During an interview with Complex, Bronx, New York rapper French Montana clarified comments he made several weeks ago about lyrical rappers being broke. According to French, his comments were “flipped” and made to sound completely different.
The rapper went on to explain what he really meant when he stated that “All lyrical rappers I know are broke,” during an interview with Power 105’s Angie Martinez in July. While explaining his remarks he also criticized today’s rappers for their lack of character.
“They took it and flipped it a whole different way,” French Montana said. “What I really meant to say was ‘If you don’t have a business mind then you just rapping’…Rap is only 20 percent of what you doing. Cause you can go and read a book and write exactly what’s in that book in your song. And people gonna think you’re a genius. You’re not a genius. It was in a book…What I love about rappers and rappers I fell in love with my whole life is that I seen them go through the same struggles. I seen it from Tupac. That’s why a lot of these rappers don’t have character.”
Among the artists who criticized French following his “lyrical rappers” comments was Detroit, Michigan emcee Danny Brown. Brown questioned why the rapper would promote a lack of lyricism in Hip Hop, during his own interview with Complex.
“To the French Montana thing, my whole point of it is just that I wouldn’t want to promote that to the kids,” Danny Brown said in August. “Cause what does that leave for the future of Rap music as a genre if you tell them that ‘You don’t have to be good. You don’t have to be a great rapper to make money out of this.’ You know? And I think that’s just a total wrong way to look at it.”
French Montana also offered an update on his upcoming album, Mac & Cheese. According to the rapper, he’s about 75 songs in and plans on narrowing that number down to 12 to 14 records.
“I’m about 75 songs in,” he said. “Probably like 12, 14. So, just putting ‘em together…I feel like the Excuse My French album was more dedicated to being—You know, your first deal you try to do something, something for them. You try to do something for them. You try to do something for them. You ain’t really like took what got you to this point to make the album. Not saying it’s not a good album. It’s the best album I could have made at that time. But I also had this Mac & Cheese series that I was doing that I wanted to do an album just like that. So, that was the difference between this one and that one.”
Lastly, French confirmed that he still speaks to Max B and later spoke on the inspiration for the DJ Mustard-produced, “Don’t Panic.”
“Mustard had did a couple of joints on my mixtape,” Montana said. “But this one I just kinda wanted to like [get] somebody from New York taking the L.A. sound and blending it together…I saw 2 Chainz did it with ‘I’m Different.’ Coming from down South. To me it’s about doing new things…I just wanna do new things and touch new ground.”
How is this guy EVEN being talked about? Fucking trash
Wow French Kardashian are you kidding me if WACK had a picture it would be yours bro and that’s on your flat ass WG
KOurtney aint his girlfriend anymore. She cheated on him. Wouldn’t be surprised if Kim did the same shit to yeezus.
french got a hairline further back than a freeway horizon
Sound like a groupie with all that Kardashian talk!
what an idiot. no one twisted up what u said, you’re just backtracking
Montana saying that his comments were being twisted around reminds me when ross said haters photoshopped his head to a CO.
Even when I’m high i think this guy’s music is trash
‘A lot of suckers with colorful name, I’m this, I’m that..but they’re all just w…w…’
Nice very NICE !!!!!!!!!!!!
BDP!!!
Yep probably a smart move to clear that up after he was no where to be found on this years Forbes list while Kendrick Lamar, J Cole and Tech N9ne were all there.
Why do the blog nerds hate French Montana so much? He is funny and a cool person.
While you’re some anonymous prick who does nothing but compare your favorite rappers’ net worth, Frenchie is somewhere on an island getting blown off by some hot island bitch and then continuing to put the finishing touches to his soon-to-be classic sophomore album, Mac & Cheese 4
na blog nerds dont hate on him hes just a wack ass busta nobody fucks wit him besides niggas on his block he has radio songs cuz he has hot artists on it
” Frenchie is somewhere on an island getting blown off by some hot island bitch and then continuing to put the finishing touches to his soon-to-be classic sophomore album, Mac & Cheese 4″
If I cared enough to check his twitter or gram I’m sure I could prove to you that he’s no where near an island and most likely surrounded by a bunch of dirty niggas using him for his fame and money.
“Why do the blog nerds hate French Montana so much? He is funny and a cool person”
No hate here brutha, just pointing out that some of these lyrical rappers are very very far from broke, with some earning more than he could ever dream with his non lyrical ass..
Not sure why someone with a different opinion than you is automatically a blog nerd… French is the one who said some dumb shit like all lyrical rappers he knows are broke.
” hes about 75 songs in and plans on narrowing that number down to 12 to 14 records.”
Damn that’s a lot of song, just imagine how many features that is. LOL Damn near the whole industry.
