French Montana Talks 'Mac & Cheese 5,' Bridging The Gap For New Artists, Pop Smoke's Death & More

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[@royalfreshness815]

French looks like he did a DBZ Fusion with drake and DJ Khaled. 😂😂😂

[@jjdrum22]

Bruh 😂😂😂😂

[@bryank1685]

Hahahaha in tears 😂

[@giffondhall9214]

And Dre from cool and dree

[@clutchk5240]

Love Kenzo B personality, she has the right mindset towards things. D thang seems like a young street dude on efoot in and one foot out but appears like he’s making the right transition. French regardless of how people may feel, has definitely made impact on the culture and has work ethic.

[@Juggalo94]

Summed it up perfectly

[@jayc5756]

I agree with everything you said here.

[@DEEORM]

The "culture " 😂😂

[@ijesssparkle]

I still play “Shot Caller” on repeat!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@elijahashman9716]

Classic NY Record

[@anthonysmith7734]

I love how Jess jumped in and stop the babies from arguing with each other

[@IamMrImpeccable]

You can tell she is a mother and has a son.

[@anthonysmith7734]

@@IamMrImpeccable facts

[@AMusicnSportsnComedyfan]

She definitely brought ease and understanding to that moment "D-Thang"was turning up, you can tell he had something on his mind...

[@anthonysmith7734]

@@blackgirlinadoggoneworld shut up

[@JeromeGigante]

Those max b & french mixtapes bring alot of memories !! #freethewave

[@reeldeal2149]

Wavy baby

[@cristinasev5545]

I love the way Jess spoke up to D Thang

[@ceciltate202]

French so on point. WE NEED MIXTAPES BACK❗️

[@anthonysmith7734]

Nah chill old head it’s over for that

[@doubydoo]

Why is it over for that? Who dont want more music from there favorite artist with no record label controlling your creativeness

[@kennethlaurent9797]

French’s energy and personality will always always be the light and best part of him. He’s very likable and hard to not get comfortable with

[@marianan3231]

I smiled throughout this whole interview I been loving French since high school ❤

[@user-rl4fm4uu6o]

french been saying max coming home for 5 years straight . enough already lol

[@ilmari23]

Great interview ❤ love to see a man on his journey to bettering themselves, working on their past behavior and lifestyle that wasnt the best and moving on being wiser and all the better for it. Also can relate to him going on a sober journey leaving the alcohol and drugs behind, those things feel good but we can easily get lost.

[@chris_p4125]

Looking like a member of the Night's Watch from Game of Thrones

[@nonamenoidea9792]

Lmao😂😂

[@suziecute9873]

Stop it 😂😂

[@tannergrace9996]

😂

[@BannedupEv]

People sleep on French man. His Montega album that came out in 2022 I felt was one of the best albums that released that year. Good interview. Time to tap in to this Mac and Cheese 5

[@MusicMilesYT]

I just dropped the coldest song of the year!! 🥶

[@shanebaileycreates]

That Montega album is incredible

[@BannedupEv]

@@shanebaileycreates bro NBS shit was heat.

[@woke.huncho]

please listen to that mac and cheese 5, and also if you have time listen to the mac and cheese series and coke boys series and casino life 2 because those are flames man

[@tierricehenderson6871]

Shot caller was the first track that got me rocking with French to this very day.

[@Dynasty19]

French has an excellent ear for sound, dude is more of a music/marketing specialist than people give him credit for tbh

[@simonmaduxx6777]

don't need no credit cuz nobody cares... Y'all care too much about people who don't care about y'all

[@Dynasty19]

@@simonmaduxx6777 😂 Relax, dude, it's not about "caring" about the person. If you're a fan of the art, you're a fan of the art plain and simple. The guy said he was the most streamed African artist ever, so obviously, someone cares. Appreciation for music and the creatives of music does not always equate to worship or zealous adulation of a person. Get out of your misery and envy, dude.

[@Mr.PinksBodega]

​@simonmaduxx6777 depression is real my boy😂..

