On June 4, 2012, Burke was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 100 kilos of marijuana. “It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It” is the first widely released documentary to be directed by men still incarcerated in a maximum security prison. Several of those thirteen men were also cast as first-time actors in O.G., having the opportunity to work with Tony, Golden Globe, and Emmy winning actor, Jeffrey Wright. The men all received directors credit for the film along with O.G. “It’s a Hard Truth.” documents thirteen incarcerated men as they study filmmaking while exploring a therapeutic process of how they landed in prison with lengthy sentences. Kareem Burke co-directed and executive produced the project and it premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival alongside O.G., another film that was produced at Indiana’s Pendleton Correctional Facility during the same period. In August 2020, Biggs took to social media to announce an Emmy nomination for “It's a Hard Truth, Ain't It”. According to Burke, "The night, 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." Shortly after, Burke became Saint Jhn's manager. Burke has spoken about how meeting Saint Jhn pushed his management vision further, as he heard Saint Jhn's music at a listening party. In February 2019, it was announced that Burke had signed Saint Jhn to his management company, Circle of Success. which premiered on HBO on February 23, 2019. In 2018, Burke executive produced the film, O.G. And in late 2005, Carter bought Dash and Burke out of their stake in Rocawear. In 2004, Roc-A-Fella Records was purchased by Def Jam Recordings (which had previously only owned half of the company).
Burke also co-founded Rocawear in 1999, with Carter and Dash. In 1995, Burke co-founded the record label Roc-A-Fella Records with Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Damon "Dame" Dash. "Hip-Hop" Joshua, and twins Jamil "Mal" Clay and a sister.
Burke, Brian L Burke, Robert "Bobalob" Burke, Kyambo R. Kareem Burke was born in Harlem, New York on January 19, 1974.
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