choppa Down", featuring <a href="/wiki/Waka_Flocka_Flame" title="Waka Flocka Flame">Waka Flocka Flame</a>, became a hit among clubs and radio throughout the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">south</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Guide-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Waka Flocka, who recently broken into the mainstream with his single "<a href="/wiki/Hard_In_Da_Paint" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard In Da Paint">Hard In Da Paint</a>" released on May 13, had recorded the song earlier that year while Gucci Mane was still in prison. An early remix to the song, featuring French Montana, was included in French's ninth mixtape Mac & Cheese 2 released earlier that year on May 6 and which also included collaborations with rising stars <a href="/wiki/Wiz_Khalifa" title="Wiz Khalifa">Wiz Khalifa</a>, Nicki Minaj, <a href="/wiki/Big_Sean" title="Big Sean">Big Sean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curren$y" class="mw-redirect" title="Curren$y">Curren$y</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nipsey_Hussle" title="Nipsey Hussle">Nipsey Hussle</a> among others.<a href="#cite_note-FM9-40">[40]</a> The two respective breakout tracks would kick off the start of a close relationship between French and Waka Flocka, where the two describe themselves as being "brothers".<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Signing_with_Debra_Antney">Signing with Debra Antney</h4></div> On November 18, 2010, <a href="/wiki/XXL_(magazine)" title="XXL (magazine)">XXL</a> magazine reported on French Montana having signed with <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>-based management firm Mizay Entertainment, headed by Debra Antney.<a href="#cite_note-XXLmizay-42">[42]</a> Debra, who is Waka Flocka's mother, was also manager to Gucci Mane, <a href="/wiki/OJ_Da_Juiceman" class="mw-redirect" title="OJ Da Juiceman">OJ Da Juiceman</a>, rising star <a href="/wiki/Lex_Luger_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lex Luger (musician)">Lex Luger</a> and the <a href="/wiki/808_Mafia" title="808 Mafia">808 Mafia</a> production team, and formerly <a href="/wiki/Nicki_Minaj" title="Nicki Minaj">Nicki Minaj</a> prior to her mainstream breakout.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> The music video for "Choppa Choppa Down",<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> which featured a <a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_Down_(film)" title="Black Hawk Down (film)">Black Hawk Down</a> theme, was released in late-January and included cameos from Gucci, <a href="/wiki/Shawty_Lo" title="Shawty Lo">Shawty Lo</a>, DJ Holiday and members of <a href="/wiki/Brick_Squad_Monopoly" class="mw-redirect" title="Brick Squad Monopoly">Brick Squad Monopoly</a>.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> With the success of the Coke Boys mixtape and his recent management deal with Debra, French adopted a recurring <a href="/wiki/Trap_music_(hip_hop)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trap music (hip hop)">trap</a> influence among his music. in 2013, Debra Antney sued French Montana for dealing behind her back for commission. In 2017, Debra won the <a href="/wiki/Lawsuit" title="Lawsuit">lawsuit</a> against him for which he was obliged to pay $2 million to Debra.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> On February 15, French released his eleventh mixtape <a href="/wiki/Mister_16:_Casino_Life" class="mw-redirect" title="Mister 16: Casino Life">Mister 16: Casino Life</a>, which featured productions from Fraud and <a href="/wiki/Lex_Luger" title="Lex Luger">Lex Luger</a> among others, including his soon-to-be next hit "Shot Caller".<a href="#cite_note-FM11-48">[48]</a> The tape's combination of hard trap beats alongside the more soulful beats – such as those of his New York producer Harry Fraud – would become a fixture among French's music. The latter sound being further explored in his twelfth mixtape Coke Boys 2 released on August 19,<a href="#cite_note-FM12-49">[49]</a> providing a softer break from his more robust tapes that year. Both records have been acclaimed for their production and hooks. French would continue on his increasing presence in the South, releasing his collaborative mixtape with Waka Flocka called Lock Out on December 14. That same month, he would release his long-awaited collaborative mixtape <a href="/wiki/Cocaine_Mafia" title="Cocaine Mafia">Cocaine Mafia</a> with <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a>-based rappers <a href="/wiki/Juicy_J" title="Juicy J">Juicy J</a> and <a href="/wiki/Project_Pat" title="Project Pat">Project Pat</a>, released on December 19.<a href="#cite_note-FM14-50">[50]</a> This would be French's thirteenth and fourteenth mixtapes, respectively. With four records out in 2011, it would be his busiest year of releases since 2009. In a 2012 interview with Parlé magazine, French revealed his deal with Mizay Entertainment as having been for a year and a half.<a href="#cite_note-ParleMag-35">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Collaborating_with_Rick_Ross">Collaborating with Rick Ross</h4></div> With French's growing buzz in the South, he was approached by <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>-based rapper <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ross" title="Rick Ross">Rick Ross</a> who invited him to his studio. French, who admits having been a fan of Ross' music, was invited to come "at like three in the morning" where he listened to his upcoming <a href="/wiki/Maybach_Music_Group" title="Maybach Music Group">MMG</a> collaborative album <a href="/wiki/Self_Made_Vol._1" title="Self Made Vol. 1">Self Made Vol. 1</a>. The two recorded a track for the album, while Ross hopped on the remix to "Choppa Choppa Down".<a href="#cite_note-ChoppaRoss-29">[29]</a> The new single, which also featured Wiz Khalifa, was released on April 28, 2011, with the music video coming out in June.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> An earlier remix featuring Gucci Mane and Wiz Khalifa had been released on March 25. The collaboration would mark the start of French's relationship with Rick Ross and his <a href="/wiki/Maybach_Music_Group" title="Maybach Music Group">Maybach Music Group</a>, prompting speculation whether French would be signing to the label.<a href="#cite_note-ChoppaRoss-29">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011–2012:_"Shot_Caller"_and_New_York_takeover">2011–2012: "Shot Caller" and New York takeover</h3></div> With French juggling between Atlanta and New York, his song "<a href="/wiki/Shot_Caller_(French_Montana_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shot Caller (French Montana song)">Shot Caller</a>" off of the Casino Life record would gain traction on New York radio beginning mid-2011. During an on-air interview with <a href="/wiki/Fat_Joe" title="Fat Joe">Fat Joe</a> on <a href="/wiki/DJ_Green_Lantern" title="DJ Green Lantern">DJ Green Lantern</a>'s "Invasion Radio" in October 2011, French would call in to praise close friend and fellow-<a href="/wiki/Bronx" class="mw-redirect" title="Bronx">Bronx</a> rapper Fat Joe, revealing his role in helping to get "Shot Caller" on the airwaves.