Tell us more about who you are and what you do?
I’m a Music artist, visual artist, self-taught filmmaker, fashion designer, TED talks speech Coach, GRAMMY voter and mentor.
Tell us more about the Tennis Club Collection and what inspired it?
Tennis is the first sport I ever played when I was four years old. My mom started me in tennis. Tennis is the first time I understood that you can progress past a challenge. I play tennis and I plan on turning pro next year 2026.
Who is your Tennis Club Collection designed for?
A tennis club collection is designed for everyone, Tennis is the number one sport that helps people live the longest. I just want to inspire people to embrace life. It’s one of the most challenging sports to play. So symbolically it represents “challenge yourself to live long”
Where do you see the brand in 5 years?
With the way things are these days it’s impossible to plan five years ahead. But if I just had to try to plan that ahead – I will be sponsoring athletes, tournaments in all sports. My music will be the theme songs for a lot of athletes as they are at this present time.
How do you balance entrepreneurship and fatherhood?
Fatherhood and entrepreneurship aren’t different things to me. I don’t change into a father and then change into an entrepreneur. They exist at the same time. Entrepreneurship is independent thought, fatherhood is protection. I’m willing to go to war for those that I love the same way. I’m willing to go to war for the world.. entrepreneurship is me going to war for the world, fatherhood is going to or with those that I love. Even if they’re not my biological children. I’m everyone’s father if I’m around them.
Who is J French as a father?
I’m a friend to my daughters, I don’t wanna teach them everything. They know I want them to learn it on their own. Life is going to teach them much more than I could ever. I’m patient with them. They know they can call me for anything, if they want to. I’ve never turned them down.
What do you teach your children about entrepreneurship and ownership?
When my oldest daughter was 14, I used to pick her up from school every day, and I would always ask her wouldn’t you want to pay your own phone bill instead of having me pay it? Wouldn’t you feel good about that? She would say yes. I was instilling independent thought in her then. I taught her how to get a job when she was 16. Literally it was at Chipotle. I told her to move on her own and know who to talk to about what.
What would you like your legacy to be as a creative and a father?
I wanna be known for extending social freedom to everyone. For ending the fake concept and social construct we like to call race. As a father, I don’t look for a legacy, I just looked to cultivate my children as much as I could. The rest will be up to them. By cultivate, I mean if they like to draw, I provide the paper, very simple.
How can people tap in with your new Tennis Club Collection?
jfrenchforever.com I have a major deal with a company called PFK who also has Supreme, and Odd Future, John Deere, and Ferrari, NBA finals, LA Dodgers and a lot more, now they have Umbrella by J French.
10. Tell people what’s next for you, how they can follow you, etc? If they wanna follow me, they can. I would never ask someone to. I don’t know what’s next for me, because tomorrow is not promised. What I’m trying to do is bring unity to our community. By ending race and rap beef. And I’m a mental health advocate. I want people to believe in themselves.
