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A documentary on French Montana will make its debut on Paramount Plus in November after being a festival highlight.
The life of rapper French Montana has gotten the documentary treatment, and it will be available to the world on the Paramount Plus streaming service. The French Montana Story: For Khadija, first premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. The scheduled air date will be Nov. 19 in the United States and Canada and Nov. 20 in the United Kingdom and Australia. French Montana shared the news on his Instagram account Wednesday (Oct. 23).
The French Montana Story will give an inside look into the diamond record-selling rapper, also known as Karim Kharbouch. French Montana was born in Morocco but moved to the United States when he was 13 years old. His family settled in the South Bronx, but his father left the family to go back to Morocco while his mother stayed to raise him and his two brothers. The film chronicles his many trials while becoming a gritty battle rapper who rose to fame with his Cocaine City DVDs, which consisted of interviews with rappers and other street personalities to show off his own music. That was the base for the founding of the Coke Boys, highlighted by collaborations with Max B. He would go on to sign with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy Records, Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group, and Interscope Records.
The documentary is directed by Mandon Lovett and produced by Live Nation Productions for MTV Entertainment Studios. French Montana serves as an executive producer alongside Michael Rapino and Ryan Kroft for Live Nation Productions. Diddy was also an executive producer but withdrew due to his mounting legal issues. “This is the best project I’ve ever worked on in my life,” said Montana of the film. “It’s the first blueprint of an immigrant’s music dream, proving that anything is possible and it’s not about the awards, it’s about what we learn from the losses and sacrifices.”