[@simonmaduxx6777]

@@Dynasty19 I am miserable.. because he's a lame artist? 😂. You guys take these KZbin comments way too seriously. Calm down bro with your silly psychoanalysis. Critiquing a musician makes you miserable and envious? Please explain that logic. I personally could give a flying crap if he had 19 billion streams... He's still lame. I'm a creative myself, I'd rather be me and good than him and be super lame. And I don't have to walk around calling myself French Montana 😂. Give me a break dude You're trying to sound smart but you sound silly. Plenty of untalented comparatively lame folks is out there making a lot of money and is very popular. A fan of the art is just going to accept somebody because they're lame and just happens to be popular? That sounds really silly. Again...he is still lame. This guy has had ABC 123 lyrics forever. Even his name is corny. French Montana? Cmon. But hey the moon and the stars comes together for some people, that's just life. It doesn't mean I have to like it just because he's the most streamed in any given territory. That doesn't mean one bloody thing to me. And it shouldn't have to. We have an idiot ex-president and he's very popular with an idiot population. Should we not critique him because of his successes in scamming and being a undesirable? You see how your logic is failing. Cmon brah.

[@jenbb3923]

That pause when asked about Diddy 😂

[@greenleaf9307]

Time stamp?

[@mr.bellefleur]

@@greenleaf9307watch the interview

[@MusicMilesYT]

I just dropped the coldest song of the year!! 🥶

[@wavygoods877]

He was smooth with it. He said something without saying anything.

[@3dmedia376]

​@@greenleaf9307 18:35

[@rayshawngadson6204]

Mac cheese 3 is the best one to me he really got fucus on that mixtape

[@anthonysmith7734]

No shit Sherlock

[@reeldeal2149]

Devil want my soul 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@asanijahbarriwentgordon1374]

Yep it was when he was illuminated

[@a1jones]

Forsure the best one whole mxtape 🔥

[@woke.huncho]

try mac and cheese 2 because that was a close second but the 3 fasho the best one

[@nancyjoseph2139]

Charlemagne said “did they search y’all” 😅 always stay safe

[@DSBP1]

You can tell Charlemagne feels more comfortable being himself when he has the young kids in the studio. This is why I find it ridiculous that they’re blackballing the drill artist.

[@YungBerryGordy]

Mac and Cheese 3 was my soundtrack in HS! Glad to see him still putting on from NY!

[@reeldeal2149]

You and I both. “devil want my soul” is still my 🔥🔥🔥

[@mathewmcfool]

good interview everyone, well done!

[@hyoten5743]

i forgot french montana existed lol we haven’t seen bro in the spotlight in ages😭time to listen to “ain’t worried bout nothin” for the nostalgia 🙌🏽

[@hoopdr3amz23]

Ain't worried bout nothin

[@rillyjo5810]

He been active. U been sleep

[@davidhey52]

He’s one of the top streaming artists from NY still today

[@rogueonevo]

You sleep yo, he drop some heat just a month ago....

[@TheBiggest7.62]

Diddy had em locked down now he’s free with Yung Miami

[@MiataShanay]

LOVE seeing Kenzo on a big platform!

[@ShadomanG]

The young bull looks like Gillie w/braids mixed w/Durk

[@elijahashman9716]

This ain’t what u want !

[@geraldjones5412]

French got out that Puff question real quick

[@alhassanrashida9999]

thats all you got from the interview?

[@storyreact]

It’s refreshing to see a brotha giving praise & uplifting each other instead of drama & tryna tear someone down. Solid Man…

[@andrebundles1037]

#FreeMaxB! 🗽

[@osemuohan-smarties5203]

Love how french did his album.

[@xofreshflow8912]

Didn’t understand why I was up watching this… until I heard what I needed about loosing people when you let go of negative things that they still attached to you

[@g.neptdadaaa]

Awwww Auntie Jess giving DThang gems

[@kennethlaurent9797]

Shoutout to Jess. She meditated and handled that with such class and smoothness. True air sign and true class.

[@quintblack1852]

Jess a professional adlib 😂😂 she male said 13 words and 2 questions 😂 respect that man deepest voice out of all them niggaz up there

[@TheBulletzgottishow20]

That’s my dude French I’m glad he winning

[@Xin_all]

Mac & cheese 4: the appetizer is my 💩!!! A work of art tbh. I love to listen to it while driving when it rains.

[@ahmedally125]

Playing in the wind 2 is a classic. People just hate on French because it’s cool to hate on him.

[@alexlynch1674]

Top 5 mixtape all time in my book

[@woke.huncho]

@@ahmedally125 facts i heard it last week for nostalgia and it hitted back home like it did in middle school

[@woke.huncho]

@@alexlynch1674 it was short but ik its just appetizer but he could've added 5 more songs

[@mauricecorleone]

"French got hits period!!"...look it up!!💪🏼💯📲

[@moemoenyc]

I drove a NYC yellow cab from 2009-2016, I saw Montana's white ghost parked outside of Hot 97 on Hudson, Meatpacking district, Chelsea, Sin City bronx, was fkn crazy

[@johnsauce7369]

This was a cool interview, despite all of the negativity French gets he seems like a genuine dude.

