Friday, the “Beautiful Girls” singer was given 3.5 years in prison, per NBC. Previously, Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner, was sentenced to five years. Turner, like her son, was found guilty by a federal jury of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in April. At the time, both Kingston and Turner were facing up to 20 years on each count.

Sean Kingston has been sentenced to jail for three and a half years in federal prison for a $1m wire fraud scheme. The 35-year-old rapper was found guilty in the starting of 2025, along with his mother,