{"id":268052,"date":"2025-06-02T04:23:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/african-music\/an-unforgettable-migration-the-hip-hop-african\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T04:23:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:23:23","slug":"an-unforgettable-migration-the-hip-hop-african","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=268052","title":{"rendered":"An \u201cUnforgettable\u201d Migration \u2013 The Hip Hop African"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">French Montana born and raised in Morocco for the better part of his childhood migrated from his homeland and entered the \u201cland of the free\u201d otherwise known as the U.S.. French montana is a very successful artist through and through with a foot in many aspects of the industry including  rapping, writing, singing, and producing. French Montana\u2019s life story reflects the resilience that many immigrants encompass. Upon his arrival in the States he had very little knowledge of American customs and only spoke English and Arabic. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pheelz - Finesse (Remix) ft. French Montana [Official Video]\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0mgAIjKDkWY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>French uses his fame and fortune to highlight and shed love to the diaspora in his music. His 2023 remix of the song \u201cFinesse\u201d with Pheelze a Nigerian artist is a fan favorite. The essence of the video is beautiful, and his love for the culture radiates from the dancing to the usage of a Moroccan restaurant for the filming of the video. Many have even claimed it to be \u201cThe song of the year!\u201d  <\/p>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@theeagle4368\"><br \/>@theeagle4368<\/a><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0mgAIjKDkWY&amp;lc=Ugw_A0iJcUDNTJKRRIt4AaABAg\">1 year ago<\/a>: Wow . Gotta represent Nigeria \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec my Country . French you refined this song finesse . You morrocos finest . \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Ofego\">@Ofego<\/a><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Ofego\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0mgAIjKDkWY&amp;lc=UgwzG6uP0BgxdKANmP94AaABAg\">1 year ago<\/a>: Beautiful remix. This one sits well with the world. I love how French flowed effortlessly with the beat,not many rappers can do that cause it\u2019s afrobeat.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Temprahh\">@Temprahh<\/a><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0mgAIjKDkWY&amp;lc=UgylGcxGV3Kznx-O5jR4AaABAg\">1 year ago<\/a>: I love this song and the fact that they recorded this in MY PARENTS RESTAURANT is crazy! Moroccan food is my parents delicacy and feeding food to people puts a smile on our face.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"French Montana - Unforgettable ft. Swae Lee\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CTFtOOh47oo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFinesse\u201d was not French Montana\u2019s first go at featuring African in his music. He is very proud of his heritage and one of his most well-known pieces \u201cUnforgettable\u201d was shot and filmed in Uganda. The artist was inspired by \u201cThe Ghetto Triplets\u201d a Ugandan based dance group. He then flew out and featured them as well as other locals in his music video. French\u2019s generosity did not stop there, he then used the proceeds from the video towards the betterment of the Suubi \u201cHope\u201d Center which is a maternity and children\u2019s health clinic in Uganda. He is said to have helped raise over $226 million dollars for health care initiatives in Uganda. 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