French Montana is claiming he is the first male artist from The Bronx to go diamond. But the official numbers say otherwise.
French Montana recently appeared on the latest episode of the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast. On Monday (June 27), the show shared a clip from French’s interview where he makes a bold claim.
“I’m the first male artist from the mecca of hip-hop to go diamond. It just happened like that,” French said.
Seconds later, he changed his criteria slightly.
“I’m the first male artist from the mecca of hip-hop, from The Bronx, and the first born-African artist to ever go diamond. So, that’s different.”
French later confirmed he might have gone over diamond [10 million
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