--- --- # Couple Allegedly Posed as Adele's Manager in Scam to Score Kendrick Lamar Tickets  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 9, 2017 6:08 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 9, 2017 6:08 PM UTC A [Florida](http://time.com/4770028/sonic-boom-florida-x37b/) couple was arrested over the weekend after allegedly posing as [Adele’s](http://time.com/4729212/adele-harry-styles-birthday-21/) manager, Jonathan Dickins, in an attempt to get free tickets to see [Kendrick Lamar](http://time.com/4741238/kendrick-lamar-damn-review/) at Miami’s Rolling Loud festival. Miami-Dade police detective told the [_Miami Herald_](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article149283059.html)that they were able to lure Justin Jackson — who also goes by the aliases Jayce Lii and Justin Lii — and his wife Angel Lii into a sting when Lamar’s record label, Interscope Records, became suspicious of their request and informed the real Dickins. The pair has allegedly been impersonating Dickins for over a year to scam tickets and merchandise from artists such as Rihanna, Usher, Drake, Katy Perry, Chris Brown and Pharrell Williams. “Mr. Dickins has finally breathed a sign of relief and hopes this fraud against him will stop once and for all,” said his Miami attorney, Brian Bieber. “The defendants did consistently leave a blueprint of their fraud for the detectives to find. Essentially, we have a pair of dumb criminals.” Jackson previously served two years in prison for convincing a New York boutique to loan him $2.4 million in jewelry while posing as a rep for Madonna — which he then sold to a pawn shop. He and Lii have been charged with grand theft and identity theft charges. Adele's Manager Impersonated in Kendrick Lamar Ticket Scam ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4772375/adele-manger-impersonated-kendrick-lamar-ticket-scam/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4772375/adele-manger-impersonated-kendrick-lamar-ticket-scam/"},"headline":"Couple Allegedly Posed as Adele's Manager in Scam to Score Kendrick Lamar Tickets","datePublished":"2017-05-09T18:08:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:28.385Z","description":"Police were able to lure the pair into a sting","url":"https://time.com/4772375/adele-manger-impersonated-kendrick-lamar-ticket-scam/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","celebrities","Kendrick Lamar","Florida","Adele"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4772375/adele-manger-impersonated-kendrick-lamar-ticket-scam/","name":"Couple Allegedly Posed as Adele's Manager in Scam to Score Kendrick Lamar Tickets"}}]}] ```