French Montana
French Montana
Karim Kharbouch, better known by his stage name French Montana, is an American rapper. Born in Morocco, he immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 13 years old. He is the founder of Coke Boys Music, and its predecessor Cocaine City Records. In 2012, he signed a joint-venture recording deal with Bad Boy Records and Maybach Music Group. Montana has been known for his frequent collaborations with producer Harry Fraud, and with rapper Max B before...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth9 November 1984
CityRabat, Morocco
CountryUnited States of America
You can't expect to make all this money and not go through problems. You can't expect God to give you everything you want without taking something away.
Besides buying a mansion or something, everything I wanted I always got. I'm just ready to invest it and save it. Otherwise, life can hit you, but you can't go back to working at Home Depot. That's why I always just be stacking.
I was never officially signed with Akon, but it was a shopping deal. That was around the time he was going through some problems with his label at Interscope. I waited, but when a deal didn't happen, I just went out on my own.
I have been a fan of Versace for so long, watching people like Biggie, Puff, Jay-Z.
When I had a kid and I went through my drama and situation, I respected my father more because it kinda made me understand what he went through with me.
It's Fendi. French, Fendi, both start with an F... I fell in love with it. Smells like grown-man cologne.
I don't want to sound like Ross; I don't want to sound like Puff. I want to make my own music: French Montana.
Every time I look at Twitter, there's always somebody showing support.
I felt like for what I needed, Bad Boy got me... they got me covered. Especially Puff, man. He's going to be the first billionaire rap entertainer. At the end of the day, they need me. Other artists-labels don't need me, but Bad Boy and Puff needs me. And I need them. It goes both ways.
Coming from Morocco was just different, man. It's a third-world country, and you are trying to make it happen. That's all it is. I didn't have any problem hooking up with the black kids because I'm from North Africa. And as far as Latinos, we are all the same.
Besides my son, music is the most important thing to me. I always have music on in my car and playing at house, and I'm in the studio or performing every night. I like Beats by Dre for headphones, and Bang & Olufsen soundsystems.
Sometimes I take off my skully and wear glasses, so I've gotta brush and make sure my hairline is straight.
I speak from the heart. Certain people follow lyricists and people that put words on a dictionary together, and this and that. I'm more of a rapper that speaks how I feel. I just tell it how it is.
Is it important to have a crew behind me? No, it's important to have me behind them. That's how I look at it. You can't just roll with a situation like you're depending on somebody to help you. You're supposed to help the situation, whatever the situation is that you're in.