Wearing the scars of the bullet that entered and left his neck, and the years spent dodging jail and deportation since arriving in the Bronx from Morrocco when he was 13, French Montana has strolled into rap's XXXL league.

Armed with a quietly decedent flow, a co-sign from Diddy and Rick Ross, and a back story that built America, French and his team of Coke Boys are primed for the majors. In an exclusive film portrait for Dazed, Harrison Boyce followed French Montana as he toured with A$AP Rocky and cut the tracks that formed his incredible new album, Excuse My French, out today.