<a href="#cite_note-FatJoeSiriusXM-52">[52]</a> Fat Joe, whom he refers to as "big brother", praised French's work ethic and revealed that French had been receiving offers from several major labels.<a href="#cite_note-FatJoeSiriusXM-52">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Jim_Jones_bottle-throwing_incident">Jim Jones bottle-throwing incident</h4></div> On the night of August 5, 2011, <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">Bronx</a>-based rapper <a href="/wiki/Fat_Joe" title="Fat Joe">Fat Joe</a> was slated to host <a href="/wiki/Funkmaster_Flex" title="Funkmaster Flex">Funkmaster Flex</a>'s birthday party at <a href="/wiki/Webster_Hall" title="Webster Hall">Webster Hall</a>. During his performance, Fat Joe brought out French Montana to perform on stage. Controversy erupted as Jim Jones and his entourage, who were reportedly on the adjacent balcony seats, began hurling bottles and glass at the performers.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> The following day, videos of the incident were uploaded online, depicting French and his entourage facing a barrage of glass and liquor on stage, as they continued performing his rendition of "Hard In Da Paint" while facing the mentioned balcony with the crowd chanting along to it.<a href="#cite_note-WebsterHall-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Some of the members on stage hurled debris back towards the balcony, as Jones and his entourage eventually exited the premises.<a href="#cite_note-WebsterHall-55">[55]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Collaborating_with_Diddy">Collaborating with Diddy</h4></div> Fat Joe and Waka Flocka accompanied French Montana in his video shoot for "Shot Caller" later that month in August. The song, which made reference to <a href="/wiki/Sean_Combs" title="Sean Combs">Diddy</a>'s 1997 hit "<a href="/wiki/Its_All_About_The_Benjamins" class="mw-redirect" title="Its All About The Benjamins">Its All About The Benjamins</a>", would soon garner the interest of the <a href="/wiki/Bad_Boy_Records" title="Bad Boy Records">Bad Boy</a> mogul. On October 9, French announced Diddy and <a href="/wiki/T.I." title="T.I.">T.I.</a> for the official remix to the song.<a href="#cite_note-ShotCallerRemix-57">[57]</a> <a href="/wiki/DJ_Drama" title="DJ Drama">DJ Drama</a>, who called it his favorite record, referred T.I. to jump on the remix.<a href="#cite_note-ShotCallerRemix-57">[57]</a> Although the T.I. feature never came to fruition, the remix was released on November 24, and featured rappers Diddy and Rick Ross. With "Shot Caller" already one of the most played tracks on New York radio, on stations such as <a href="/wiki/Hot_97" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot 97">Hot 97</a> and <a href="/wiki/Power_105" class="mw-redirect" title="Power 105">Power 105</a>,<a href="#cite_note-ShotCallerRemix-57">[57]</a> French was slated to appear on the upcoming episode of BET's <a href="/wiki/106_%26_Park" title="106 & Park">106 & Park</a> on December 6,<a href="#cite_note-BadBoyKonvict-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-BETBadBoy-58">[58]</a> where he would be debuting the music video and announcing the label he's signing with. Diddy would also appear that night as part of his "Bad Boy Takeover" campaign, whereon the two officially announced that French Montana had signed to Bad Boy Records.<a href="#cite_note-BETBadBoy-58">[58]</a> Between 2011 and 2012, "Shot Caller" had become one of the most added tracks on <a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban contemporary">urban contemporary</a> radio in the country.<a href="#cite_note-SDinterview-3">[3]</a> It was re-released as a single on January 10, and the music video for the remix was released in February 2012. A "NY Giants remix" premiered on <a href="/wiki/Funkmaster_Flex" title="Funkmaster Flex">Funkmaster Flex</a>'s radio show on January 6, celebrating the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">Giants</a>' <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVI" title="Super Bowl XLVI">Super Bowl</a> win against the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">Patriots</a> the day before.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012–2016:_Signing_to_Bad_Boy_and_MMG">2012–2016: Signing to Bad Boy and MMG</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Excuse_My_French_(album)" title="Excuse My French (album)">Excuse My French (album)</a></div> Having received offers from several labels, including Jay-Z's <a href="/wiki/Roc_Nation" title="Roc Nation">Roc Nation</a> and Kanye's <a href="/wiki/GOOD_Music" title="GOOD Music">GOOD Music</a>; on December 6 on <a href="/wiki/BET" title="BET">BET</a>, French Montana publicly announced signing with Bad Boy Records, an imprint of <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope Records</a>. In a subsequent interview with <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a> magazine, French revealed that had he not signed with Bad Boy that MMG would be his next choice.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> However, on January 4, 2012, while in the studio with Rick Ross, the two announced French's new signing to a joint-venture between Bad Boy Records and Maybach Music Group, making him a part of both labels.<a href="#cite_note-JointVenture-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-JointVenture2-62">[62]</a> Both Ross and Diddy would be executive producing his debut <a href="/wiki/Studio_album" class="mw-redirect" title="Studio album">studio album</a>.<a href="#cite_note-JointVenture-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-JointVenture2-62">[62]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id=""Stay_Schemin"_and_"Pop_That"">"Stay Schemin" and "Pop That"</h4></div> On January 6, the two dropped Ross' track "<a href="/wiki/Stay_Schemin" class="mw-redirect" title="Stay Schemin">Stay Schemin</a>" with rapper <a href="/wiki/Drake_(rapper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Drake (rapper)">Drake</a>. Notable for its memorable French and Ross "<a href="/wiki/Hook_(music)" title="Hook (music)">hook</a>", the track became one of the biggest hits that year, oft-talked about for its Drake verse believed to be a "diss" towards rapper <a href="/wiki/Common_(rapper)" title="Common (rapper)">Common</a> at the time. French Montana was featured on <a href="/wiki/XXL_(magazine)" title="XXL (magazine)">XXL's Freshman Class of 2012</a> alongside <a href="/wiki/Future_(rapper)" title="Future (rapper)">Future</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kid_Ink" title="Kid Ink">Kid Ink</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Brown_(rapper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny Brown (rapper)">Danny Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macklemore" title="Macklemore">Macklemore</a>, Don Trip, <a href="/wiki/Hopsin" title="Hopsin">Hopsin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iggy_Azalea" title="Iggy Azalea">Iggy Azalea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Dash" title="Roscoe Dash">Roscoe Dash</a>, and Bad Boy labelmate <a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun_Kelly_(musician)" title="Machine Gun Kelly (musician)">MGK</a>.