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Sean Kingston

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Kisean Anderson, known as Sean Kingston, is a Miami-raised Jamaican-American singer whose 2007 debut single "Beautiful Girls" (built on a "Stand By Me" interpolation) topped the US Billboard Hot 100; he has described himself in interviews as a grandson of Jamaican sound-system pioneer and producer Jack Ruby (Lawrence Lindo).

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Type: person →
Era: Street dances and micro-economies →
Confidence: Probable

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Story · Well supportedDancehall's New York engine

A Jamaica, Queens record shop, a Sunday-night radio slot and a Queens concert hall built dancehall's American home base.