French Montana
Appearances
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month
No, honestly, I tell everybody this. I feel like music is the only language that people speak. in the whole world, you know? Not even knowing English before I came here. Just loving music. Loving the rush I get when I hear it. It's totally different from making it if I just knew English and knew, like, you know? I hear what you're saying.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month
What were you listening to when you were a kid before you could speak English? I was listening to Shep Hesney. and I was listening to Moroccan music.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month
Tupac had a gift of speaking to Africans. He did, right? I swear, he spoke to everybody that was, like, that don't speak English. I had a gift of speaking to Africans.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month
Yeah, triplet, triplet yellow kids, right?
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month
It goes back to African music. And I was like, you know, I usually just go and, like, listen, keep up to date. Right. I just saw this video of these kids, you know, and when I seen it, I just fell in love with it. I never seen nobody dance like that. You know, so when I'm watching, I'm like, why are these kids dancing like this? Then I found out they don't have no TVs.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month
So, all their moves was original. Like, they created their moves, and they all lived together. There's 20 of them. They all lost their parents. So, let me tell you something. I don't know why I did it, but I did it. And you went on to fall in love with Uganda. Like, you didn't just go there. It was the best decision I ever made in my career.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month
Yeah, Mama Hope. Shout out to Mama Hope. Yeah, what is Mama Hope about? non-private organization. Shout out to Global Citizen. These are people that help people around the world, you know, to make a better place for children and mothers, you know? I feel like every mother and every child... should have, you know, the right care, you know?
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month
And ever since I've been involved with it, man, it feels really great. So when I got there, I saw a bunch of beautiful kids just standing outside smiling in that clinic. You know, so when I came out, I said, I got to come back here and just do something, you know? But honestly, me building that with... And shout out to the... I can't take all the credit. Shout out to The Weeknd. He helped.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month
It's like 300,000. Like 300,000 mothers, yeah.
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine | Arab American Heritage Month
You could make it a thing. Yeah, I hope so. I hope so. Yeah, definitely. Definitely shot it for the weekend. And ever since then, you know, we almost... It went from two rooms. Now it's almost 50 rooms. Wow. Thank you so much for what you're doing.