Sean Kingston: Beautiful Lies
4/13/202652 min
When Sean Kinsgston burst onto the music scene as a teenager, he seemed like a feel-good success story – an upbeat, clean-cut star collaborating with artists like Justin Bieber. But behind the glossy image was a far darker reality. Before Sean’s career even took off, his mother and sister had served time for identity theft. And when the money from his music could no longer cover the family’s bills, Sean steps into the same world of fraud. Using his name – and the names of his celebrity friends – he racks up hundreds of thousands of dollars in luxury goods and unpaid...
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First 90 secondsSarah Hagi· Host0:00
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Scaachi Koul· Host0:08
A note to our listeners, this episode contains a brief mention of sexual assault. Please listen with care. [upbeat music] Sarah, do you still listen to the radio? 'Cause I feel like I have not really listened to the radio since, like, high school.
Sarah Hagi· Host0:28
Thank you for asking. [laughs] Because I wake up to a radio alarm clock, an old radio alarm clock, and you will not believe the songs I wake up to.
Scaachi Koul· Host0:38
My God, you do?
Sarah Hagi· Host0:40
Yes, every morning.
Scaachi Koul· Host0:41
Okay. Wow. Well, I wanted to ask you, like- [laughs] ... what do you remember from songs on the radio? But I feel like you probably can really answer this.
Sarah Hagi· Host0:51
The songs... Listen. [upbeat music] The stuff they were playing before, they're still playing now.
Scaachi Koul· Host0:56
Okay.
Sarah Hagi· Host0:56
[laughs] Time is frozen. The stuff that was on the radio when you were listening to the radio last, that is still the number one played music. I woke up, I'm not joking, Evanescence Bring Me To Life. [laughs] I swear to God.
Scaachi Koul· Host1:11
Okay, great, great, great.
Sarah Hagi· Host1:12
Yes, I listen to the radio.
Scaachi Koul· Host1:13
Okay, great. [laughs] [laughs] So you're prepped for today's story, which will take us back to my mom's sedan. We're driving to school together. We're listening to the top hits in 2007, because one of the guys who sang a song that got stuck in your head for an entire semester