French Montana stepped into the world of filmmaking on the 2023 Tribeca Movie Pageant, the place he premiered his touching documentary in regards to the unbreakable bond he shares together with his single mom. To have fun, the rapper sat down with Billboard‘s Rania Aniftos to debate the doc, titled For Khadija.
“Going by way of every thing that I went by way of in my profession, it felt prefer it lastly made sense,” the Morocco-born artist reveals as to why he determined to make the documentary. “It’s a narrative from the start to the tip of a chapter. It’s a chapter the place my mom, sacrificed for us after which went again after 25 years. I really feel like that was the closure of us coming, me struggling within the Bronx, not figuring out English, being tradition shocked by the entire transfer that we made.”
He continued, “One factor in regards to the wounds, that’s the place the sunshine enters. It’s displaying those who in case you solely work on sunny days, you’ll by no means attain your vacation spot.”
He additionally opened up about navigating a non-public life amid being within the highlight, particularly again throughout his 2013 relationship with Khloe Kardashian. “I simply go together with my groove. I additionally don’t like nothing that should do with actuality TV. I don’t like nothing that should do with something apart from my music to be publicized. Whenever you broadcast that, it simply takes away for why I’m actually right here.”
Watch Billboard‘s full interview with French Montana above.
