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Between and , he produced 14 DVDs called "Cocaine City" that showed his work and interviews with major artists. His first studio album, Excuse my French, is slated to be released on May It peaked at 36th on the Billboard Hot chart. How he got the name French Montana: He got the nickname "French" when he came to the United States at age 13, because that was one of the languages he spoke, the rapper -- who also spoke Arabic -- told USA Today.

He's gotten into several public spats with 50 Cent. In October, he told Complex. So when 50 came up, 50 sold 10 million. Then after his first album he just kept on going down.

You think 50 could come out and sell 10 million now? In response, 50 Cent tweeted : "French Montana you ain't Sh! You out your league talking about me". In a radio interview the next month, Montana called 50 Cent a "donkey," and the two have traded barbs on other occasions.

The partnership, made possible due to Bad Boy president Harve Pierre, makes perfect sense. His parents, seeking greater opportunity than what they could find in their native land, settled in The Bronx. While fluent in French and Arabic, Montana spoke only a small bit of English.

However, he quickly became acclimated to Bronx culture, partly through his infatuation for hip-hop; an obsession which would later become his profession. It was a winner from the jump. 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.

It was a stepping stone. The next step in his journey to rap riches was solidifying his growing fanbase by dropping great music.

French is also often reported as being of partial Somali descent. Asked about the rumors during a phone-in interview with Nomad Radio, a UK-based Somali music station, he indicated that both of his parents were Moroccan but that he has Somali ancestry as well. Montana is Muslim Sunni , having been raised in Morocco under the Maliki madhab, or school of thought. In an interview for Vlad TV which took place on the first day of the Islamic Holy Month Ramadan, French revealed that he participates in fasting during the month and how he was shot in the head and beat a murder charge.

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