Frenchie

Greg Hogan (born May 15, 1985), better known by his stage name Frenchie, is an American rapper. He was a member of Gucci Mane's 1017 Records group 1017 Brick Squad and Waka Flocka Flame's Brick Squad Monopoly. Frenchie is credited for introducing Nicki Minaj and French Montana to Debra's Mizay Entertainment before their mainstream breakouts.

Early life Frenchie was born and raised in Queens, New York. His neighbors included other members who founded G-Unit namely Tony Yayo and 50 Cent. Frenchie wanted to become a rapper having been inspired after watching Kris Kross' song "Jump" on Video Music Box at an early age.

Career Frenchie hails from a musical family background with several of his relatives in the industry. His cousin Bimmy was an A&R for Def Jam Recordings while his uncle from his father's side DJ Hurricane worked with Beastie Boys. His cousin/aunt Debra Antney was manager to Gucci Mane and OJ da Juiceman. Frenchie was rapping when he was 19 and would go on to record his first professionally produced track Shirt Off in late 2008. Prior to the record appeared in various street DVDs performing freestyles and cyphers.

2008–2011: So Icey Entertainment and 1017 Brick Squad During a trip to Atlanta to attend a family reunion Frenchie's aunt Debra Antney had introduced him to Gucci Mane who signed him to his So Icey Entertainment. The song "Shirt Off" from Gucci Mane's The Movie mixtape released in September 2008 which featured Frenchie, Wooh Da Kid and OJ da Juiceman would be Frenchie's breakout track becoming a hit on Atlanta radio. In an interview with DJ Lazy K in December 2009, Frenchie announced plans for an upcoming collaborative tape with French Montana. Although the tape never materialized, Montana would go on to collaborate with Frenchie and others from Brick Squad the following year. Frenchie had introduced Montana to Antney, who would sign him later in the year. On March 13, 2010, Frenchie's friend and frequent collaborator G-Baby was shot and killed in Jamaica, Queens. The two had collaborated on several tracks on Frenchie's fifth mixtape Trap To The Future released on March 29, In 2012 Frenchie released his tenth mixtape French-Elo Anthony on March 10, Later that year, Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame would become embroiled in a rather public falling-out, with Frenchie noticeably on the side of his cousin Waka Flocka. However, when asked about the incident a year later, Frenchie affirmed that the event was blown out of proportion by the media and they were all currently on good terms. and on the VH1 show Black Ink Crew which aired on October 7. On December 29, his cousin and fellow BSM member KayO Redd committed suicide. KayO who is Debra's youngest son died from a self-inflicted gunshot.

In 2014 Frenchie released a collaborative mixtape entitled Underrated with D-Dash on January 14,

2014–present: Protekted Records

On September 9, 2014, Frenchie announced he was joining Protekted Records an independent label he helped found with Karen Fraiberg and Jon Gornbein. Under the new management, he would go on to release his fifteenth mixtape on September 16 entitled Fukk Fame. Frenchie was determined to have been one of seven men, some armed with handguns, who entered the home of a sleeping family because they incorrectly believed there was $100,000 worth of marijuana inside. During the robbery, one of the men pistol-whipped the family's autistic son. On April 6, 2023, Frenchie was sentenced to twelve years in prison for this crime. Chicken Room (2009) Nightmare On Brick Street (2009) Yellow Brick Road (2010) Trap To The Future (2010) French Connection Part 2 (2010) New Atlanta (2011) Bringing Gangsta Back (2011) Concrete Jungle (2011) French-Elo Anthony (2012) Concrete Jungle 2 (2012) Long Over Due (2013) Underrated (2014) w/ D-Dash Long Over Due 2 (2014) Fukk Fame (2014) Phil Jackson (2015) w/ Jusjoose Chicken Room 2 (2015)