[@poppinc8145]

French Montana's music and mixtapes up until 2016 *_was the shits!_* 2009 to 2014 era French was my personal favorite. After 2016 his style and bars got watered down too much and I stopped checking as much. After he released _Coke Wave 4_ in 2019 (having never dropped a _Coke Wave 3,_ and it was mediocre) I completely tuned out. French lost his core fanbase trying to exclusively cater to the mainstream fanbase. The old music, depending on the track, was a mix of gangsta rap, introspective, soulful, and some of his tracks had real bars because French started out as a battle rapper although his mental degeneration from his drinking/drugs and having previously been shot in the head made the lyrical tracks rarer as the years passed by. His mixtapes are legendary because of all the features and the mixture of different styles of beats, there was something for everyone. Even as an underground artist from 2007 to 2011, he had features from the biggest rappers on his tapes. His tapes also had tons of underground rappers, many who went on to blow-up later. His tapes brought them a bigger audience. Mixtapes in general were a good way for rappers to collaborate and grow their fanbases. That DVD and mixtape eras were my favorite. Hip hop hasn't been the same since then and I barely follow the new stuff.

[@poppinc8145]

If you wanna check out French Montana's best work from his best era: More on the old-school gangsta side: - Coke Wave 1 (with Max B) - Coke Boys 1 - Cocaine Mafia (with Juicy J and Project Pat) - Casino Life 1 - Locked Out (with Waka Flocka Flame) More on the soulful side: - Mac & Cheese 2 - Coke Boys 2 - Mac & Cheese: The Appetizer EP More on the new-school gangsta side: - Mac & Cheese 3 - Casino Life 2

[@amassa928]

💯💯💯

[@bachemlightandlili4134]

I was there sold his dvds and mixtapes dipset was paying niggas not to play and listen to his shit 50 and the unit cosigned him early on then he linked wit Max B cocaine city dvd

[@fcfdizzy3593]

French got the hardest artist in the Bronx gangsta

[@KiingTRell]

This is a good look for French M&C5

[@5uperman23]

Maybe it’s because I’m high and I’m actually a fan of French but this was a really good interview the whole vibe and flow salute

[@selfmadeslim6810]

My Boy Opened A Whole Hospital that’s major💪🏽💯

[@yourfavoritecommentary5028]

They should make memes for French Montana's reaction to Ye and Diddy questions 😅

[@tobiasedwards2643]

R.I.P. Nipsey

[@TheBulletzgottishow20]

D thang in great hands with French and luka

[@khalidshabazz5110]

50cent getting on him about that Bugatti was too funny

[@jak3ylucky]

“When things happen to people you never expect it to happen that’s why it happened “ - French Montana

[@ZipLock713]

That's dope he did bring dthang and kenzo on the breakfast club that's a good look for them

[@danielx8]

Unforgettable 1.2B on the KZbin alone

[@raiden-requena]

Dthang on a whole other level he going up crazy

[@marqcollins1792]

Great interview so far!!

[@willj8814]

what the 1st 10 mins?!? so far???

[@latoyaloving1412]

French Soo Fine❤❤ and his coat so fire🔥🔥 Great Interview

[@peronkindred7479]

Can’t wait tel MAXB come home💯✌🏾 French

[@jamielleanderson33]

OG Of The Coke Boyz is Back Rest Easy CB

[@kreigerbailey3550]

Portland, JAMAICA in the Building!!! 👑🇯🇲🔥💥🌟⭐💯💎

[@ricancubandoll]

Love this ❤

[@rellgriffin5976]

The way charlemagne paused before saying when "Max was still alive" 😅

[@Parsonsfromnewfoundland]

Keep bringing French back

[@melroc5ny844]

Gumbo in the back cheesin ear to ear

[@xxxxyoooooooo]

Word 😂😂😂😂

[@1813quan]

24:56 AT THAT MOMENT FRENCH REALIZED DTHANG A DAMN FOOL

[@Tunechi65]

Bro looked at him like..well there goes my investment lmfao 😂😂 hope he has life insurance on him

[@1813quan]

@@Tunechi65 facts 😂

[@user-xd7sl3ns1f]

Morocco is doing it big everywhere ma man french is the dopest out of Africa.

[@scottyboy308]

French dawg ; your a legend not just for hip^hop music for the culture but I think I heard you say that you helped open a hospital in Uganda and that's what I call some OGż shiiit dawg real talk about real life well done y'all !!!

