Rapper French Montana arrives at the 2012 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
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The legend of “fanute†goes like this: French Montana rapped something that sounded a lot like “fanute the coupe†on Rick Ross’s “Stay Scheminâ€; a number of Internet users began to wonder what “fanute†means (NYMag’s own Intel Joe explains the meme here); and the question made its way into last weekend’s New York Times Magazine. French Montana has finally responded, and his definition is: “to convert, to flip, to swap, to make better.†But also: “it could mean what you want it to mean.†So continue to name plants after it, or whatever.