Biography
Childhood FRENCH MONTANA, like other rappers, whose names are now loudly sound in the world, can not be called easy. However, poverty and language barrier can easily succumb to the major passion of the boy from Morocco - music. Now he is among the demanded young performers, the author of dozens of hits and the desired guest of playlists for steep parties.Childhood and youth
Karim Harbush (real name FRENCH MONTANA) was born on November 9, 1984 in the largest Moroccan city of Casablanca. From the mother inherited Somali roots. The first 12 years of life, the boy spent in the family estate near Casablanca, and in 1996 the parents, Karim and his younger brother Zack moved to New York. The atmosphere of Bronx has strengthened the love of Moroccan to football, basketball, but especially - to the rap.
Despite the thrust of Harbusch to street culture, the peers did not understand him. The boy talked to his native French and Arabic languages, English taught at school and with friends.
After 2 years of attempts to find a job, Karim's father returned to Casablanca, leaving his sons and a pregnant wife in the United States. Heavy times came in the biography of the Harbush family: a large mother lived on the allowance, which was barely enough for food and housing. Ultimately, Karim took over the role of the breadwinner. The source of earnings has become music.
Music
At the beginning of Career, Karim spoke at Rap-Buttlah under the pseudonym Young FRENCH. In 2002, together with a close friend of nicknamed Cams, Moroccan began to produce the Cocaine City DVD series. In it, young guys took an interview with the famous and beginners of rappers, they talked about street culture and hip-hop.What was originally used as a platform for promotion - Young FRENCH "voiced" the series with its solo tracks, duets, freestyle, turned into one of the best-selling "street" DVD. From 2002 to 2010 14 publications came out, as well as several spin-offs.
In 2007, Karim, having acquired a pseudonym FRENCH MONTANA, released a Debut Miksteype "FRENCH REVOLUTION VOL. one". One of the singles, Waavvy, became the first joint work with the rapper Max B. In February 2009, this duet gave rise to the "Coke Wave" record, and in November - "Coke Wave 2".
The song "CHOPPA CHOPPA DOWN" from the anniversary collection "Coke Boys", released in 2010, became Radiochet in the south of the United States. For the creation of a video version, Debra Annni was taken by the Gucci Mane manager, the one who gave the world of Niki Minazh. The clip was published in January 2011. Two years later, Annny filed a lawsuit against FRENCH MONTANA for the fact that he was covered by part of the profits. In 2017, the manager sued $ 2 million from Rapra.
In mid-2011, Karima reached New York. The song "Shot Caller" was mentioned Diddy's song, and the rapper expressed a desire to write a remix with FRENCH MONTANA. The updated version became the main hit of New York radio.
Success "Shot Caller" allowed the magazine "XXL" to name the FRENCH MONTANA "breakthrough of 2012". At the same time, the rapper signed a contract with Bad Boy Records - a label of Sean Combs, known in musical circles as Diddy. Since 2009, the producer and artist AKON tried to get Karim for his label Konvict Music. The deal did not take place, but musicians and now in warm relationships: FRENCH MONTANA calls a "older brother" colleague.
FRENCH MONTANA, Diddy and Rice Rice, which established in the process of recording the remix "Shot Caller" turned out to be productive. In 2013, the Debut Studio Album Karima "Excuse My French" came out, which was supported by these two producers. Many famous hip-hop performers participated in the record: Niki Minazh, Drake, Lil Wayne, The Weeknd, Ne-Yo and others.
The collection was divided into 56 thousand copies in 1 week, and also climbed to the 4th line in Billboard 200. Single "Pop That", recorded jointly with Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne, became the main hit 2013 and awarded platinum.
In addition to solo creativity, FRENCH MONTANA is known successful creative collaborations. The track "I Luh Ya Papi", recorded in conjunction with Jennifer Lopez, became a hit, "Big Homie" from the album Diddy - Platinum. With the Drake of the Rapper, the virus "No Stylist" recorded, and with Diplo and Lil Pump - "Welcome to the Party".
The second studio album "Jungle Rules" (2017) fully consists of duets. The plate debuted at the 3rd place in Billboard 200 and was separated by a circulation of 52 thousand copies in the first week. She was assigned a gold certificate. The premiere was preceded by the release of two singles - "No Pressure" with Future and Unforgettable with SWAE LEE. The latter took the 3rd place in the Billboard Hot 100, and while it is considered the highest achievement in the FRENCH MONTANA career.
The shooting of the clip "Unforgettable" took place in Uganda. Means received from release, rapper sent to the construction of the hospital in this country. Now it serves more than 300 thousand inhabitants.
Personal life
In 2007, Karim connected himself to a marriage with a girl named Dean. After 3 years, the Cruise Son was born at the pair, and in 2012, the rapper filed for a divorce due to the reason that was not voiced in the press. The process ended in 2014.
The replacement of the wife Harbush found instantly: he met with one of the Cardashian sisters - Chloe. The couple was 2 years together. It is also known about Rifa Roman with a colleague on the craft of Trina, Candrea models Davis and Keshi Dior, a silent lioness Driya Michel.
Now FRENCH MONTANA builds a personal life with Hip-Hop-performer Iggy Azalia. According to the assumptions of the Hollywood Life edition, Karim plans to make a sentence. Publications in the "Instagram" Rapper talk about the opposite: a happy couple has not appeared in the news tape for a long time. In addition to his own son, Harbusch raises children of their younger brothers - Zack and Ayuba.
Despite a long break in dealing with the Father, it is his FRENCH MONTANA that calls his inspirer. From the famous performers among the "MUZ" Rapper - 2 Pac, NAS, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, as well as Amy Winehouse, Adele and Rihanna.
In 2003, FRENCH MONTANA received a gunshot wound in the head: two gangsters were waiting for him at the exit of recording studio in the Bronx. In the shootout, one of the attackers died, and Harbush spent 3 weeks in the hospital.
Karim was in the center of another case with the use of weapons on March 1, 2013: after a concert in Philadelphia, his bus was shelling. The bullet deprived the lives of a random passerby. In the press, rapper has repeatedly stated that it is not involved in a shootout.
In 2018, FRENCH MONTANA became the ambassador of the charity organization Global Citizen for activities in Uganda. He became the first hip-hop performer who honored this title. In the same year, Harbush officially became a US citizen.
FRENCH MONTANA now
2019 Raper began with another hip-hop masterpiece: together with Future, he recorded the NASA track. Perhaps this is the first contribution to the third album, but confirming these guesses is not yet possible - the musician prefers not to share creative plans.Discography
Studio albums:
- 2013 - "Excuse MY FRENCH"
- 2017 - "Jungle Rules"
Mikstep:
- 2007 - "FRENCH REVOLUTION VOL. one"
- 2008 - "Live From Africa"
- 2009 - "The Laundry Man"
- 2010 - "COKE BOYS"
- 2011 - "Mister 16: Casino Life"
- 2015 - "Casino Life 2: Brown Bag Legend"
- 2016 - "Wave Gods"