Sean Kingston
was one of the hottest artists back in the 2000s.
But recently
he got arrested after supposedly punching a music video director in the face
and pulling a gun on him.
Let’s get into what happened.
On Saturday, November 13th,
TMZ reported that a music video director named GXDLIKE filed a police report
saying Sean Kingston assaulted him earlier this month.
He was living with Kingston in LA for the last few months
helping him film music videos and social media content.
Around 2 am on November 5th,
the director claims Kingston asked him to shoot some footage.
But his phone was dead at the time and he couldn’t get the shots that Kingston wanted.
This allegedly got the director punched in the face and dragged into a hallway.
Sean then pulled out a gun and threatened him,
making him pack his things and get out.
Gxdlike says that he suffered minor injuries to his face during the attack
and the LAPD confirmed he filed a police report for the alleged assault.
TMZ put out photos of his injuries,
showing minor cuts and swelling but nothing too serious.
Kingston hasn’t responded to the accusations or gave his side of the story.
It’s hard to think that he just punched his director in the face
and kicked him out cause his phone was dead at 2 am.
Unless there is more to the story that ain’t been reported.
At one point, Sean Kingston was one of hip hop's biggest stars.
He was discovered by record labels on YouTube and Myspace
when he was only 16 years old.
He blew up with his debut single Beautiful Girls,
which became an international hit.
He dropped a series of popular singles throughout the late 2000s
including Take You There, Fire Burning, and Eenie Meenie with Justin Bieber.
He also went on tour with big names like Gwen Stefani and Beyonce
and became one of the hottest R&B singers from that era.
But, like many artists with early success, Kingston had a tough time maintaining it.
In May 2011 he was involved in a pretty bad jet skiing accident that almost killed him
and it took a while for the singer to bounce back.
He dropped a comeback album in 2013,
but it aint gain as much buzz as his early music.
By 2017, he was supposedly dead broke
and testified in court that he had less than $500 to his name.
He got sued by his former lawyer
for unpaid legal bills and had to show bank records
proving that he only had a few hundred dollars of cash
and revealed he was living with his mom in LA with no property or cars in his name.
To make matters worse,
Kingston started getting sued by jewelers who claimed he owed them money.
In 2015, he got sued by Avi Da Jeweler
for $356,000 after not paying for multiple high-end watches.
Then he was sued in 2018 by NYC jeweler
Aqua Master and ordered to cash out over $300k
after failing to pay for 9 pieces of jewelry.
So, on top of his financial problems,
Kingston was racking up serious legal bills too.
But in an interview with TMZ,
the singer said all the allegations saying he was broke was false.
He claimed that his jewelry was worth $200,000 alone
and that he was spending $25k a month to live in LA.
But that was a lot different than what he said in court that same year.
In 2019, he was caught on video being arrested at Dino’s Chicken and Burgers in LA.
Someone called the police and reported a man matching his description carrying a gun in the area.
Eyewitnesses also told TMZ
that Kingston’s car was blocking the entrance to the parking lot.
At one point he got upset and started throwing ice at the restaurant window to scare the people eating.
The video recorded by a customer inside the restaurant
shows Kingston being ordered to get out of the passenger side of the car to be handcuffed.
Kingston and his crew were all questioned at the scene but later let go without any charges.
For the past few years, he’s has been laying low and working on his next album, Deliverance.
He dropped the single Chances featuring Vibes Cartel back in 2017
and followed up with the single Peace of Mind featuring Tory Lanez in 2019.
Around the same time, he also made headlines
after NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown announced he was working on music with Kingston.
AB tweeted a snippet of the song with an early draft of the album art,
along with the caption “Pre listening vibes coming Friday stay 2020 Cab Records Inc AB x SK.:”
In 2020, he also announced that he was starting a Professional Rapper Boxing League with Triple the Mogul.
Then, this past summer Sean dropped two singles
Love is Wonderful with Travis Barker and Darkest Times featuring G Herbo.
So, it looked like Sean Kingston was getting his life and career back on track
and was about to make a comeback.
But now it seems like he might be in trouble again.
The allegations ain’t all that serious,
but it’s not a good look for an artist trying to change his image.
Kingston’s not a convicted felon, so as long as the gun was properly registered,
he’ll likely settle out of court.
But the singer hasn’t gave his side of the story so it’s unclear what happened.
Some of the details of the victim’s story also don’t add up.
Why was Sean Kingston trying to film something at 2 am a
nd why didn’t the director have a real camera instead of using his phone?
Sounds like there’s more to the story that’s not being told.
But it’s tough to know what happened until Kingston makes a statement.
This story is still unfolding so stay posted for updates.