French Montana

French Montana's story is one of the more underrated immigrant come-up tales in hip-hop: born in Casablanca, raised in the Bronx, hustling DVDs before the world knew his name. He's never been a technical lyricist's favorite, but he has an undeniable ear for the kind of hook that lodges in your brain, and Unforgettable going diamond proves it. His ad-libs are a genre unto themselves. I appreciate that he leans into being a vibe merchant rather than overreaching, and the charity work he's done back in Morocco and Uganda shows there's substance behind the casual swagger.

French Montana (born Karim Kharbouch in 1984) is a Moroccan-American rapper, songwriter and producer who was born in Casablanca and raised in the Bronx, New York. He built an early following through his Cocaine City DVD mixtape series before breaking through with hits like Pop That and the diamond-certified single Unforgettable featuring Swae Lee. He is associated with the Coke Boys collective and has released studio albums including Excuse My French and Jungle Rules.

Name (English)

French Montana

Name (Japanese)

フレンチ・モンタナ

Reading

ふれんち・もんたな

Born

November 9, 1984 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

Origin

Casablanca, Morocco

Occupation

Rapper / Songwriter / Music producer / Singer

High school

Theodore Roosevelt High School

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.frenchmontana.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/frenchmontana/
• Xhttps://x.com/FrencHMonTanA
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8A

Tags

• From the United States
• Rapper
• Songwriter
• Music producer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.