Go listen to French old Mixtapes if you want to have him all to yourself on a track.
the only old french i can really tolerate was the stuff he was doing with max biggavelli
Forbes 2014
1. Dr. Dre $620 million
2. Jay Z $60 million
2. Diddy $60 million
4. Drake $33 million
5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis $32 million
6. Kanye West $30 million
7. Birdman $24 million
8. Lil Wayne $23 million
9. Pharrell Williams $22 million
10. Eminem $18 million
11. Nicki Minaj $14 million
12. Wiz Khalifa $13 million
13. Pitbull $12 million
14. Snoop Dogg $10 million
15. Kendrick Lamar $9 million
16. Ludacris $8 million
16. Tech N9ne $8 million
16. Swizz Beatz $8 million
16. 50 Cent $8 million
20. Rick Ross $7 million
20. J. Cole $7 million
20. DJ Khaled $7 million
20. Lil Jon $7 million
20. Mac Miller $7 million
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WHERES FRENCH??? HANNNN?
Rick Ross the only one from the MMG squad to make the list. So I guess 50 beat out his entire team as an INDEPENDENT artist. Hopefully this puts an end to the MMG vs. 50 Cent shit that goes on in these comments.
Ross hustled more than that. He said he’s top 5 on the forbes list. It didn’t take into account his other businesses.
Even 50s most loyal fan can admit that 50 fell all the way down as an INDEPENDANT artist so that he is now next to Ross and Khaled instead of being next to Diddy and JayZ…damn homie I thought the white kids loved ya?
Godfather would have made more money with SMS but he lost a 16 million lawsuit and his album flopped, plus he had legal fees for the domestic violence charges.
Em and Dre numbers are inflated because they make so much money off the publishing from 50s albums when he was on Shady/Aftermath, half of Ems worth is from Fiddy.
DIDDY GOT ALL OF FRENCH MONEY HES JUST A FAKE ASS STUDIO BALLER
50 is building brands and making deals that are setting himself up to be at the top next to dre and puffy. intel, disney, star wars. sms could be the next beats with one deal.
50 aint shit without Chris Lighty and Sha Money, nigga just lost 16 million this year so next year he will be below DJ Khaled were he belongs.
even Ludacris still manages to make the list
lost 16 but gained 23 from interscope LOL winning
fuckin joke.
See, and this is why we should all lead by French Montana’s example. This is the reason why you have to respect such a marketing genius like Frenchie. I hope all you haters and busters took notes and marveled at his awesome game because you fools are gonna need it when you try to get on.
I see a million for Mac and Cheese 4. Platinummmm!!
FUCK FRENCH MONTANA NIGGA YOU WACK!! YOUR OPINIONS ARE INVALID, NIGGA YOU WILL BE BROKE AND WILL NEVER BE MENTIONED WITH ANY RAP LEGENDS WACK ASS TOWEL HEAD U GIVE NY A BAD NAME
is this dude serious? wtf
Ross hustled more than that. He said he’s top 5 on the fobes list. It didn’t take into account his other businesses.
I doubt French is making that much money. His records don’t sell shit and he’s not getting dropped, which means he probably has a 360 deal, and will be broke very soon.
I wished someone could delete dude’s like this from Hip Hop’s history, entirely
amen. Weak ass niggas in this rap game are at an all time high right now.
How did lil jon make 7 million last year? (see forbes list below)
His producer fees can’t be THAT big. Even if he tours its with other artists, he only gets a cut.
he’s a pretty big DJ man. he in clubs every weekend getting serious money to play records and shit. i dont understand it either but some of these dj’s into EDM and shit are getting PAID!
Lil Jon shows up for work thats how…He has a BRAND,an he’s an excellent business acumen, he is more than a Dj, he is a producer and entrepeneur. Everybody and they momma love Lil Jon ( he like the uncle who always have a drink in his cup and cool with everybody…)White people love Lil Jon too because he cranks the party up. MTV,Freaknik in Virginia, BET,VHS, many networks will jump at a chance to work with him because it increases their ratings
French Montana is broke, he is signed to puffy. No artist on Bad Boy ever saw any of their money from their records. Biggie’s mom had to sue puffy for the money Biggie made. French Montana is one of the wackest rappers ever
not only is french signed to puffy, hes signed to rick ross, interscope and puffy! LOL nigga aint even sell 200k. he in debt for life.
As much as you want to believe French is broke you know deep down inside how wrong you are, of French’s album sells 200K copies for $10 would that cover a million dollar budget?
How much does French charge for doing features?
What is French booking price and how many shows does he do?
What about his singles sales?
What about his publishing/royalties?
Do you know that French just did a show in Dubai?
