Growing up, he was consumed with soccer and rap, describing them as his two favorite childhood hobbies, before getting into basketball in his later teens. He grew up at the family estate outside Casablanca where he lived for the first 13 years of his life. Karim Kharbouch was born on November 9, 1984, in Casablanca, Morocco. Outside of music, French Montana has been prolific in charitable and philanthropic endeavors. He is the most streamed African-born musical artist, and is the first African-born artist to have a RIAA certified diamond song. įrench Montana has founded the record label Coke Boys Records (previously known as Cocaine City Records) in 2008, and has signed Chicago rapper Lil Durk, fellow New York artists including Velous, the late Chinx, and record producer Harry Fraud. His third and fourth studio albums, Montana (2019) and They Got Amnesia (2021) were released to lukewarm commercial and critical response. Billboard Hot 100, also becoming diamond certified by the RIAA. The album was preceded by the hit single " Unforgettable" (featuring Swae Lee), which became Montana's first song as lead artist to reach the top 10 on the U.S. In July 2017, he released his second studio album Jungle Rules, which peaked at number three on the Billboard 200. He released his debut studio album Excuse My French in May 2013, which was met with generally mixed reviews despite commercial success from its lead single, " Pop That" (featuring Rick Ross, Drake, and Lil Wayne). Kharbouch released his debut mixtape in 2007 and had his first breakthrough with the single "Choppa Choppa Down" in 2010. He embarked on a musical career in 2002, releasing a slew of independent material until signing a joint-venture record deal with Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records and Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group in 2012. Born and raised in Morocco, he immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of 13. Karim Kharbouch ( Arabic: كريم خربوش born November 9, 1984), better known by his stage name French Montana, is a Moroccan-American rapper.
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