Kareem “Biggs” Burke and SAINt JHN are accusing founders of HitCo L.A. Reid and Charles Goldstruck of bad business. Speaking to TMZ, Burke stated he and JHN were misled in the sale of their catalog.
Reid and Goldstuck sold HitCo to Concord Music for $75 million in August. Prior to the sale, Burke and SAINt JHN learned about the deal and were interested in buying back their masters. The HitCo duo reportedly stated it was just a rumor, only to turn around and sell the label.
In addition, Burke stated he offered to buy HitCo in a joint deal with another group. After the sale, Burke stated he offered $25 million for the masters to HitCo and Concord, but the deal was rejected.
SAINt JHN was released from his deal, but the catalog remained with Concord. You can hear it from Biggs below.
Brooklyn rapper SAINt JHN recently released his third studio album, While the World Was Burning. Which is his most sonically complete project to date.
SAINt JHN gives fans a number of A-list guests, including Kanye West, Kehlani, DaBaby, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, and others. The star also gives fans a new single and visual for the emotionally charged “Sucks To Be You.”
The Brooklyn rapper spoke on the project saying, “The album came together on its own, and I was just appreciative I did it. I took it as an opportunity to put it out. I took it as a reminder of the momentum that I built over the course of the last couple of years when people weren’t paying attention.”
2020 has been an amazing year for SAINt JHN. He performed at the Billboard Music Awards as this year’s Breakout Artist, and the fan-favorite “Roses” has become the longest-running song of 2020 on Spotify’s Today’s Top Hits playlist.
“While The World Was Burning” is an interesting dichotomy of both emotion and self-confidence. Throughout many of the songs, JHN shows vulnerability with an air of “not caring”. Almost as if the trauma suffered was just a stepping stone to where he’s ultimately headed.
SAINt JHN combines melodic notes with solid bars on “Ransom,” featuring Kehlani and 6Lack. Diving into his sense of arrogance, stating “I’m too handsome.”
On the other hand, you have a record like “Time for Demons” which is a bit more of a trap vibe. He goes off with the lyrics “I’m savage mode, I’m not average, I’m on demon time, just in my cabbage.“
On the Kanye West featured “Pray For Me” he gives fans old Kanye vibes with more self-assured lyrics. Stating, “Cut from a different cloth, from a different upholstery.” Almost egging West to go in the same direction. However, Kanye goes into a double entendre flow, combining personal feelings with the pressures of what fans and consumers think.
On Monica Lewinsky, Election Year featuring the ever-ready Da Baby and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, which video dropped early Monday, SAINt JHN dives deep into his personal feelings of a past relationship. Uttering, “She’s my Monica Lewinsky. She gon’ bust it right here, ‘cause it’s risky. She got a code like DaVinci. Only gotta text one time, adding, “Did you miss me?” She gon’ want to resent me, ‘cause me and her best friend got history. She got the walk of the century. Girl, you really got some kind of intrigue. I don’t want no smoke. I don’t wanna learn how to drive in the Rari.”
3 of the songs are a tad bit older, including the social media favorite, “Roses.” SAINt JHN gives fans 2 versions. One featuring Future and the other labeled the “Imanbek Remix”. This definitely adds confusion to the cohesiveness of the entire project. It seems to go in various directions, with no real sense of organization.
Ultimately, this project will give fans vibes to turn up to and will keep any mood light where the album is played. Definitely looking forward to more as he continues to find his own voice in the ever-changing landscape of hip hop.
Rapper SAINt JHN has released the Real Superheroes Tee, which all of the proceeds will support the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit organization committed to ending mass incarceration and challenging racial and economic injustice.
The t-shirt honors the death of George Floyd and the Black lives that were lost to police brutality and to aiding the fight against generations of systemic racism. The Real Superheroes Tee shirt is currently available on SAINt JHN’s apparel and lifestyle brand Christian Sex Club.
The real Superheroes Tee has a protest painting on the phone with the statement “Not Travon, Not Eric, Not Sandra, Not Ahmaud, Not Breonna, Not George, Not Looters, Not A Riot, Not America, Not This Time, Not A Cult” on the back. There is also a letter in the shape of the United States in flames.
SAINt JHN also released a letter to the everyday Black heroes in serving neighborhoods and families on a daily basis.
In our neighborhoods the real superheroes don’t have super powers.
Our superheroes can’t fly, our super heroes aren’t invisible and definitely can’t stop bullets.
Our superheroes were real people raising their kids in forgotten neighborhoods, they were single parents working double shifts, late on rent every month, they were the parents on their last dollar still making Christmas miracles, you know, this is America.
That Americans never really wanted…
These are the people who change the whole world. But never got an invitation to the World Series, they never win a Grammy and they damn sure never get the applause their continuous sacrifice deserves!
Offset is using his star power to give back to his hometown during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Migos rapper took to Instagram to announce that he’s coordinating a virtual concert with himself, Young Thug, Rich the Kid, and Saint JHN, in an effort to raise funds for the COVID-19 relief effort.
The show is going down on Wednesday, April 29th from 4-6 PM PDT on various Oculus networks. The performances are scheduled in the following order:
“YO! I’M SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OFFSET AND FRIENDS! I’M TEAMING UP WITH @thuggerthugger1 @richthekid AND @saintjhn TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK, A FEEDING AMERICA PARTNER. WE WILL BE HOSTING A VIRTUAL LIVESTREAM PERFORMANCE EXCLUSIVELY ON OCULUS VENUES AND FACEBOOK, PRESENTED BY SUPERSPHERE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 AT 4PM – 6PM PDT. CHECK THIS LINK FOR ALL THE DETAILS,” Offset captioned when announcing the event.
Legendary Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Kareem “Biggs” Burke has returned to music with his new venture Circle of Success Management Company. Biggs Burke has made his first signing to the company, Hitco artist SAINt JHN.
If you are unfamiliar with SAINt JHN, he has written for Usher and dvsn, while crafting his own music and gracing stages across the country. The artistry of SAINt JHN convinced Biggs to return to music, as he detailed to Billboard.
“The night [Roc Nation co-founder Tyran Smith], played a preview of SAINt JHN’s new album, I drove home listening to Collection One and had an immediate sonic connection to his music,” Biggs said.
He would go on to hear unreleased music and a friendship developed into a partnership. Be sure to check out Biggs reveal below and peep SAINt JHN’s Collection One here.
