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Sean Kingston & his mom incarcerated for wire fraud

Sean & Janice lookin’ at 20 years each/YouTube

Sean & Janice locked up.

Blog King, Mass Appeal

FORT LAUDERDALE — “🎵 You’re way too beautiful, girl. That’s why it’ll never work. You’ll have me suicidal, suicidal. When you say it’s over.🎵” Sean Kingston (né Kisean Anderson) and his thieving mother, 62-year-old Janice Turner, were thrown in the slammer after they were found guilty of committing wire fraud. The “Beautiful Girls” singer and Janice were convicted by a jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sean, 35, cried like a lil bitch after hearing the verdict. Then begged the court to protect his mother. Prosecutors said he and Janice “unjustly enriched themselves” by falsely claiming they had executed a bank wire or other monetary transfers as payment for a Cadillac Escalade they purloined from a dealership, $480,000 in bling they stole from a jeweler and other goods. They rented a mansion too. To say Sean and Janice were living beyond their means would be a vast understatement. We’re talking more than $1 million in fraud. Yikes! Sean — born in Miami, Florida — and Janice are lookin’ at 20 years apiece in the penitentiary.

When he was 17, Sean became famous for his 2007 debut single, “Beautiful Girls,” which was sampled from Ben E. King’s 1962 masterpiece “Stand By Me.” Sean’s song spent four weeks as No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “He spent his childhood in Jamaica, which gave him his stage name and his command of patois,” music critic Kelefa Sanneh wrote in The New York Times.

“But his version of thug love (‘Girl, I know it’s rough, but come with me/We can take a trip to the ’hood’) makes it sound as if he’s trying too hard, or not hard enough.”

Sadly, ripping people off is nothin’ new to Janice.

If you recall, she served 16 months in prison after pleading guilty in 2006 to bank fraud and filing fraudulent loan applications.

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This Post Has 49 Comments

  1. He couldn’t at least tuck his shirt and fix tie for court? Bruh… 😂

  2. He is coward. All the money he made on record deals. He blew the money on hookers.

  3. Look at him with a bible like that can drop the case😂😂😂😂😂

  4. This is shameful he was very popular at one point most of us in are early to mid 30s grew up on his music when we were teenagers in 06-07

  5. So his mom created this monster. She’s been doing this to survive since he was a kid. Where’s his damn father.

  6. 😳Kingston just didn’t care. I blame his momma for his downfall.😩

  7. He is a loser. Hands down. Sean Kingston is a cautionary tale on how not to lose in life. He threw it all away. Being a mamma’s boy cost him everything as well. All this flossing is nonsense. If he would have saved his money and moved normally, he would have all of his assets to this day. Young brothers still fall in these traps when they get money. It’s a shame. Sean Kingston had it all and let it slip away.

  8. He’s the classic example of getting lucky with a mediocre song then blowing his money thinking, “oh I’ll just make another hit”.

  9. Music industry is bleeding real slow. Basically filled with pervs, killers, addicts, and scammers. And we as a society let these people tell us basically what they think being a god is, and we followed, peep the game folks.

  10. Kingston, the moment he came out, I could tell he was not in for the long run right off the bat.

  11. His music sucked. Beautiful Girl? Probably one of the worst songs of the past 25 years. It just goes to show, peoples taste in music is dead.
    Him and his momma belong in Prison.

  12. All he has to do is kiss Trumps ass and he will get a pardon. Ask Lil Wayne and Kodiak black. Trust me it will work.

  13. So his mom turned him into her! Bless his heart. He’s a product of his mom😢

  14. When was the last time he put out music? Did he even try to take advantage of his platform before committing felonies?

  15. I remember MTV did a special when he turned 18 years old in 2009. Now he’s 35 and washed up.

  16. Another simp mama’s boy who is son to a low down woman who will use even her own son to satisfy her greed. This is 85 percent of Black households. This is the cornerstone of Black culture and the foundation of Black manhood for most Black men. “Protect my mama!” You are about to be someone’s girlfriend in cell block C and all you can think about is the wellbeing of your criminal mom?

  17. His mom will die in prison, Sean will be in prison and broke when he gets out. Wasted talent.

  18. He’s so talented I don’t understand why he couldn’t just do shows and make music

  19. So they out here scammin trying to look rich after sean was handed the opportunity to BE rich ? 😐🤦🏾…all he had to do was grind ,thats it

    rap artist to con artist

  20. When he goes to prison he should try to loose weight and get brolic, then try to re-invent his carrerr cause hommie is cooked

  21. He finna be singing ” youre waaaay too beeaautiful girl ” to the inmates.

  22. You know when he walks into prison them inmates are going to start singing ‘Beautiful girl’ 😅

  23. I know this is gonna sound twisted but I do not feel bad for the little old lady. She had a pattern of scamming, she went to prison for it while he got big. And I would’ve respected this dude had he taken financial literacy classes, saved it, and lived on a remote island, or yet in a suburban area, or something owning a chicken and waffles joint. Or even playing twitch like T-Pain, or investing in a jewelry company a wine company, or even somewhere far far away like what Paul Wall did I would have respected this dude. But no he had to scam just to keep up with the Joneses. Like I know some people would have made fun of him for like being broke, but I would have rather prefer him broke and working, then to be broke and scamming. Like really Sean Kingston like really? Throw him under the jail!!

  24. My Gaydar is off the charts for Sean Kingston. What a dumb way to go to jail

  25. Looks like he’ll head to prison and become someone’s BEAUUUUUUUTIFUL GIRL!

  26. I always found it odd how his one hit wonder faded but his presence remained. I remember he got beat up in the club years after his hit record…. like how does this happen? It proves he was making money elsewhere. How the fuck do you have rappers and goons beating you up when you haven’t been spun on the radio in over 15 years?

  27. I hope Kingston’s lawyer asked to be paid up front or he’s/she’s gonna be scammed too 😅

  28. Could have lived comfortably the rest of his life off of 2 songs.
    Now there goes everything

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