r/JusticeServed • u/nbcnews 8 • 9d ago
Criminal Justice Rapper Sean Kingston and his mother guilty of fraud
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rapper-sean-kingston-mother-guilty-fraud-rcna198674222
u/soggydave2113 A 9d ago
He performed at half time during a Jacksonville Jaguars game. On a tiny stage on the top deck of the stadium, near where the pools are, if you’re familiar with that stadium.
It will forever be the worst “live” show I’ve ever witnessed. It was obviously a vocal track, and even then, the audio was muffled and nearly impossible to decipher. You could tell the parts that he was actually yelling into the mic because they were a different quality broadcast and uniquely bad. I can’t describe it, but the whole thing sucked.
This was in December ‘23, so just a few months before the arrests and whatnot. Lmao
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u/farty__mcfly 8 8d ago
There are pools at the Jacksonville jaguars stadium?
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u/TakeOnMe-TakeOnMe A 7d ago
Had to look this up. Apparently there are pools at the North end zone where specially-ticketed fans can view the games. Only NFL stadium in the world to offer this unique opportunity. Here is a little more information about them.
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u/nextzero182 9 9d ago
His most recent song is called Elon Musk with Antonio Brown, so he must have known where his career was headed.
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u/ThaLegendaryD 8 9d ago
Kingston: Thank you for being fair Judge.
Judge: Yo momma staying in custody
Kingston: Hugs momma and posts bail to go home.
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u/hangrypiglet 5 9d ago
I thought this was a joke, that's insane! And the reasoning being that his mom's testimony made it clear she would do anything for him??? Imprisoned for fraud but more importantly for loving her son too much 💀
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u/Willywontwonka 7 8d ago
I remember at the start of his financial down fall his bently got repossessed while he was in the club.
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u/simjimmy 5 9d ago
Sing/write more songs and make money.
Or
commit fraud with mom and make money. hmm.
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u/TeoSanders 4 9d ago
Lol I don’t think I ever realized how insane this was. He defrauded people by revealing his identity (so they’d trust him) and then he’d just steal their shit and ghost them.
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u/420CurryGod 8 8d ago
Kingston once performed in Champaign, IL at UIUC. While in Champaign, he posted to his IG story that he was in Chicago to perform with a photo looking out from his hotel room window of a landscape that’s nothing like Chicago. Chicago is about 3 hours away from Champaign. Such a weird fake flex. 0 surprise he’s guilt of fraud.
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u/Egdirdle 5 9d ago
Unrelated but I used to work at a club in LA as a doorman. He and Flo Rida once tried to sneak in about 15 minors into the club. And by tried, I mean I wouldn’t allow it and my scum bag boss let them in the despite me saying no. Ever since then I knew he was a weird guy.
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u/nextzero182 9 9d ago
A guy can't groom minors is the club anymore without being judged, I thought this was america?
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u/DeathByLemmings A 8d ago
““This case is about a woman’s intuition,” Dominguez said.”
What a fucking terrible lawyer 😂 “But your honour, she just thought it was a bad idea”
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u/batman61092 5 8d ago
I remember when Antonio Brown went on Rogans podcast and called Sean Kingston. Kingston asked Joe if he could be on the podcast and he said sure. I’m confident that invite is revoked.
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u/finsfurandfeathers A 8d ago
Why tf would Rogan care about fraud? He loves Alex Jones and thinks we should all be nicer to him…
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u/tempusrimeblood 8 8d ago
Nah I’m pretty sure Rogan would still have him on, all he’s got to do is support MAGA and sell supplements of dubious quality.
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u/Weekend_Squire 8 9d ago edited 7d ago
Gee, so many inspirational artists in that community. So glad I was never a teenager through that era.
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u/Ragadelical 6 9d ago edited 8d ago
what teenager is listening to Sean Kingston or keeping up with his life in this day and age? man hasnt released anything notable since the early 2000s. and lets not pretend like the entire music industry isn’t full of these types
edits: this would be like insinuating all football fans in their teens are gonna be crooks because multiple football players have been exposed as such. and if that example makes no sense to you, you see the problem now.
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u/Wrekked_it 8 7d ago
Dude hasn't had a hit in 20 years. If you were a teenager you'd likely have no idea who the fuck Sean Kingston is.
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u/Lone-flamingo A 8d ago
There are quite a few, actually. But surely you can't pretend like the music industry is full of shining beacons of morality? Like this is not a hiphop/rap thing.
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u/LAROACHA_420 8 8d ago
In what community?! What exactly are you trying to say?!
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u/Weekend_Squire 8 8d ago
The rap/hip hop community. Calm down, son. Sheesh.
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u/ChaoticJuju 6 8d ago
how do you define that community?
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u/Weekend_Squire 8 8d ago
It speaks for itself.
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u/ChaoticJuju 6 8d ago
Could you clarify?
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u/Weekend_Squire 8 8d ago
No need. Again, it speaks for itself…in volumes.
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u/ChaoticJuju 6 8d ago
It's so obvious then why can't I see it? care to rephrase?
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u/chale122 7 8d ago
why are you speaking for a stranger
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u/Lone-flamingo A 8d ago
They're not, that user is the one who was asked the question.
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u/chale122 7 8d ago
the question was "in what community?", which op wrote. Everyone who down voted me because they cant read is hilarious
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u/Lone-flamingo A 7d ago
I think you need to re-read the thread from the beginning and pay attention to which user wrote what.
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u/arulzokay 7 8d ago
if you mean black than say that. be loud with your racism, you coward.
the nerve of you saying this as though this is limited to “that community” lmao. white artists definitely do not commit crime 😂
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u/arulzokay 7 8d ago
No, they meant black people. lol in what world does it not make sense? are you black?
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u/dizzeaze 3 8d ago
I am, and my first thought about the comment was about the rap community. Not everything is racist ffs.
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u/arulzokay 7 8d ago
How is it not when black people make up the majority of the black community? And if they didn’t mean so why did they word it that way and why are they refusing to expound on what they meant?
That’s who you’re defending? Weird as hell.
Context means everything. Think.
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u/arulzokay 7 8d ago
his comment still makes no sense because when has this man last made music? I haven’t heard a single teen talk about omg I can’t wait to hear that new sean kingston.
you’re deliberately being ignorant for the sake of it and if you don’t get it that’s on you, im not here to teach you anything about how words mean things and how even stating ‘that community’ is racist in itself.
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