Sean Kingston is in his own music lane, but it’s a fast lane. The 17 year-old Jamaican American has dropped a summer hit with “Beautiful Girls.” He raps, he produces his own beats, he doesn’t cuss much, and he’s cutting his own path through the music industry. Those are some of the reasons why he has been invited to play at NYC’s Carifest in August.
Team Legendary, the organizers of Carifest 2007 - “Together We All Rise”, shared their mission with Reggae Country news, quoted here:
“This year we wanted to show the global impact of Reggae, with people like Sean Kingston who is helping to make Reggae a staple force in American mainstream culture,” states D’Niscio Brooks of Team Legendary. “Sean Kingston, Collie Buddz, Mavado, I-Sasha, Million Voice, Murasaki, these are young people from various nations all tied together by Reggae rhythms and culture.”
Pretty big praise for a once homeless teenager, born in Miami, raised in Jamaica, got his record deal by emailing JR Rotem - the “Multi-Platinum Music Producer” who runs Beluga Heights label - Kingston was their first signing. And the kid just keeps moving up! Well he has Uncle Buju to look up to, so he still has some climbing to do…
Here is the video for “Beautiful Girls”:
Kingston spoke with an Associated Press writer this week about doing his own thing with music, his influences, his childhood and more. You can check it out on yahoo news. Reggae Country also has a great article on Kingston today and the announcement that he would play at Carifest. Carifest is August 25th at Randall’s Island in NYC. Other acts include Buju Banton, Ninjaman, Bounty Killer, Pinchers, Mavado and more!
Kingston’s self titled album, with “Beautiful Girls” was released July 31st.
Sean Kingston at home
Sean Kingston my$pace
Reggae Country article - more info about Carifest and Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston Interview - published in yahoo news
JR Rotem my$pace
More Carifest info on HearingTest
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