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> French later revealed to host <a href="/wiki/Sway_Calloway" title="Sway Calloway">Sway Calloway</a> on MTV's RapFix Live in August 2012 that he almost turned down the cover opportunity feeling he deserved it a year or two prior.<a href="#cite_note-RapFixLive-18">[18]</a> French's first single from the upcoming album, "<a href="/wiki/Pop_That" title="Pop That">Pop That</a>" was released on June 15, featuring Ross, Drake and <a href="/wiki/Lil_Wayne" title="Lil Wayne">Lil Wayne</a>. The song would be one of the biggest hits that year, and a still-popular club and summer anthem since. It is French's most successful commercial single, having been certified "<a href="/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">platinum</a>" by the <a href="/wiki/RIAA" class="mw-redirect" title="RIAA">RIAA</a>, and peaking at #2 on Billboard's <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Hot R&B</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hot_Rap_Songs" title="Hot Rap Songs">Rap</a> charts and #36 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a>. While initially expected for a release in July 2012, French's album went through several pushbacks until its finalized release date of May 21, 2013. The date which happened to coincide with the birthdays of Max B and famous labelmate the late <a href="/wiki/Notorious_B.I.G." class="mw-redirect" title="Notorious B.I.G.">Notorious B.I.G.</a> In the meantime, French had released his fifteenth mixtape Coke Boys 3 on April 13, 2012, which included collaborations with fellow Coke Boys <a href="/wiki/Chinx_Drugz" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinx Drugz">Chinx Drugz</a> and Cheeze, alongside the likes of Ross, Akon, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Gates" title="Kevin Gates">Kevin Gates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wale_(rapper)" title="Wale (rapper)">Wale</a>. Notable tracks among others include, a rare collaboration between French, Chinx and the late Stack Bundles on "Tap That", and "Headquarters" featuring <a href="/wiki/Red_Caf%C3%A9" title="Red Café">Red Café</a> and Chinx, the music video for which premiered on July 21. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Homecoming_and_Mac_&_Cheese_3">The Homecoming and Mac & Cheese 3</h4></div> In September 2012, French Montana was featured on the cover of the 82nd issue of <a href="/wiki/The_Fader" title="The Fader">The Fader</a> magazine,<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a> who joined French on his first homecoming to Morocco after seventeen years since his family moved to the United States in 1996. The article describes his journey through Morocco, meeting his mother's family, and eventually his estranged father who is not made aware of his son's coming arrival.<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a> French was accompanied by manager Gaby Acevedo, and youngest brother Ayoub, in addition to Zach Baron and Michael Schmelling of The Fader. The piece ends with an emotional reunion between the father and the two sons, including Ayoub who had previously never met their father before.<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a> French marked the end of the year with his sixteenth mixtape <a href="/wiki/Mac_%26_Cheese_3" title="Mac & Cheese 3">Mac & Cheese 3</a> released on November 20, 2012.<a href="#cite_note-FM16-65">[65]</a> which included collaborations with <a href="/wiki/Prodigy_(rapper)" title="Prodigy (rapper)">Prodigy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fabolous" title="Fabolous">Fabolous</a>, <a href="/wiki/Future_(rapper)" title="Future (rapper)">Future</a>, Fat Joe, Ma$e, <a href="/wiki/Rico_Love" title="Rico Love">Rico Love</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trina" title="Trina">Trina</a> among others. Acclaimed for its production and track selection, it was among the most downloaded mixtapes of all time.<a href="#cite_note-FM16-65">[65]</a> With several productions from <a href="/wiki/Young_Chop" title="Young Chop">Young Chop</a>, the music video to "Devil Wants My Soul" premiered on November 5, and an in-studio video of "Ocho Cinco" on November 26. Both songs would go viral, prompting another music video for "Ocho Cinco" – featuring Diddy, <a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun_Kelly_(musician)" title="Machine Gun Kelly (musician)">MGK</a>, Red Café and <a href="/wiki/King_Los" class="mw-redirect" title="King Los">King Los</a> – released in February 2013. The song was also included as a bonus track on the upcoming <a href="/wiki/Excuse_My_French_(album)" title="Excuse My French (album)">Excuse My French</a> album. The run up to which included further video releases, including the Black Metaphor produced "Sanctuary" (named after sample song "<a href="/wiki/Passion_(Hikaru_Utada_song)" title="Passion (Hikaru Utada song)">Sanctuary</a>" from <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_Hearts_II" title="Kingdom Hearts II">Kingdom Hearts II</a>) on February 3, <a href="/wiki/Swizz_Beatz" title="Swizz Beatz">Swizz Beatz</a> produced "Diamonds" featuring Ross and <a href="/wiki/J._Cole" title="J. Cole">J. Cole</a> on February 17, and Fraud produced "State of Mind" on May 15 and "Intro (Only If For A Night)" on November 30, among others. Since the tapes' premiere on <a href="/wiki/DatPiff" title="DatPiff">DatPiff</a>, it would reach the 500K "double platinum" rating by first month, and presently stands at a "diamond" rating with over 1.4 million downloads on that site alone.<a href="#cite_note-FM16-65">[65]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Excuse_My_French">Excuse My French</h4></div> In January 2013, French announced his second single "<a href="/wiki/Freaks_(French_Montana_song)" title="Freaks (French Montana song)">Freaks</a>", featuring <a href="/wiki/Nicki_Minaj" title="Nicki Minaj">Nicki Minaj</a>, from his upcoming album to be a remake of <a href="/wiki/Vicious_(rapper)" title="Vicious (rapper)">Lil Vicious</a>' 1994 song of the same name.