French Montana got serious about his health following a hospital stay in 2019.
In his XXL cover story published Monday (December 28), the Coke Boys rapper revealed the nearly week-long stay in November of last year came courtesy of “runnin’ for like a good 20 years without a break.” The combination of a non-stop lifestyle, drinking all the time and popping pills nearly proved deadly and forced him to reevaluate things.
“Just collapsed, too much drinking, too many pills,” he said. “Perocet starts off as pain relief, and then it ends up being a hobby, and then it ends up being an addiction.”
While in ICU, they let him know that drinking any more could prove fatal – and he hasn’t had a drink since.
“I just, you know, I just did French 2.0,” he said. “And this is how I changed it. Stepped back, took two steps back, didn’t drop no music, detox from social media… And I think that was like the hardest thing I ever did in my life, to snatch myself back. So, for me to stop everything and just step back, that was like one of my biggest accomplishments. Top two, it’s after taking my mother back to Africa…So that was the day, it was November 21, last year. And since that day, I never had a drink. I just made a year.”
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At the time, cops had been called to French’s house for what turned out to be a false report of a robbery and noticed the rapper wasn’t doing well. He reportedly was suffering from severe stomach pains, nausea and an elevated heart rate and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
I’m glad he came to that conclusion, since alcohol in POISON!! Haven’t had a serious drink in over a decade & don’t miss it one bit! Good for French! Hopefully he’s setting an example for future kids from the hood how have similar addictions! #salute
I was a binge drinker, partying through my late teens and 20s. Once I hit 30 that’s when I knew I couldn’t handle that shit anymore. Now I drink maybe 3-4 times a year and don’t even really want to. Sucks how alcohol revolves around damn near all social events, and you get looked down on for not having a drink.
Quit bein a pussy
Being a pussy is giving into peer pressure and not standing for something you believe in!
If people look down in you for not drinking poison find new friends
This is awesome. This is what the genre needs. These babies are out here dying. The older cats gotta show some initiative
I remember his junkie ass denied it was drugs at the time. Even tried to use his overdose to get sympathy to sell his flop album. Meanwhile he was going on instagram looking like Pookie talking crazy to Young Thug and 50 Cent.
A Muslim drinking? Fuck you and Ice Cube … you Nasim Hamed looking muthafxcker …
a lot of people are still caught up maybe they need medication.
Sometimes we have to go through something like a life scare to get us to do what we around was aware of.
What was the diagnosis because I swear he faked a health scare for that album promotion!!
Drug abuse. Just like when rick Ross, lil Wayne and Chris brown all suffered seizures and stuff. They try to play it off as too much work not enough sleep, etc