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French Montana Shares Photo Of African Parents

French Montana is all ‘surprise, “I have a black son and African parents”, lately. The rapper caught a jab from the internet after excessively clapping at a twitter user (who didn’t ever tag him), over her distaste for his celebrity. Many people called part of his clapback “anti-black” , when he resorted to making fun of the woman’s “nappy braids”. Well, are you anti-black, French?

The rapper says no. And today he’s showing everyone just how close to the root he is. French is using his Morroccan parent’s wedding photo as the artwork for his next single. In the caption, he details his parents struggle to come to the United States.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSjhK0UFuuI/?taken-by=frenchmontana

The picture of my mother and father at their wedding in Africa is my favorite picture. It’s unforgettable for so many reasons since it was the same year I was born and the same year my father was incarcerated for unfortunate circumstances. He named me from jail. After he was released, we were granted US visas and in 1996 I went on my first plane to go to America.

I didn’t know any English. It was tough because I thought we were moving into the high rises of NYC, but we ended up in the back streets of the South Bronx lol. It was still better than back home in Morocco, but my father had a hard time and wanted to move back. My mother knew we couldn’t because there weren’t any opportunities there and she sacrificed a lot for us to survive in the states. We were on welfare and she worked overtime to keep us fed, clothed and a roof over our heads. I promised my mother that I would hustle and make my accomplishments unforgettable once I found my opportunity. I want other people who might be struggling to know that the sky is not the limit… You can do unforgettable things, so I present to you my single “Unforgettable”. Feat @swaelee

Kudos to him, for checking his spelling.

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