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> The song premiered on Hot 97 on February 13, with the music video coming out on March 3. The remix, featuring an additional Ross, Wale, <a href="/wiki/Mavado_(singer)" title="Mavado (singer)">Mavado</a> and <a href="/wiki/DJ_Khaled" title="DJ Khaled">DJ Khaled</a>, was released on April 25. A bonus track "Marble Floors" was released earlier on December 4, 2012, featuring Ross, Lil Wayne and <a href="/wiki/2_Chainz" title="2 Chainz">2 Chainz</a> with production from <a href="/wiki/Mike_WiLL_Made_It" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike WiLL Made It">Mike WiLL Made It</a>. It would fast become a viral hit, only to be outdone by French's third single "<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Worried_About_Nothin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ain't Worried About Nothin">Ain't Worried About Nothin</a>" released on April 15, 2013. The music video premiered on May 7, and would be the last before the release of his album on May 21. Subsequent music videos included, "Trap House" featuring Ross and <a href="/wiki/Birdman_(rapper)" title="Birdman (rapper)">Birdman</a> released on September 23, "Gifted" featuring <a href="/wiki/The_Weeknd" title="The Weeknd">The Weeknd</a> on October 15, "Once In A While" featuring <a href="/wiki/Max_B" title="Max B">Max B</a> on November 18, and "Paranoid" featuring Johnny May Cash on January 20, 2014, among others. His first solo single "<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Worried_About_Nothin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ain't Worried About Nothin">Ain't Worried About Nothin</a>" was a hit on radio stations, and a remix featuring Ross, Diddy and <a href="/wiki/Snoop_Dogg" title="Snoop Dogg">Snoop Dogg</a> was released on October 4, and a second remix featuring <a href="/wiki/Miley_Cyrus" title="Miley Cyrus">Miley Cyrus</a> on October 14. Upon its release, Excuse My French was met with mixed reviews from music critics.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> It fared better commercially, debuting at number 4 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a> chart, with first-week sales of 56,000 copies in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> The album also featured collaborations with <a href="/wiki/Raekwon" title="Raekwon">Raekwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scarface_(rapper)" title="Scarface (rapper)">Scarface</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ne-Yo" title="Ne-Yo">Ne-Yo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeremih" title="Jeremih">Jeremih</a> among others. Following the album release, French announced signing <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>-based rapper <a href="/wiki/Lil_Durk" title="Lil Durk">Lil Durk</a> to his Coke Boys. French, who is close to producer <a href="/wiki/Young_Chop" title="Young Chop">Young Chop</a>, had previously collaborated with Durk on his recent mixtape and with Chief Keef on his debut album the year before. Durk, Chinx and Young Chop appeared in the music video to "Paranoid", featuring Chop's brother Johnny May Cash. The song is inspired by French's brushes with death, including the late-2003 incident where he survived a gunshot to the head. Durk collaborated on several records with French in the coming years, starting with the remix to Durk's breakout single "<a href="/wiki/Dis_Ain%27t_What_U_Want" class="mw-redirect" title="Dis Ain't What U Want">Dis Ain't What U Want</a>" featuring French, Ross and Meek Mill, released on November 27, 2013. French appeared as a featured artist on several singles in 2013, most notably <a href="/wiki/Joe_Budden" title="Joe Budden">Joe Budden</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/NBA_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA (song)">NBA</a>" with Wiz Khalifa released on March 26; <a href="/wiki/ASAP_Ferg" title="ASAP Ferg">ASAP Ferg</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Trap_Lord" title="Trap Lord">Work (Remix)</a>" – alongside <a href="/wiki/Schoolboy_Q" title="Schoolboy Q">Schoolboy Q</a>, <a href="/wiki/ASAP_Rocky" title="ASAP Rocky">ASAP Rocky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_James" title="Trinidad James">Trinidad James</a> – on May 14; Canadian singer <a href="/wiki/Massari" title="Massari">Massari</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Shisha_(song)" title="Shisha (song)">Shisha</a>" on May 21; and <a href="/wiki/Will.i.am" title="Will.i.am">Will.i.am</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Feelin%27_Myself_(will.i.am_song)" title="Feelin' Myself (will.i.am song)">Feelin Myself</a>" with Miley Cyrus and Wiz Khalifa on November 26, among others. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pushbacks_and_comebacks">Pushbacks and comebacks</h4></div> Despite several pushbacks, French released his seventeenth mixtape Coke Boys 4 on January 2, 2014,<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> which included collaborations with <a href="/wiki/Snoop_Dogg" title="Snoop Dogg">Snoop Dogg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wiz_Khalifa" title="Wiz Khalifa">Wiz Khalifa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun_Kelly_(musician)" title="Machine Gun Kelly (musician)">MGK</a>, Mally Mall, <a href="/wiki/Lil_Durk" title="Lil Durk">Lil Durk</a> and MeetSims, among others. The music video for the "Paranoid (Remix)" – featuring Diddy, Ross, Meek, Durk, Chinx and Jadakiss – was released on April 13. Subsequent music videos included, "88 Coupes" featuring Jadakiss released on May 15, "God Body" featuring Chinx on May 28, and "Money Bag" with Durk and Chinx on June 23. In a January 2014 <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> interview, French revealed that his next Mac & Cheese would be a studio album instead of a mixtape.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> In 2014, French collaborated with Diddy on Ross' track "<a href="/wiki/Nobody_(Rick_Ross_song)" title="Nobody (Rick Ross song)">Nobody</a>" released on February 19. Rick Ross' remake of the late Notorious B.I.G.'s 1997 song "<a href="/wiki/Life_After_Death" title="Life After Death">You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)</a>", featured an eerie chorus by French and interludes of Diddy in a live motivational rant. The song was inspired by Ross' brush against death the year before, when his <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Motors" title="Rolls-Royce Motors">Rolls-Royce</a> came under repeated gunshot fire while driving through <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida" title="Fort Lauderdale, Florida">Fort Lauderdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, on January 28, 2013.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> In a bizarre series of events, French Montana would experience a similar but unrelated event months later when his convoy came under fire on March 1 in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> during his "Excuse My French" tour after French had finished performing a show hours earlier.