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Sean Kingston falls in love

Published:Wednesday | June 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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Director Little X gives instructions to a cameraman during a Sean Kingston and Nicki Minaj video shoot in Ocho Rios on the weekend.
Nicki Minaj. - Photos by Carl Gilchrist
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Carl Gilchrist, Gleaner Writer

IT'S NO secret. Sean Kingston is in love with the beautiful and sexy Nicki Minaj, real name Onika Maraj. Their collaboration, Letting Go (Dutty Love), from Kingston's upcoming album might seem like just another collaboration between artistes on a track but it means more to the 20-year-old.

He is seen on a YouTube (RapUp TV) video venting his feeling towards Minaj, who was born in New York but is of Trinidad descent and is just over five years his senior.

In the video, posted June 17, Kingston is seen and heard paying glowing tribute to the bombshell rapper.

"I think Nicki Minaj is beautiful ... every time I see her she looks more than a 10!"

Kingston said he had been watching her for a long time and waiting for her to get a record, and "Don't be shocked if you hear Nicki Minaj and Sean Kingston is going on, see what I'm saying, 'cause that's my biggest crush right now."

Referring to the Dutty Love video, Sean said, laughingly: "Jamaica, where the video is gonna be shot, I'm gonna try and make my move there.

"At the end of the day, Nicki Minaj gonna be Nicki Kingston," he asserted.

The Gleaner couldn't resist asking Kingston about it, as he took a break from shooting the Dutty Love video with Nicki in Ocho Rios Sunday night.

"I can't give away too much information, but Nicki is definitely a great, great friend of mine. It's kinda like we're building a relationship right now, we friends, I'm kinda like one of those guys, am a young dude so I'm just trying to get in where I fit in. She's beautiful, the whole world knows that. She a represent Trini, hopefully, we can mek a island connection happen!"

Minaj started her career in 2004 singing background vocals for rappers. She released a mixed tape each year from 2007 to 2009 before her first single earlier this year, Massive Attack. She has done several collaborations and remixes, including Gyptian's Hold Yuh. Among her more popular songs are Your Love, Still I Rise, Freaky Girl, Go Hard, Itty Bitty Piggy, among others.