My mom, she got taken away from me when I was 14 years old. She is incarcerated. My sister was incarcerated. I was homeless. When my mom went away when I was 14... I was forced to live with my aunt. My aunt, she doesn't like rap music. She thinks rap music is the devil's music. Basically she said, "Yo, if you are going to do music you can't do it in my house."
Sean KingstonWith everything that is going on with hip-hop and with what everybody is doing I don't want to be in that lane. I think my lane is very different.
Sean KingstonMy goal is just to get healthy as far as what my ideal weight has to be for my height.
Sean KingstonTo put it in my music, that's not the message I am trying to send out. That's not the type of artist I am trying to be.
Sean KingstonJamaica is kind of similar to Miami, but to go from there to Miami, and then Miami to L.A., it's crazy.
Sean KingstonI describe me sound as international: reggae, pop, rap, R&B all in one. I think I have my own style. I can't really even describe it. People say, "What type of genre is your music?" It's Sean Kingston genre. I have my own genre. No disrespect to no artist or dudes out there. I feel like I am my own person. I am doing my own thing.
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