French Montana

French Montana Is Making Steady Moves On The Slick ‘Drive By’ With Babyface Ray

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It was just six months ago that French Montana released his fourth album They Got Amnesia. The project was the rapper’s first full project since 2019’s Montana and it delivered 21 tracks and features from Rick Ross, Kodak Black, Pop Smoke, Lil Durk, Doja Cat, Saweetie, Fivio Foreign, Ty Dolla Sign, Moneybagg Yo, and many more. While some might have thought that it would be a little while until French released a new project, that won’t be the case as he announced his upcoming Montega album produced by Harry Fraud. Ahead of the project’s arrival, French steps forth with its latest single.

French arrives with the Harry Fraud-produced “Drive By” alongside Detroit rapper Babyface Ray as the first offering from Montega. The record is a hard-hitting release that’s elevated thanks to Harry’s crisp production, French’s steady but determined flow, and Babyface’s laid-back flexing. The new track follows “Alcatraz,” a record French used to address the “curse from the Kardashians.”

The new track arrives shortly after French seemingly concluded the promotional run behind his fourth album They Got Amnesia. Through it, he released videos for “Mopstick” with Kodak, “Push Start” with 42 Dugg and Coi Leray, “How You King?,” “Handstand” with Doja and Saweetie, “Bag Season” with Lil Tjay, “Panicking” with Fivio, “Business,” and “FWMGAB (Remix)” with Moneybagg Yo.

As for French’s Montega project, that’s set to arrive later this month on June 24.

You can listen to “Drive By” in the video above.

Montega is out 6/24 via Epic Records. You can pre-order it here.

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French Montana Announces New Album ‘Montega’, Produced by Harry Fraud on Coke Boys Records

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3x Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum recording artist, humanitarian and entrepreneur French Montana announces his sixth studio album, Montega, bringing us back to the original NY grit rap sound, set to release on June 24th via Coke Boyz Records. Executive produced by Montana’s longtime friend and legendary hip-hop producer Harry Fraud (first collaborated on the anthemic “Shot Caller”), the album will be available for pre-order of a limited edition digital, CD or autographed copy of Montega exclusively on montega.shop.

Montega comes on the heels of his fourth studio album They Got Amnesia which peaked at #23 on the Billboard US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart and #59 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The album features hit tracks such as “Mopstick” with Kodak Black, “Stuck in The Jungle” with Pop Smoke and Lil Durk, and “Handstand” with Doja Cat featuring Saweetie. He recently released single and visual Alcatraz on May 20th, highlighting significant figures and moments that contributed to his career.

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French Montana Announces His New Album ‘Montega’ Produced By Harry Fraud

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French Montana

French Montana, who recently released the single “Alcatraz,” has just officially announced his sixth studio album, Montega, which is duef in just a couple of weeks on Coke Boys Records. It’s produced by the popular rapper and his collaborator Harry Fraud.

Montega will follow his last album They Got Amnesia, a success with a deluge of features, including “Mopstick” with Kodak Black, “Handstand” with Doja Cat and Saweetie, “Panicking” with Fivio — the list goes on, featuring Rick Ross, John Legend, Pop Smoke, Drake, and more. That album came out in November last year, which shows that his grind never stops.

Around that time, Montana also made a claim that his line of work is even more difficult than others. “You’re better off making it in the NBA than Hip Hop,” he said during an appearance on Hot 97’s Ebro In The Morning. “NBA, they got like what, 28 teams … 15 players on every team? And that’s in the hundreds. You talk about Hip Hop, you can’t even name 10 people that’s hot every couple months. The odds … anybody can do it if it was easy.” He added, “So you talkin’ about trying to make it? Your hustle gotta be relentless. Can’t take no for an answer, you gotta be up when everybody sleep.”

Check out the album art for Montega below.

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French Montana

Montega is out 6/24 on Coke Boys Records. Pre-order it here.

[WATCH] DreamDoll Brings French Montana Along for Sizzling “Ice Cream Dream” Video

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DreamDoll Brings French Montana Along for Sizzling “Ice Cream Dream” Video

DreamDoll has just released the very seductive music video for her new track “Ice Cream Dream,” which features French Montana.

