EP 15 - Kareem “Biggs” Burke (Co-Founder of Roc-A-Fella Records) + Heading to Tokyo For The Murakami Jewelry Collab, Gold BB Money Counter & more

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🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 87 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by @Klekt & Presented by @crepprotect. Welcome to Behind The Baller Podcast with Ben Baller aka The Forrest Gump of Hip Hop. Up top he’s here to discuss: Dealing with sick kids, Being back from Vegas, Heading to Tokyo, bathroom blowup at The Beverly Center, picking up a Murakami x Ben Baller collaboration, Thanks to Cousin James, All Gold BB money counter on NTWRK, Klekt Giveaway & more. Then it’s an honor & a privilege to have Kareem “Biggs” Burke (Co-Founder of Roc-A-Fella Records) in the Million Dollar Man Cave to discuss: Knowing each other for 25+ years, Being from Harlem, New York & all the, Paid in Full, Meeting Damon Dash & Jay-Z, Jay-Z vs. DMX in 1994, Initial investment into Roc-A-Fella, Jay-Z & Big L, going to Middle School with him, Roc-A-Fella was about to sign Big L, The Power of The Label, Mentality during the rise and not enjoying the fame, Leaving Priority Records, Kanye West signing with Roc-A-Fella & championing his first Two Records, Top Moments at Roc-A-Fella, Who invented the term Culture Vulture, Roc-A-Fella chains, The difficultly of fashion & Roc-A-Wear, going to prison on conspiracy & reflection, NFL & Jay-Z, Business Advice & the journey, The difference between a businessman and a hustler, his film O.G., some personal Ish & more. Then Ben comes back with the outro to discuss: How important it is that this information travels down to the younger generation, registering to vote, the best beef in the world & a whole lot more. Produced by: The Dust BrothersMusic by @lakeyinspiredAvailable on all Podcast Platforms, YouTube & BehindTheBallerPod.comBehind The Baller Theme Music Artist: Illegal Kartel (@illegal_kartel_mikal_shakur)Produced by: Gene Crenshaw(@yuyuthemaker)

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0:00.0	You're welcome to Behind the Baller.
0:10.2	You're listening to episode 15 and I'm your host Ben Baller.
0:16.0	Not Ben Humble.
0:18.2	And if you've been tuning in, you already know the forest gump of hip hop.
0:23.4	So today that shit comes into fruition times infinity.
0:30.1	I got a very special guest on the show today.
0:33.1	He goes by the name of Kareem Biggs Burke, aka Hafa, aka one third of the Rockefeller records
0:41.4	empire, co-founder, COO, all that.
0:46.7	This episode is so fucking crucial man just because this is a, you know, 20 plus year
0:53.3	friend of mine.
0:54.3	He's ignoring, he's a giant in the game.
0:57.0	He is responsible for being part of one of the biggest rap record labels in history.
1:05.1	And I'm hoping today serves us some validation because you know, I was a part of that shit,
1:10.5	you know, small part but still, you know, I was there.
1:13.5	A lot of people say, oh, you know, don't worry about your past and all this shit and everything
1:17.4	I was listening to.
1:18.4	When you got a past like mine, you should worry about that shit because it's what made
1:21.8	me today, you know, who I am today.
1:24.4	So anyways, yeah man, this week's been fucking crazy.
1:27.5	I just got back from Vegas and as soon as I got back, well actually before I even got
1:32.9	back, London had been getting sick again and you already know man, I told you we had a really
1:36.8	good run for a while but right now something's been going around.
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