<a href="#cite_note-MTVphilly2-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-CBSphilly-73">[73]</a> The music video premiered on February 27, 2014. Albeit met with mixed to positive reviews, the song would be a hit and was re-released as a single on March 3, 2014. French joined Ross for a live performance on the television program <a href="/wiki/Late_Night_with_Seth_Meyers" title="Late Night with Seth Meyers">Late Night with Seth Meyers</a> on March 5, 2014.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> French Montana collaborated with fellow-Bronx native <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Lopez" title="Jennifer Lopez">Jennifer Lopez</a> on her promotional single "<a href="/wiki/I_Luh_Ya_Papi" title="I Luh Ya Papi">I Luh Ya Papi</a>". The song premiered on LA's <a href="/wiki/Power_106" class="mw-redirect" title="Power 106">Power 106</a> on March 5, and was released as a single on March 11, with the music video coming out two days later. The single was an international hit, and among the most added/played tracks on <a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_contemporary" title="Rhythmic contemporary">rhythmic contemporary</a> radio in Canada. French also appeared in the music video to Fat Joe's single "Stressin", featuring Jennifer Lopez, which premiered in October later that year. French joined Rick Ross on <a href="/wiki/Puff_Daddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Puff Daddy">Puff Daddy</a>'s comeback single "Big Homie" from his upcoming album MMM. With a guest verse by Ross and ad-libs by French, the single was released on March 24, with the music video premiering on March 31. French Montana joined Ross, Meek and veteran <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a> on <a href="/wiki/DJ_Khaled" title="DJ Khaled">DJ Khaled</a>'s summer hit "<a href="/wiki/They_Don%27t_Love_You_No_More" title="They Don't Love You No More">They Don't Love You No More</a>". The single was released on March 29, with the music video coming out on June 22 that year. On July 17, teasers to the movie <a href="/wiki/The_Purge:_Anarchy" title="The Purge: Anarchy">The Purge: Anarchy</a> were released featuring music from French's upcoming single "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Panic_(French_Montana_song)" title="Don't Panic (French Montana song)">Don't Panic</a>". A month earlier, Instagram photos of the two showed French with then-girlfriend <a href="/wiki/Khlo%C3%A9_Kardashian" title="Khloé Kardashian">Khloé Kardashian</a> on set with matching masks on, prompting speculation whether she was in the coming video. Following weeks of promotion, the single was released on August 12. The music video, which retained the dark themes of the movie while maintaining its catchy <a href="/wiki/DJ_Mustard" class="mw-redirect" title="DJ Mustard">DJ Mustard</a> character, became a viral hit. The couple had created bit of a stir two months earlier, on June 2, when Khloé posted an IG photo of the two on set of "They Don't Love You No More", depicting French holding a rifle in his arms with Khloé seated next to him with a bottle of liquor to her mouth. The remix to "Don't Panic", featuring Jeremih and Chris Brown, was released on October 14. French Montana joined <a href="/wiki/Remy_Ma" title="Remy Ma">Remy Ma</a> on DJ Khaled's "They Don't Love You No More (Remix)" released on August 2. Khaled's former <a href="/wiki/Terror_Squad_(group)" title="Terror Squad (group)">Terror Squad</a> affiliate and Bronx-native Remy Ma had just been released from prison the day prior. The three appeared together in the music video which premiered on August 23.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> This was her first musical comeback since her incarceration six years earlier. French collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_(singer)" title="Ashanti (singer)">Ashanti</a> on her second single "<a href="/wiki/Braveheart_(Ashanti_album)" title="Braveheart (Ashanti album)">Early In The Morning</a>" released on October 14 off of her comeback album, Braveheart. This would be Ashanti's first album in six years. French released his second single "<a href="/wiki/Bad_Bitch" title="Bad Bitch">Bad Bitch</a>", featuring Jeremih, in December 2014, with the music video premiering on February 23, 2015. In late-October, French had announced his "Set It Off" tour with Jeremih, running up to his expected Mac & Cheese: The Album release in December. With the album eventually pushed back to next year; in its place, French released his collaborative <a href="/wiki/Extended_play" title="Extended play">EP</a> with Harry Fraud, Mac & Cheese: The Appetizer on December 12, 2014.<a href="#cite_note-FM18-76">[76]</a> His eighteenth mixtape, The Appetizer marked a shift away from French's usual feature-heavy records. With Fraud's signature sample-heavy production, French blurred the lines between rap and R&B in a manner not unlike that of Max B, and with subject matter ranging from difficult life-decisions, women, addiction and memories of his bygone friendship with his now-incarcerated rap soulmate. In August 2015, French paired with pop-opera artist <a href="/wiki/Charisse_Mills" title="Charisse Mills">Charisse Mills</a> for the single "Champagne."<a href="#cite_note-allhiphop-77">[77]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016–present:_Wave_Gods,_MC4,_Jungle_Rules,_Montana,_They_Got_Amnesia">2016–present: Wave Gods, MC4, Jungle Rules, Montana, They Got Amnesia</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Jungle_Rules" title="Jungle Rules">Jungle Rules</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montana_(album)" title="Montana (album)">Montana (album)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/They_Got_Amnesia" title="They Got Amnesia">They Got Amnesia</a></div> On February 14, 2016, <a href="/wiki/DJ_Khaled" title="DJ Khaled">DJ Khaled</a> announced that he would debut French's new mixtape on <a href="/wiki/We_The_Best" class="mw-redirect" title="We The Best">We The Best</a> Radio.<a href="#cite_note-DJ_Khaled_to_premiere_French_Montana's_mixtape-78">[78]</a> The mixtape, hosted by Max B, debuted on February 19, 2016.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> On May 5, 2016, French's contract with Interscope and MMG ended, and he signed a joint venture record deal with Bad Boy and <a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic Records</a>.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> French planned to release his second studio album <a href="/wiki/MC4_(mixtape)" title="MC4 (mixtape)">MC4</a> in October 2016, however, the album's release was canceled after <a href="/wiki/Target_Corporation" title="Target Corporation">Target</a> unofficially released the album on <a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CD</a> on its original release date (August 19, 2016), two months before the album was set to release, also leaking in its entirety on internet, as well as having some "sample clearance issues" on tracks like "I'm Heated" and 2 Times".