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Sean Kingston

Born in Florida but mostly raised in Jamaica, Sean Kingston absorbed a variety of influences growing up, notably reggae, hip-hop and dance music and fusing them behind tough narratives, largely inspired by the hardships experienced in his own life. These included homelessness and incarceration - he lived in a car while his mother was imprisoned on fraud charges and he was in trouble at the age of eleven for breaking and entering. In 2007, Kingston had his breakthrough with single 'Beautiful Girls' which included a sample from Ben E King's classic 'Stand By Me' and became a mas...