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French Montana Apologizes After Explosive Debate Erupts Over His Vulgar Diss Towards Woman

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French Montana explained he was only trying to defend himself when he called a woman’s hair “nappy.” (J. Kempin/Contributor/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images)

French Montana is in hot water after his expletive-laden reply to a woman caused a debate among the public about his race and how he gets to talk about Black people.

User @artdecoxxx, a Black woman, tweeted less than favorably about French Wednesday, April 4. Even though the rapper wasn’t tagged in the message, it caught his attention.

https://twitter.com/artdecoxxx/status/849794968180867072

French took the opinion personally, lashing out at the woman and deeming her box-braided hair “nappy.”

https://twitter.com/FrencHMonTanA/status/849802776464900096

Many quickly tore into the Moroccan-born emcee, wondering why he used “nappy” to slight the woman.

That led to a debate about whether or not French is considered Black, stemming from his nationality.

https://twitter.com/Uwnaynaa/status/849940932522909696

https://twitter.com/Renene__/status/849962322445701120

https://twitter.com/angelocvalentin/status/849895425385545728

Some thought there should be no debate over whether or not French is Black.

https://twitter.com/ml_0321/status/849947357903028225

Others didn’t understand the uproar over French’s diss since he has used the n-word in his music.

https://twitter.com/laire/status/849926747017666560

https://twitter.com/___Teee/status/849971430896926721

French responded to the uproar and declared he was not anti-Black, pointing to his son as the reason why.

Hours later, French apologized and noted he was once married to a Black woman.

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