<a href="#cite_note-Scrapped-81">[81]</a> It was originally supposed to be the fourth installment in the "Mac & Cheese" series, and the first to be originally released as an album. French later stated that he's planning to start a new record label with Max B when he is released. On November 5, 2016, Montana unexpectedly released the album as a <a href="/wiki/Mixtape" title="Mixtape">mixtape</a> instead and premiered it on <a href="/wiki/Drake_(musician)" title="Drake (musician)">Drake</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Beats_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Beats 1">Beats 1</a> radio show, <a href="/wiki/OVO_Sound" title="OVO Sound">OVO Sound</a> radio later that night. Montana revealed in an interview with <a href="/wiki/Zane_Lowe" title="Zane Lowe">Zane Lowe</a> on his <a href="/wiki/Beats_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Beats 1">Beats 1</a> radio show that the first and second single from his upcoming project is ready to be released. He also announced a collaborative track with <a href="/wiki/Chance_the_Rapper" title="Chance the Rapper">Chance the Rapper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quavo" title="Quavo">Quavo</a>, produced by Ben Billions, a collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Swae_Lee" title="Swae Lee">Swae Lee</a> that is "just like 'Unforgettable'", as well as a song called "No Stylist".<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> On July 14, 2017, Montana released <a href="/wiki/Jungle_Rules" title="Jungle Rules">Jungle Rules</a> as his second album. On December 6, 2019, French Montana released his third studio album <a href="/wiki/Montana_(album)" title="Montana (album)">Montana</a>, which includes the song "<a href="/wiki/Writing_on_the_Wall_(French_Montana_song)" title="Writing on the Wall (French Montana song)">Writing on the Wall</a>", a collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Cardi_B" title="Cardi B">Cardi B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Post_Malone" title="Post Malone">Post Malone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rvssian" title="Rvssian">Rvssian</a>. In March 2020, Montana was sued by a woman using the pseudonym "<a href="/wiki/Jane_Doe" class="mw-redirect" title="Jane Doe">Jane Doe</a>", for <a href="/wiki/Assault" title="Assault">assault</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battery_(crime)" title="Battery (crime)">battery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sexual_battery" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual battery">sexual battery</a>, intentional infliction of <a href="/wiki/Emotional_distress" class="mw-redirect" title="Emotional distress">emotional distress</a>, negligent hiring, supervision and retention and <a href="/wiki/Negligence" title="Negligence">negligence</a>, in connection to a March 28, 2018, incident reported to police in which the woman alleged Montana drugged her and raped her while she was incapacitated on his bathroom floor. The suit was dismissed pursuant to a settlement on April 13, 2022.<a href="#cite_note-The_Independent-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-Variety_1-85">[85]</a> Montana's fourth studio album, <a href="/wiki/They_Got_Amnesia" title="They Got Amnesia">They Got Amnesia</a> was released through Epic Records on November 19, 2021, including the singles "FMWGAB", "I Don't Really Care", "Panicking", a collaboration with American rapper <a href="/wiki/Fivio_Foreign" title="Fivio Foreign">Fivio Foreign</a>, and "<a href="/wiki/Handstand_(song)" title="Handstand (song)">Handstand</a>", a collaboration with American rapper and singers <a href="/wiki/Doja_Cat" title="Doja Cat">Doja Cat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saweetie" title="Saweetie">Saweetie</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-5">[5]</a> Similarities were noted in the lyrics of the track "How You King?" with Norwegian singer <a href="/wiki/Astrid_S" title="Astrid S">Astrid S</a>' song "Jump".<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> Astrid S retroactively got proper attribution as a co-songwriter and receives compensation on the track.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> French Montana, on June 9, 2022, released a song "Je M'appelle" with fellow Moroccan-British artist Benzz and <a href="/wiki/Tion_Wayne" title="Tion Wayne">Tion Wayne</a>. In 2023, the documentary "For Khadija" premiered at the <a href="/wiki/Tribeca_Festival" title="Tribeca Festival">Tribeca Film Festival</a>.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> Directed by Mandon Lovett and co-executive produced by <a href="/wiki/Sean_Combs" title="Sean Combs">Sean "Diddy" Combes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drake_(musician)" title="Drake (musician)">Drake</a>,<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> the film documents the story of his family's emigration from Morocco to New York,<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> and explores the plight of his single immigrant mother raising three sons and his rise to success as a recording artist.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2></div> Kharbouch's charitable work began after his visit to <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a>, where he filmed the music video for his single "<a href="/wiki/Unforgettable_(French_Montana_song)" title="Unforgettable (French Montana song)">Unforgettable</a>" in 2017, a song that gained over a billion streams and peaked within the top ten on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a>. His efforts in Uganda raised an estimated US$500,000 to build the Suubi hospital, which serves over 300,000 of the country's citizens.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> In 2018, Kharbouch was named an Ambassador for <a href="/wiki/Global_Citizen_(organization)" title="Global Citizen (organization)">Global Citizen</a> following his charitable donation of $100,000 for a hospital in Uganda.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> In 2022, it was reported that he helped raise over US$220 million for Uganda's maternal healthcare services. He received a 2022 Innovator Award for his efforts the same year.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> Kharbouch is a native-speaker of <a href="/wiki/Moroccan_Arabic" title="Moroccan Arabic">Moroccan Arabic</a> and French, and became fluent in English after immigrating to the US.<a href="#cite_note-fader-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-StatusMag-96">[96]</a> He cites being a father as one of his driving inspirations.<a href="#cite_note-StatusMag-96">[96]</a> He is a practicing <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Muslim</a>.