Man Posing as Adele’s Manager Arrested After Trying to Scam Free Kendrick Lamar Tickets

This is one of those stories that will have you saying, WHAT!?

According to Billboard, a husband and wife were arrested in Miami over the weekend for allegedly posing as Adele‘s manager in attempt to obtain free tickets to see Kendrick Lamar at Rolling Loud festival. 

This isn’t the first time that this husband and wife duo, who’s real names are Justin Jackson and Angel Lii, have attempted to get free tickets. The duo have posed as Adele‘s manager before in attempts to get free tickets to see Rihanna, Katy Perry, Chris Brown, Pharrell Williams, etc.

Adele’s manager, Jonathan Dickins, began to receive e-mails from other reps wondering what was going on. He reported the scam to Miami-Dade police more than a year ago, launching an investigation.

How did the coning couple finally get caught? It’s quite simple. Dickins was contacted by Lamar’s manager, once they figured out it was a scam, Dickins reached out to the Miami-Dade police, who used the opportunity to set up a sting posing as a production manager. 

When Jackson, Lii and one other woman arrived at Bayfront Park to pick up the tickets on Saturday — claiming Dickins was working with clients all day — the couple was immediately detained by police and now face grand theft and identity theft charges. The other woman with them was not arrested.

Moral of the story, don’t be a con artist, support your favorite artists. Buy tickets to their shows.