
John Givez Responds to Ruslan’s Video with His Own Explanation
A few days ago, John Givez made a long post (post below) about a “nameless” person who he alleged wronged him in business concerning contracts and his future signing with Interscope records. Putting two and two together, it was quite obvious he was talking about Ruslan and King’s Dream Entertainment.
Ruslan responded with a video to the post showing all his notes and documents showing that Givez was getting the money he said he wasn’t and explained the business decisions behind what he did. Read some of the highlights of that video here. (Full video at bottom of post)
John Givez returned to Instagram, this time in a live, to respond to Ruslan’s video. He disputed some of the things Ruslan said, admitted a little ignorance on his behalf for some of the time, and also holds no animosity.
Some of the details of the video:
Initially, Givez said he agreed to a four-year contract with Ruslan, but thought it was for management. After releasing Soul Rebel in 2015, he started being courted by major labels. He was given short form agreement by Interscope for six figures.
Looking back at his contract with Ruslan with a lawyer, Givez now had some questions.
He said they go back and forth on the agreement and claimed Ruslan said he wanted 40% of advance from the label and 20% as manager. “Can you explain what you will do with 40%?…it’s for my career,” he asked Ruslan.
Givez didn’t think that Ruslan deserved that much. He then said something to the effect of, “Don’t hoe me” and Ruslan said, “John I’m trying to build an entertainment company.”
Eventually, what was settled, was settled as evidenced in Ruslan’s video, and Givez had to sign the Interscope deal so he didn’t lose it.
“There’s no bad blood…I’m just trying to tell my story,” said the rapper.
Additionally, Givez confirmed what Ruslan said about him being unaware he was getting the 50% of the record from 2016 to 2018 as Ruslan showed in his video because he thought he signed a 100% masters to Ruslan agreement. Givez claims he’s only been receiving that total since 2018. Ruslan commented that he’d be willing to release his 1099 and PayPal receipts to prove it.
He’s grateful for Ruslan giving him 100% but feels it’s now a lost window because of the life of album cycles.
At the end of the day, John Givez is happy where he’s at now and holds no ill will to Ruslan. In fact, he wishes him and his family the best and says he wants Ruslan “to eat” too.
View both posts below:
***NOTE*** I’m not one to usually chase these types of stories but I wanted to do my due diligence to report both sides of the story and give a conclusion. We’ve heard from Ruslan and we’ve heard from John Givez.