<a href="#cite_note-auto-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> Kharbouch has been a resident of the <a href="/wiki/Pompton_Plains,_New_Jersey" title="Pompton Plains, New Jersey">Pompton Plains</a> section of <a href="/wiki/Pequannock_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Pequannock Township, New Jersey">Pequannock Township, New Jersey</a>.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> In 2016, he bought <a href="/wiki/Selena_Gomez" title="Selena Gomez">Selena Gomez</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Calabasas,_California" title="Calabasas, California">Calabasas</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> home for $3.3 million.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> Kharbouch married Deen Kharbouch in 2007. The couple had separated by 2012, and their divorce was finalized in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-worried-102">[102]</a> They have a son who was born in October 2010.<a href="#cite_note-worried-102">[102]</a> In 2016 Kharbouch briefly dated Australian rapper <a href="/wiki/Iggy_Azalea" title="Iggy Azalea">Iggy Azalea</a>.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> In June 2018, Kharbouch became a <a href="/wiki/Citizen_of_the_United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizen of the United States of America">U.S. citizen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> In 2020 Kharbouch was sued for sexual battery after allegedly raping an intoxicated woman in his home. The suit was <a href="/wiki/Settled_out_of_court" class="mw-redirect" title="Settled out of court">settled out of court</a> in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-The_Independent-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-Variety_1-85">[85]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shooting_incident">Shooting incident</h3></div> In 2003, two gunmen shot at Montana as he left a recording studio in New York, striking him in the head.<a href="#cite_note-Life+Times-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-CombatJack3-22">[22]</a> He survived and was hospitalized for several weeks.<a href="#cite_note-USmag-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-ComplexWIFM-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> One of the gunmen died during the incident, in what is believed to be a case of "<a href="/wiki/Friendly_fire" title="Friendly fire">friendly fire</a>" by one assailant against the other. Montana was investigated for the incident, but the case was eventually dismissed.<a href="#cite_note-ComplexWIFM-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-CombatJack3-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> In early 2013, Montana visited the site of the shooting with a camera crew from Life+Times as he recalled the near-death experience and his life growing up in the Bronx. This was the first time he had visited the location since the attempted murder ten years earlier.<a href="#cite_note-Life+Times-20">[20]</a> According to French, he was set up by someone close to him and his circle.<a href="#cite_note-Life+Times-20">[20]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exotic_pets">Exotic pets</h3></div> French has been the owner of a number of pets, ranging from dogs to exotic animals such as <a href="/wiki/Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tigers">tigers</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Monkey" title="Monkey">monkey</a>. On April 22, 2013, French Montana posted an Instagram picture with the caption "Got so high last night bought 2 baby tigers". The picture was of French outdoors holding two tiger cubs, one on each arm.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> The tigers, named Ike and Tina, were prominently featured in French's music video for "<a href="/wiki/Excuse_My_French_(album)" title="Excuse My French (album)">The Gifted</a>" featuring friend and singer <a href="/wiki/The_Weeknd" title="The Weeknd">The Weeknd</a>, released later that year.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> In 2014, the rapper noted he had given up the two tigers shortly after getting them, citing the difficulty in feeding and caring for the animals.<a href="#cite_note-Ridiculousness-111">[111]</a> Since late-2014, French Montana became the owner of a pet monkey named Julius Ceasor. A video of the animal was uploaded on December 18, showing French and record producer Mally Mall entering a private-jet with French then cradling the infant monkey in his arms.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musical_influences">Musical influences</h2></div> French Montana describes <a href="/wiki/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur">Tupac Shakur</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G.">The Notorious B.I.G.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snoop_Dogg" title="Snoop Dogg">Snoop Dogg</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan" title="Wu-Tang Clan">Wu-Tang Clan</a> among the hip hop artists he listened to growing up.<a href="#cite_note-ComplexWIFM-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-StatusMag-96">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-BallerStatus2012-114">[114]</a> He considers himself a music lover in general, and admires the work of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> soul/R&B singers <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amy_Winehouse" title="Amy Winehouse">Amy Winehouse</a>,<a href="#cite_note-StatusMag-96">[96]</a> the English rock band <a href="/wiki/Florence_%2B_the_Machine" class="mw-redirect" title="Florence + the Machine">Florence + the Machine</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Hot97single2-115">[115]</a> and American singer <a href="/wiki/Lana_Del_Rey" title="Lana Del Rey">Lana Del Rey</a>, several of whom he has sampled in his music. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/French_Montana_discography" title="French Montana discography">French Montana discography</a></div> Studio albums <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Excuse_My_French_(album)" title="Excuse My French (album)">Excuse My French</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Rules" title="Jungle Rules">Jungle Rules</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montana_(album)" title="Montana (album)">Montana</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/They_Got_Amnesia" title="They Got Amnesia">They Got Amnesia</a> (2021)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Film </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Perfect_Match_(2016_film)" title="The Perfect Match (2016 film)">The Perfect Match</a> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td>The After Party<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td>For Khadija </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2025 </td> <td style="background: #FFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="partial table-partial"><a href="/wiki/All-Star_Weekend_(film)" title="All-Star Weekend (film)">All-Star Weekend</a> <abbr title="Film has not yet been released">†</abbr> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: #DDF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="skin-invert no table-no2"><abbr title="To be announced">TBA</abbr> </td> <td>Completed<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Television </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ridiculousness_(TV_series)" title="Ridiculousness (TV series)">Ridiculousness</a> </td> <td rowspan="7">Himself </td> <td>Episode: "French Montana" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wild_%27n_Out" title="Wild 'n Out">Wild 'n Out</a> </td> <td>Season 5, episode 5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014–2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Late_Night_with_Seth_Meyers" title="Late Night with Seth Meyers">Late Night with Seth Meyers</a> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keeping_Up_with_the_Kardashians" title="Keeping Up with the Kardashians">Keeping Up with the Kardashians</a> </td> <td>Episode: "Secrets of a Double Life" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014–2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kourtney_and_Khlo%C3%A9_Take_The_Hamptons" title="Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons">Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons</a> </td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wild_%27n_Out" title="Wild 'n Out">Wild 'n Out</a> </td> <td>Season 7, episode 6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Love_%26_Hip_Hop:_New_York" title="Love & Hip Hop: New York">Love & Hip Hop: New York</a> </td> <td>Episodes: "Ups & Downs", "All the Way Up" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016–2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Real_World_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Real World (TV series)">The Real</a> </td> <td>Himself / Musical Guest </td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Empire_(2015_TV_series)" title="Empire (2015 TV series)">Empire</a><a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> </td> <td>Vaughn </td> <td>Episodes: "Light in Darkness", "Chimes at Midnight" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Next_Top_Model" title="America's Next Top Model">America's Next Top Model</a> </td> <td>Himself / Recording Artist </td> <td>Episode: "The Comeback" </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hip_Hop_Squares" title="Hip Hop Squares">Hip Hop Squares</a> </td> <td>Himself / Contestant </td> <td>Episode: "Fat Joe vs French Montana" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Four:_Battle_for_Stardom" title="The Four: Battle for Stardom">The Four: Battle for Stardom</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Himself / Performer </td> <td>Episode: "Finale" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCIS:_New_Orleans" title="NCIS: New Orleans">NCIS: New Orleans</a> </td> <td>Episode: "Jackpot" </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="African_Muzik_Magazine_Awards">African Muzik Magazine Awards</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1222442308">.mw-parser-output .awards-table td:last-child{text-align:center}</style> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td>French Montana </td> <td>Best Male Diaspora<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BET_Awards">BET Awards</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1222442308"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BET_Awards_2013#Winners_and_nominees" title="BET Awards 2013">2013</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Pop_That" title="Pop That">Pop That</a>" </td> <td>Best Collaboration<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BET_Hip_Hop_Awards">BET Hip Hop Awards</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1222442308"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2013_Bet_Hip_Hop_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Bet Hip Hop Awards">2013</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">"<a href="/wiki/Pop_That" title="Pop That">Pop That</a>" </td> <td>Best Club Banger<a href="#cite_note-mtv.com-122">[122]</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>Reese's Perfect Combo Award (Best Collabo, Duo or Group)<a href="#cite_note-mtv.com-122">[122]</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/2016_BET_Hip_Hop_Awards" title="2016 BET Hip Hop Awards">2016</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">"<a href="/wiki/All_the_Way_Up_(Fat_Joe_and_Remy_Ma_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="All the Way Up (Fat Joe and Remy Ma song)">All the Way Up</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/Fat_Joe" title="Fat Joe">Fat Joe</a> & <a href="/wiki/Remy_Ma" title="Remy Ma">Remy Ma</a>, and Infared) </td> <td>Best Hip Hop Video </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Collabo, Duo or Group </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>People's Champ Award </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wave_Gods" title="Wave Gods">Wave Gods</a> </td> <td>Best Mixtape </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Billboard_Music_Awards">Billboard Music Awards</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1222442308"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Billboard_Music_Awards#Winners_and_nominees" title="2015 Billboard Music Awards">2015</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Loyal_(Chris_Brown_song)" title="Loyal (Chris Brown song)">Loyal</a>" </td> <td>Top R&B Song<a href="#cite_note-billoard.com-123">[123]</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grammy_Awards">Grammy Awards</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1222442308"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/58th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="58th Annual Grammy Awards">2016</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/All_Day_(Kanye_West_song)" title="All Day (Kanye West song)">All Day</a>" (as a songwriter) </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rap_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best Rap Song">Best Rap Song</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/59th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="59th Annual Grammy Awards">2017</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">"<a href="/wiki/All_the_Way_Up_(Fat_Joe_and_Remy_Ma_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="All the Way Up (Fat Joe and Remy Ma song)">All the Way Up</a>" (with <a href="/wiki/Fat_Joe" title="Fat Joe">Fat Joe</a> & <a href="/wiki/Remy_Ma" title="Remy Ma">Remy Ma</a> and Infared) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; 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