His decade long journey to the top has not come without its own set of trials and tribulations-the greatest of these, a late night shooting of which Montana fell victim. They say every couple of years someone comes and sweeps the streets,” says Montana. The song became a runaway smash, earning major airplay across the nation and certifying Montana as the next big rapper out of NYC. That buzz was amplified with the release of his single, “Shot Caller,” in 2011. Mixtapes, viral videos and songs like “Choppa Choppa Down,” featuring Waka Flocka Flame, only heightened Montana’s buzz.
WHO IS ON THE COVER OF FRENCH MONTANA ALBUM SERIES
Acclaimed projects including his Mac & Cheese and Coke Wave series of mixtapes established his rep as a hustler with legit rhyme skills that listeners could steadily gravitate to. The next step in his journey to rap riches was solidifying his growing fanbase by dropping great music. “The DVDs were always the plan for me to get on as far as rapping,” says Montana. Featuring raw and uncut interviews with both up-and-coming and established artists like Jadakiss, 50 Cent and Young Jeezy, each volume was also interspersed with music from Montana himself. When street DVD’s were king, Montana’s Cocaine City series, which he began dropping in 2002, were grassroots video royalty. This shot caller’s come up dates back almost a decade. “Winning,” it was but Montana is no new jack that got lucky. “I figured out it was a career when I got my first check, I came out with the Cocaine City DVD. the rapping was just a hobby,” explains Montana. However, he quickly became acclimated to Bronx culture, partly through his infatuation for hip-hop an obsession which would later become his profession. While fluent in French and Arabic, Montana spoke only a small bit of English. His parents, seeking greater opportunity than what they could find in their native land, settled in The Bronx. The label has earned a reputation of igniting the careers of bubbling street artists, transforming them into steaming hot hip hop game changers a path which fit into French Montana’s vision.īorn Karim Kharbouch in Casablanca, Morocco, Montana immigrated to New York City with his family at age 13. The partnership, made possible due to Bad Boy president Harve Pierre, makes perfect sense. Yet, when all was said and done, Montana came afloat announcing that he was ready to ride the wave with hip hop impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy Records (via Interscope Records). The Bronx representing rapper waded through a fierce bidding war when several labels began taking interest.
And what the streets want, the streets shall get. On Wednesday, he was named the first ambassador of I Stand With Immigrants, a campaign initiative that highlights empowering immigration stories and the ways immigrants have positively contributed to the country.The streets are talking: French Montana is one of the hottest rappers in the game right now. He immigrated to the US with his family when he was 13. Montana, whose real name is Karim Kharbouch, was born and raised in Morocco. And I hope you enlighten your heart about it," a Twitter user said. "With all respect to you sir, what is your intention here? To help us spread knowledge about niqabis or mock niqabis? If your intention is good, I would like to let you know this is not the way it supposed to be. Others questioned the rapper's intentions. "I get that art should be provocative, but this provokes some of the worst Western stereotypes about Islam and Muslim women. "The women are objectified and serve the function of providing a provocative backdrop instead of being presented as real, autonomous human beings.
"It capitalises on damaging portrays of Muslim women as faceless show pieces," Khaled Beydoun said on Instagram. The image has been slammed as "Islamophobic" and portraying Muslim women in a negative way. You can bring people into your own world," Montana tweeted. The image for the album, which comes out in November, was released by Montana in a tweet on Monday. In the album cover, the 34-year-old is seen seated in the middle of a group of women dressed in Niqab and knee-high red boots. An image used as an album cover by Moroccan American rapper French Montana has caused a stir on social media platforms this week for sexualising Muslim women.
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