DreamDoll arrives at a park in a custom ice cream truck in the video. In the daring clip, she wears a candy bikini and instantly turns attention. She and French link up and performed by the truck at night, trading bars in front of a roaring fire, heating up the screen and pouring ice cream.

You can currently catch DreamDoll on the remaining dates of the Fivio Foreign Tour and in the video below.

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DreamDoll Puts Her Own Twist On A Wu-Tang Classic With ‘Ice Cream Dream’ Featuring French Montana

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Batten down the hatches, Gen X — the kids are coming for your pop culture. While millennials are finding out firsthand what had our parents ruffled when Diddy and Will Smith sampled ’80s R&B classics for their late-90s hip-hop hits thanks to Latto’s “Big Energy” and Jack Harlow’s “First Class,” another rap newcomer is reaching even further back to get her hands on one of the genre’s sacred cows for sample sacrifice. DreamDoll’s “Ice Cream Dream” featuring French Montana borrows the oh-so-familiar guitar loop from Earl Klugh’s “A Time for Love” that made Raekwon’s “Ice Cream” so recognizable.

In addition to flipping the New York boom-bap staple into a drill rap block bruiser, the video for the new song also borrows the concept from Rae’s original video for “Ice Cream,” casting DreamDoll as an ice cream truck driver who serves her delicious wares while describing all the flavors of men she enjoys. Meanwhile, French Montana appears in the latter half of the video, becoming the latest rapper to reference The Will Smith Oscars Slap as the ice cream truck burns behind the two rappers.

DreamDoll, a relative newcomer to the hip-hop scene, has begun to make a name for herself, appearing alongside hitmakers like Fivio Foreign, CJ, Erica Banks, and Rick Ross as she expands her growing discography.

French Montana Addresses The ‘Curse From The Kardashians’ On His New Song, ‘Alcatraz’

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French Montana’s new song, “Alcatraz” features the rapper sharing small anecdotes over his life and career. Throughout the track, Montana proclaims, “I’m expensive every day, I ain’t free tomorrow.” Rife with metaphors, similes, and somewhat clever wordplay, “Alcatraz” is a typical Montana track.

Perhaps a standout line is where Montana likens himself to Kanye West, saying, “I feel like Ye through the car crash / Feel like Ye ’cause me and Ye killed the curse from the Kardashians.” In case you forgot, Montana and Khloe Kardashian dated on and off between 2013 and 2014.

Other one-liners may elicit a chuckle, like “Word to 112, my life ain’t peachy,” but lines like “She lied on her booty, that’s an ass cap / I asked her, what’s her sign, she said CashApp,” may trigger an awkward grimace. At the end of the song, Montana teased a new installment in his Mac & Cheese mixtape series, saying, “Ride big V’s like the G house / Montega in the flash, Mac & Cheese 5.”

The song’s music video, directed by Montana and Zay Jones, shows Montana rapping as police bag a body, and toward the end, the rapper is seen standing behind fire arranged in lettering reading “CB,” referring to Montana’s Coke Boyz crew.

Check out “Alcatraz” above.

French Montana Accused Of Stealing The Lyrics For “Handstand” From Turk Of The Hot Boys

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Bod Boy French Montana will be appearing i n court in the near future after it was reported that he is being sued for allegedly stealing the lyrics from his 2021 smash hit “Handstand”.

Turk from Cash Money’s Hot Boys claims that Montana stole his lyrics for the song and says that French has to pay up.

According to a lawyer from Turk’s lawyer to French’s attorney, Turk, whose real name is Tab Virgil Jr., claims that French ripped off the lyrics from the group’s 1999 hit “I Need A Hot Girl” without permission and says that the song where the stolen lyrics are heard already have received over 17 million views on YouTube.

A source close to the situation says that French took the lyrics and the beat under the impression that he’s received clearance, but it has been reported that French is already trying to rectify the situation.

Turk’s attorney, Paul M. Aloise Jr. of the Brooks LeBoeuf law firm, says they’re willing to settle out of court, so hopefully this case will end without unnecessary litigation.

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