Lawrence =Culture. Maybe itâs our proximity to Kansas City, or perhaps itâs the youthful energy generated by a university population of more than 30,000, but culturally, Lawrence is truly unique. Itâs an area surprisingly rich in diversity of thought, opinion, and artistic inspiration.
French Montana was born Karim Kharbouch on November 9, 1984 in Rabat, Morocco. He grew up at the family estate outside Casablanca where he lived for the first 13 years of his life.
French grew up in Morocco until he was 13, where he enjoyed football and rapping. He has claimed that he has some Somali ancestry. He moved to the Bronx with his parents and two brothers in 1996. He revealed in an interview that he has been shot once in New York.