French Montana helps cab driver after his taxi was vandalized following Knicks win

"CBS Mornings" exclusively revealed euphony superstar French Montana presented a NYC cab operator with a $75,000 cheque and said helium would screen 1 twelvemonth of of surviving expenses aft the antheral said helium was assaulted and his taxi was vandalized during celebrations pursuing the New York Knicks' Game 4 triumph successful the NBA Finals.

Last week, a radical of radical swarmed Noureddine Bitat's taxi, stomping connected it and smashing its windshield. After video of the incidental went viral, determination were calls to assistance Bitat. French Montana felt compelled to measurement in. 

"I conscionable saw a antheral trying to provender his family," the "Unforgettable" rapper told "CBS Mornings" connected Thursday. 

The video besides "hit a nerve" for the rapper, whose household moved from Morocco to the U.S. erstwhile helium was 13 years old. His begetter embarked connected a fig of concern ventures, including moving arsenic a taxi driver, aft the household settled successful New York City. 

French Montana sent the communicative to YouTuber Zachery Dereniowski. They partnered with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance to signifier a GoFundMe for Bitat. In a substance of days, the effort astir reached its extremity of $75,000. More than 2,000 radical donated, according to the site. 

"I privation to springiness a shoutout to my brother, Zach … helium got a large platform, due to the fact that maine and him came unneurotic to bash it. I'm going to springiness a shoutout to the taxi union, GoFundMe and each the radical that came unneurotic to marque this man's beingness easy," French Montana told "CBS Mornings."

French Montana said helium was grateful for everyone who came unneurotic to assistance the taxi driver. CBS News

French Montana said helium had an accidental to talk with Bitat, who is from Algeria. During their conversation, Bitat said helium doesn't privation to thrust a taxi anymore. The vocalist said helium volition assistance Batit with his surviving expenses "until helium figures retired what helium wants to do." 

The taxi operator was conscionable successful the incorrect spot astatine the incorrect time, French Montana said. 

"I asked him 'does helium adjacent ticker the Knicks?' He said, 'I don't adjacent cognize what the Knicks is.' He conscionable happened to beryllium moving astir the place, and you know, things unluckily happened to him. He doesn't merit it," the Grammy-nominated creator said. "So we each came unneurotic to help."

In:

• New York Knicks