His rhymes may be wack but his hustle is superb.
not according to Forbes
Just another trendy rapper who will not stand the test of time.
Exactly!
“Cause you can go and read a book and write exactly whats in that book in your song. And people gonna think youre a genius. Youre not a genius. It was in a book”
Who the fuck does that anyway? I’ve never heard of a rapper or MC who wrote exactly what was in a book. Inspired by a book, yes, but not word for word.
This arab Copy every rapper I know, he JUmps on every hit song just to get recognized, he goes around every artist just to get ideas from them and their crew, then he moves on to the next, while you didn’t even know you where is Prey. Beware this “Arab came to change the #rapgame and #movethemoney #2Dubai” (His own Words). #notheory #justfacts
only reason this faggot arab got on is cause he rode the balls of all these industry niggas like puffy. No real hood niggas respect,play, or look for his shit
homie hopped from dipset to max b, started fucking wit g-unit, then akon, then young money and brick squad before landing at mmg and bad boy.
probably missed a few, french montana mastered the art of professional dickriding.
ol peanut head ass sand nigga
Good Lord why do people put whack rappers like him on a pedestal?
“Whack”……………it’s WACK
“Half of the 2014 Forbes list of hiphop cash princes were also lyrical rappers…. Asap Rocky, J.Cole, Big Sean, Chance the Rapper…. Wale at least initially”
Am I the only one who noticed the jab at Wale?
We learn everything from a book for the most part, you have life experiences yes but you get understanding and knowledge from books,we look to books for first hand experience and professional guidance because there is hardly anything under the sun which is totally original. even your life and the way you wish to live it.
i dont understand why this arab terrorist has a record deal. After Vanilla Ice and Mc Hammer he is the most wack rapper ever
Don’t forget K-Fed
Down Bottom Dead or Alive
Vanilla Ice
MC Hammer
French
KFed
JFish
mac & cheese 3 was pretty good. i went into it thinkin, “who is this bum nigga?” and it changed my mind.
Of course lyricists are broke just look at Eminem yeeeaaaah riiight also take a look at TI yeeeaaaahhh leeeft now let’s look at Jay haha get the fuck outta here
How this fuckin rag-head wannabe nigga infiltrated the rap scene is beyond me.
USA DEPORT THIS FAGGOT BACK HOME TO MORROCO
Co-sign
Jay Z, Nas, Game, Andre 3000, Kanye West, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, LIL Wayne (he does have lyrics), Common, Jeezy (lyrical Trap Rapper) Even the Roots Band (LOL), etc…
ALL HAVE MONEY THEN UR BUM ASS FRENCH MONTANA SO SHUT THE FUCK UP FUCK BOY!!!!! Contine That bullshit thats gonna get you dropped from ur label!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA is frenchie serious!!!!!
You better have more money than him, before you start calling people BUM ASS.LOL
It’s obvious that he was talking about the people complaining are usually the ones that can’t fit back in.
WAS REFERRING TO HIS BUM ASS RAPPING SKILLS I DONT HAVE AS MUCH MONEY AS FRENCH BUT IM NOT POOR AND IM NOT HURTING FOR SHIT BUT THE BUM ASS COMMENT WAS REFERRING TO HIS RAP SKILLS!!!
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this chump really must be retarded. no one twisted or flipped his words, he said lyrical rappers are broke and then he didnt make Forbes while a bunch of lyrical rappers did. I guess his “business mind” isn’t as good as he thinks he does.
In NO DEFENSE at all to French’s existence, but how do YOU know they ain’t twist it?
nope, i was there, that’s what the dirty piece of garbage said
how can you twist a direct quote?
“All lyrical rappers I know are broke,”
Now he wants to say he meant something else about business minds? Lyrical rappers are most likely more educated and smarter when it comes to handling their biz.
French told the truths we all know: Talented rappers are broke and the industry WILL NOT promote or market conscious rap or lyrics because people of color are not in seats for Decision Making. If you rap about polluting our neighborhoods with drugs, guns, rape,murdering the innocent or being welfare /public aid dependency then French will give you a spot on his label. yet,the true lyricist out here he will pass you by and mock you for being great but broke- hypocrite at best
i bet he wishes he never dropped 50k on a jeep as a birthday gift for a girl who earns 25 times as much as he does in his best year
I think hes an awful, awful artist. But…hes moving them things heavy thats the only thing hes got going, and that he does. Other wise i hope he dies lol
moving what things? certainly not albums or singles.
Now white people are calling him, raghead, Arab, and terrorist in these comments.
I’m black so I call him a sand nigga.
why does he wear his hats like that? the point of a beanie is to cover your ears, not just your fading hairline and bushy eyebrows
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