French the Kid is a British rapper and singer. Born in Harold Hill, his family moved to Australia and France while he was a child. He moved back to the UK in his teens, beginning to release freestyles on Instagram in 2018.
French the Kid was raised in Romford. He is of Irish descent, In 2009 his family moved to Australia before moving to south west France when he was nine. There, he would be exposed to numerous French hip-hop artists, including PNL and Jul.
After passing his exams, he moved back to England with his father.
Beginning in 2018, French the Kid released freestyles through Instagram. He released his debut single, "Bella Latina", in 2019; the song switches between English and French.
In 2020, he released "Broken Lives & Stolen Peds", also appearing on the Mad About Bars and Daily Duppy freestyle series, with the latter having 17 million views as of April 2022. He would also collaborate with Kenny Allstar on "Coco".
In 2021, French the Kid released "Essex Boys" with Slimz and a remix of "Playing Games" with Jaykae. Later in the year, he released "Can't Feel My Face" and "Thrill",which peaked at number 98 and 90 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.
In 2022, he released "Remedy",which peaked at number 81. In April, he released his debut mixtape, Never Been Ordinary. He also collaborated with Clean Bandit on a single titled “Sad Girls” in September 2022.
In 2023, he released "Single Player", the lead single from his second mixtape, No Signal.