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French Montana has had himself a pretty solid 2012, and he continues that run with an appearance on the cover of The FADER magazine. In this cover story, French Montana travels back to his home country in Morocco as a conquering hero. In this revealing interview French Montana, real name Karim Kharbouch, talks about his humble beginnings in Morocco and what brought him and his family over to New York City.

“I remember me as a kid, just being raised around people in a third world country and not having the oppor-tunity to become what I became today.” French says to Zach Baron of FADER. “It’s so crazy how I ended up in the States and made it happen.” Hit the jump to check out full photos from the cover story and click here to read if in full.

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