SAINt JHN Scraps "Roses" Video Budget, Donates To Bail Out Funds

With protests going on across the country, SAINt JHN puts his music video budget up to bail out protesters.

BYAron A.Jun 03, 20201345 Views

SAINt JHN's "Roses" has been taking off in recent times, thanks to TikTok challenges. Capitalizing off of its success, he tapped Future for the remix which was initially teased on The Joe Budden Podcast, the rapper was set to shoot a music video for the track this week. However, with everything that's going on across America, he revealed that he'd be putting the music video budget to better use.

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"I was gonna shoot a video for the remix to Roses that me and Future just did, we were literally gonna shoot it in the next 2 days. I just got off the phone with La Reid, I asked him to bump the budget from 60k to 100k, then I asked him to give me the video budget and don't ask what I'm gonna do with it. He agreed. That's legendary shit. We should never be afraid to do the right thing," he explained. "I'm donating 125k across bail funds and black-owned businesses affected right now. #BlackLivesMatter Periodt."

The announcement was made a few days before Black Out Tuesday. He captioned the photo, "I don't got no speeches. I ain't a speech n***a. People are hurt and I feel them, period," he wrote along with tagging Biggs Burke and LA Reid. "#BlackLivesMatter we need better leadership."

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