Ayoub Kharbouch Was Already a Teen When He First Met His Dad - Facts about French Montana's Brother

Ayoub Kharbouch is very close to his older brother, French Montana, who basically raised him. The brothers recently released their first collaboration.

As a child of immigrants and a broken home, Ayoub Kharbouch, did not have an easy early childhood growing up in the Bronx.

In his youth, he aspired to attend Harvard but, for now, seemed to have taken a detour from the Ivy League school to perfect his musical artistry.

Ayoub Kharbouch Had an Impoverished Upbringing

Ayoub was born into a fragmented family setup to a religious Somali mother and Moroccan father, Abdela, who had relocated to the South Bronx from Morocco a few years prior. He had two brothers Karim, who adopted the stage name French Montana, and Zack.

Abdela returned to his homeland, leaving behind his wife, newborn baby, and teenage sons. Montana was 17 when he became the de facto head of the household, as his mother could not speak English.

Montana dropped out of school due to his initial difficulties with the language barrier when he enrolled in the American education system. He says he did what he needed to do, legal or otherwise, to help his mother, who was on welfare, take care of the family.

Ayoub's circumstances vastly improved when his older brother's rap career took off. The youngster accompanied his now-famous sibling to Morocco in 2012.

The trip was a few months before he started high school in New Jersey, and he joked with his brother about paying for his Harvard tuition soon. It was his first time outside the borders of the United States and meeting his father.

Abdela did not expect his sons to visit and showed them off to his countrymen. Ayoub was amazed at how many photos of him and his siblings were on the wall of his father's rundown apartment. Montana gifted their unemployed dad ten thousand dollars in cash.

Ayoub Took the First Step in His Journey as an Artist

Montana was excited when he could finally collaborate with Ayoub on his first single, "Slidin," saying it was something he had been looking forward to for a long time. The music video for the rap track was released on July 22, 2022, and had over 2.3 million views.

Jeffrey Linett filed a lawsuit against Ayoub and Iggy Azalea in 2016.

Ayoub said learning how to produce and record his music was part of the process of becoming an artist. The first-time rapper said, ''Slidin' was first created in my room, like many of my songs. French heard the first draft of the song and loved it."

Scott Disick and Ayoub Pulled an Elaborate Prank on French Montana

The Kharbouch brothers showed their playful side on the Facebook prank show, "You Kiddin' Me," which is executive produced by Kim Kardashian.

Ayoub teamed up with Scott Disick to pull off an elaborate rouse on his big brother. Montana scrambled when he was made to believe that the TV program he was booked on was the pilot of his own late-night talk show.

Montana light-heartedly threatened to cut Ayoub's locks while he was sleeping, to which he humorously said, "Old people, man, what are you gonna do?"

Ayoub and Iggy Azalea Were on the Same Side of a Lawsuit

Jeffrey Linett filed a lawsuit against Ayoub and Iggy Azalea in 2016. The plaintiff claimed that Ayoub was behind the wheel of the Australian rapper's Jeep Wrangler when it collided with his vehicle. He sought $250,000 in damages.

According to the court documents, the "Slidin" rapper's attention was on his phone instead of the road when the alleged incident occurred. The two defendants gave a joint answer to Linett's lawsuit, countering that any damage was due to his own negligence.

The case was settled in December 2020 when Azalea's legal representation filed a motion to dismiss. Information about a financial settlement, if any, for the plaintiff was not made public.

Azalea, who had been in the passenger seat during the alleged incident, stated on social media that the lawsuit only concerned her insurance company and the driver during the accident.