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The French Montana Story: For Khadija skizziert den Aufstieg des in Marokko geborenen Musikers French Montana zum Ruhm. Der heute weltberühmte Rapper muss, nachdem sein Vater die Familie verlässt, früh Verantwortung übernehmen und gleichzeitig als Immigrant in einem neuen Land über die Runden kommen und den Grundstein einer Musikkarriere legen.
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00:00French Montana has been named the most streamed African-born artist.
00:07Come back, you're a Moroccan boy.
00:12I'm a real immigrant, fresh off the boat.
00:14No access to nothing to become this dream that I was dreamed about.
00:21When my father left, part of me died.
00:23In Islam, people who have children don't accept their children.
00:28It was a total transformation.
00:30I just remember my mom was working two, three jobs.
00:32I was like, I gotta do something.
00:34I didn't think I'd get my mother out of there.
00:36But it was like, how do I escape poverty without becoming phenomenal?
00:40I hit the streets.
00:42You're gonna make it if you're chosen, it's the only way.
00:44Young Moroccan immigrant, made it in the USA.
00:48Bronx is like ordained by God for immigrants to migrate to.
00:53Coming from Morocco, I had to prove myself.
00:56I'm taking you down too.
00:58I had this idea in French in my head of like this young, untouchable mob boss.
01:03You know, he had a hard time. He had a real hard time.
01:05I had to lock in.
01:06And then he turned into an artist.
01:09At this time, me and Max be running the city.
01:11We was like, bro, like that's my man.
01:13Shot call came out, then it was just like, shh.
01:214, 5 in the morning.
01:22I remember my mother waking me up, scared to death.
01:25They just shot your brother.
01:30They sell you the dream, they don't show you the nightmare.
01:33There's a gene in any person, they will not quit until they make it.
01:39The power of music and art.
01:41There's a story for a lot of immigrants out there.
01:43They sacrifice to better themselves, to better their family.