SEAN KINGSTON

I love Beyonce.

God is great.

I don't think an artist should keep themselves categorized in a specific box.

I think country has the biggest melodies ever.

Jamaica is kind of similar to Miami, but to go from there to Miami, and then Miami to L.A., it's crazy.

Number one on my top five is Beyonce.

I make sure I always surround myself with good, down to earth, fun, real people, who always keep me grounded.

I breathe, I sleep, I eat music. Music is what I wanted to do.

It's easy to gain weight when you're in the studio.

My goal is just to get healthy as far as what my ideal weight has to be for my height.

It's easy to gain weight when you're in the studio.

I make sure I always surround myself with good, down to earth, fun, real people, who always keep me grounded.

God is great.

I love Beyonce.

I think country has the biggest melodies ever.

My goal is just to get healthy as far as what my ideal weight has to be for my height.

I love song writing, so I'm always happy to write for other musicians.

I don't think an artist should keep themselves categorized in a specific box.

I really like the reggae concepts like the culture vibe. They speak on everything that's going on, they don't have limits. They speak on politics, they speak on life, they speak on the troubles of poverty, everything. The message, the melodies and the concepts of reggae music are unbelievable.

I breathe, I sleep, I eat music. Music is what I wanted to do.

Number one on my top five is Beyonce.

Jamaica is kind of similar to Miami, but to go from there to Miami, and then Miami to L.A., it's crazy.

I 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.

Beautiful girls. They only want to do you dirt. They'll have you suicidal, suicidal when they say it's over.

To 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.

I got my deal off MySpace.com. I wrote to J.R. Rotem. He is big producer. He's done a lot of stuff for Rihanna, 50 Cent, Britney Spears and etc. I thought, "Yo, this guy is really talented I want to work with him." Once I sent him message he didn't reply back. I kept on sending the messages. I kept on hitting him back like eight times a day. He eventually replied back like, "Yo, I want to hear more music."

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."

With 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.