[@user-dh1md9rf5l]

Got the mixtape it's 🔥.

[@jjdrum22]

Drill rap started in Chicago

[@elijahashman9716]

Definitely then Brooklyn got it

[@kareneverett125]

GREAT INTERVIEW, THANKS !!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@garrettgivhan]

Love content like this with no racism

[@kingdom121989]

That makes sense why French is so popular down south. ✊🏽

[@recboyz1540]

Dthang is 18-22 like bruh what are you talking about.. ya whole childhood you been raised off the internet

[@StoneCold_]

coke wave tapes were the fire

[@freshindafield]

They dvds and world star help me find French 💯💯look at him now

[@abuwadie3]

Good on charlamgne on motivating that young rapper to stay active because he’s lyrics have to be a reflection of his real life. Good leading the youth.

[@lionellcarr8237]

D Thang needs to mature, before he destroys the opportunity in front of him. Good Job Jess for the beef interception.

[@finaltouch998]

This French Album is HARD. I love the songs with him and Ye. But the whole album is great. Montana Back. My favorite New York Rapper of the last couple decades.

[@sanchezeli5]

YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS WHEN YOU HEAR THAT #HAAAAANN #MACNCHEESE5 🔥🔥🔥

[@michaelbowen8563]

Mac n cheese 5 got sum heat🔥🔥

[@FullBODYARMORofGODSsON210]

He. Knows his Catalog is Stoopid STRONG...NO ONE CAN DENY...💯💪 IMAGINE THE FEELING 🤔

[@khawaitkhastellano353]

im one of the first french fans on the west coast, been down since around 2005 easy.

[@woke.huncho]

2005? damn you a og i started listening to him in 2013 when pop that was popping with stay schemin in mac and cheese 3 era

[@osazuwaegharevba3851]

French montana ❤

[@naomiluxe0]

I still listen to unforgettable till this day. It’s so good

[@trubullyzzeusfam1546]

"Choppa choppa down"

[@elijahashman9716]

That Song Got Him Known down south

[@fsantanaGBG]

The scratch on the head after how was Diddy doing 😅

[@Mrfunnyhimself24]

French up here capping, he’s higher then a giraffe a$$😂😂😂

[@AudiomoeTV]

French a low key legend….people sleep on him

[@ginoblackofficial]

Don’t Limit Yourself.

[@brickcity4500]

Big gumbo pow !!

[@Coolness18304]

This album go haaaaaard!

[@Coolness18304]

Pause

[@techwood16]

@@Coolness18304Can’t say shit no more 😂

[@Coolness18304]

@@techwood16 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ad_cancia]

“Don’t nobody say “huh” then a ninja that heard you”. 📝

[@hoopdr3amz23]

Haaaaan was banging the 1st album 2 weeks ago the CD physical boy

[@kingross3418]

First album was 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@GraveyardTV]

French is real fr . Bro is a music maker

[@Hello32799]

I know french gave d thang a whole lecture after this interview cus the way he looked at him when he said he’s “ living what he raps” (self snitching).

[@nisxny4044]

DJ Envy stay sneak dissin

[@losangelesstreetnews]

Shouts to French

[@DaryTheLegend]

1- I hate when envy pushes to wrap an interview too fast 😂 read the room of your cohosts 2- Jess - in regard to the why Africa questions were you aware of French being Moroccan? 3- ENVY - now why u gone ask that mane bout diddy 18:35 Good to see French ❤

[@MrYS-eo5zw]

Some of the publicist and label people in the background tell the host to wrap it up

[@mustafaallah7052]

Dat boy D Thang is the Bronx Lil Durk in a way💯💯Salute Youngin💯👌🏿👌🏿

[@LilH3llKAT]

when datpiff died so did mixtapes

[@josephx9261]

Y’all ain’t even see that when envy asked about diddy the signal that French gave like nah don’t talk about him yo the coded language these guys use is crazy 🤦🏾‍♂️ check it out

[@StunnersSquadEnt]

36:01 😅😅😅

[@youngair24]

My girl Kenzo B

[@Dynasty19]

She’s 🔥 aesthetically speaking baddie

[@ggdasleezey4428]

Mans behind French hasn't blinked or moved

[@cocotaso101]

Mac n Cheese should have Dame Grease sound

[@cheffytv1441]

You smart ,don’t forget young Los

[@Itsnotthatdeep1]

This mixtape sounds like NY 🔥

[@E34Will]

I i felt like I was the only nigga listening to French in Savannah in those Livemixtape days lol