Jamaica Gleaner

Krista Henry, Staff Reporter

Sean Kingston tried to keep his performance as Jamaican as possible, with a spin on the turntables while showing his love for Jamaica at the Coca-Cola Presents Sean Kingston in Concert at the National Golf Academy on Saturday night.

Coming on after 1 a.m., Sean Kingston performed in Kingston for the first time as he gave the crowd his hit songs, breaking to big up the country, the performers, Big Ship, Haiti, the Gully and the Gaza, as he said, “nowhere nice like Jamaica.” Coming onstage to Mi Love, Kingston received a slew of cheers from the packed venue as he kept his hit songs coming like Face Drop, Take You There, Beautiful Girls declaring that he wanted a beautiful Jamaican girl, and ending with Fire Burnin’. In between songs Sean kept the vibe going, calling up Beenie Man, who he declared a friend and someone he admired, who gave the crowd pieces of his songs such as Woman A Call Mi.

Kingston showed his knowledge of current music in a face-off with his Trinidadian/Canadian disc jock as Kingston got forwards and cheers for songs such as Assassin’s Hands Up Inna Di Air, Serani’s Skip to ma Luu and Stephen McGregor’s Cyaa Friend Again. Declaring a moment of silence for Haiti, Kingston expressed his joy that Jamaica thus far had been spared any natural disasters and urged patrons to support their neighbouring island.