French Montana Envisions a Second Coming for the Mixtape Era

At a time in music when many up-and-coming rappers reject the idea of dropping mixtapes - or at the very least, view the format as archaic compared to the ease of unleashing singles on streaming platforms - French Montana has situated himself at the vanguard of what he predicts will be an industry-wide return to mixtape culture. The New York-by-way-of-Morocco rapper hails from a generation of artists whose discography precedes digital streaming, and, in conversation with Hypebeast, recalls passi...