French Montana
Jul 16, 2012
A rapper who built an indie empire with his Cocaine City imprint, French Montana was born in Morocco, but emigrated to the U.S. while in his teens. He set up shop in the Bronx and began releasing his Cocaine City series of DVDs in 2002, mixing interviews with established hip-hop artists and unsigned talent. Around 2009, he began releasing his own mixtape CDs with DJs like DJ Drama, Evil Empire, and Big Mike as his hosts. That same year he would be signed to Akon's Konvict Musik label but in 2011 it was announced the two parties had parted ways.
In January, while in the studio with Rick Ross Montana announced that he had signed a joint venture deal with Bad Boy Records and Maybach Music Group with Rick Ross and Diddy set to executive produce his debut album. French Montana recruits some big names for the first official single off his debut album "Excuse My French". Rick Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne join French Montana for 'Pop That' which features an Uncle Luke and 2 Live Crew sample. The video has already been shot in Miami. "Excuse My French is in stores July 17th.