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. 2.5 2016–present: Wave Gods, MC4, Jungle Rules, and Montana.2.4.2 The Homecoming and Mac & Cheese 3.2.3.1 Jim Jones bottle-throwing incident.2.3 2011–2012: 'Shot Caller' and New York takeover.2.2 2010–2011: 'Choppa Choppa Down' and southern breakout.2.1.2 Gaby Acevedo and signing with Akon.2.1.1 Harry Fraud and the Chinatown raid.The album was supported by the single ' Unforgettable' (featuring Swae Lee), which was Montana's only song as lead artist to reach the top 10 on the U.S. In July 2017, Montana 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 on May 21, 2013. Kharbouch released his debut mixtape in 2007 and had his first breakthrough with the single 'Choppa Choppa Down' in 2010.

After years of independent material, he signed a joint-venture record deal with Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records and Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group in 2012. He is the founder of Coke Boys Records and its predecessor Cocaine City Records. Born and raised in Morocco, he emigrated to the United States with his family when he was 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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