Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques was born on 9 January 1973 and is a Jamaican rapper and singer who is regarded as one of dancehall's most prolific artists.
42 Facts About Sean Paul
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Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 9 January 1973.
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Sean Paul was raised as a Catholic, though he attended the Jewish private school Hillel Academy in Jamaica.
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Sean Paul's grandfather was on the first Sri Lankan men's national water polo team.
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Sean Paul's father played water polo for the team in the 1960s, and competed in long-distance swimming, while Paul's mother was a butterfly swimmer.
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When Sean Paul was 15, his father was arrested on charges of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years in prison; he was released for good behaviour when Sean Paul was 19.
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Sean Paul played for the national water polo team from the age of 13 to 21, when he gave up the sport in order to launch his musical career.
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Sean Paul attended Wolmer's Boys' School and the College of Arts, Science, and Technology, now known as the University of Technology, where he was trained in commerce with an aim of pursuing an occupation in swimming.
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Sean Paul began hanging out at the studio every day, and the pair collaborated on several more tracks.
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Sean Paul made a successful collaboration with DMX and Mr Vegas, "Top Shotter", to the soundtrack of the film.
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In 2000, Sean Paul released his debut album, Stage One with VP Records.
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In 2002, Sean Paul continued his work with manager and producer Jeremy Harding, and after a joint venture deal with his label VP Records and Atlantic Records, announced the release of his second album, Dutty Rock.
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Simultaneously, Sean Paul was featured on Beyonce's US number-one hit song "Baby Boy" and Blu Cantrell's "Breathe", although didn't perform well in the United States but was a massive hit in Europe.
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Sean Paul was nominated for four awards at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards, including Male Artist of the Year, Rap Artist of the Year, Hot 100 Single of the Year, and Pop 100 Single of the Year for "Temperature".
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Sean Paul won an American Music Award for " Give It Up to Me", beating Kanye West and Nick Lachey, who were nominated for the award.
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Sean Paul often contributes his songs to various Riddim Driven albums by VP Records.
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Sean Paul appears in the video game Def Jam: Fight for NY as part of Snoop Dogg's crew and again in the game's sequel, Def Jam: Icon.
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Sean Paul appeared in Shaggy's video, "Save a Life", which includes appearances from Elephant Man and Da'Ville, among others.
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Sean Paul appeared on the Never Mind the Buzzcocks episode, which aired on 21 November 2011.
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In 2011, Sean Paul released his first riddim called "Blaze Fia Riddim" under Dutty Rock Productions, his own label.
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In 2012, Sean Paul was asked to team up with Congorock and Stereo Massive to feature vocals on their song "Bless Di Nation".
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Sean Paul released the official remix to the song on 3 September 2013 with an additional feature from Nicki Minaj.
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In January 2014, Sean Paul was the main international artist at Fiestas Palmares 2014 in Costa Rica.
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Also in 2014, Sean Paul was featured on the official English-language version of long-running Latin American chart-topper "Bailando" by Enrique Iglesias featuring Gente de Zona and Descemer Bueno.
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Sean Paul appeared on the EP Apocalypse Soon by electronic music group Major Lazer, on the track "Come On to Me", which was released as the second single from the album, after "Aerosol Can", a collaboration with Pharrell Williams.
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On 6 July 2015, Sean Paul released the music video for his song "Take It Low" on the album Full Frequency.
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Sean Paul had already became an independent artist after parting ways with Atlantic Records in September 2014.
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Under new management of Jules Dougall of Dougall Group and Steve "Urchin" Wilson, Sean Paul enjoyed a commercial resurgence in his career throughout 2016 after being featured on Australian singer Sia's remix version of her song "Cheap Thrills", it topped the Billboard Hot 100, making it Sean Paul's first number-one hit on the chart since 2006.
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In March 2019, Sean Paul collaborated with Colombian singer J Balvin on a bilingual song called "Contra La Pared", the song peaked within the top 15 of the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, making it his seventh entry on the chart.
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Sean Paul had suggested that Jamaican musicians making use of "hardcore patois", a mixture of English with several languages spoken in Jamaica, create a language barrier that prevents them from becoming successful in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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In March 2021, Sean Paul released his seventh studio album called Live n Livin under his own label Dutty Rock Productions.
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Sean Paul collaborated with fellow Jamaican artists Spice and Shaggy for a dancehall single called "Go Down Deh".
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In May 2022, Sean Paul released his eighth studio album Scorcha through Island Records.
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In September 2022, Sean Paul appeared in season 22 of The Voice as Gwen Stefani's coach advisor.
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In 2011, Sean Paul established his own record label, Dutty Rock Productions, along with his production team.
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In 2017, Sean Paul signed Jamaican artist Chi Ching Ching to the label, making it the label's first signing.
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In 2016, Sean Paul donated $1 million JMD towards Bustamante Hospital for Children.
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Sean Paul has advocated for waste reduction, solar power and the use of electric cars.
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Sean Paul collaborated with Paul McCartney, Natasha Bedingfield, Bon Jovi, Colbie Caillat, and various other artists on a single called "Love Song to the Earth" to spread awareness about climate change.
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In 2018, Sean Paul was named an ambassador for climate change in the Caribbean.
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In 2012, Sean Paul married his long-term girlfriend, Jamaican television host Jodi Stewart.
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On 26 February 2017, Sean Paul announced the birth of their son, Levi Blaze.