CEO of Bad Boy records, took to twitter yesterday to congratulate his foremost artiste, French Montana for making the cover of revered US hip hop magazine XXL.

French Montana who is a Moroccan immigrant who went to America with his parents at the age of 13, speaking only Arabic and French, has emerged from a tough childhood to carve a place for himself in the US entertainment industry. The rapper is one of the most commercially successful acts of this generation.

By Sammi Sikpojie