Sean Paul

At 51 years old, Sean Paul has this physical status:

Sean Paul Francis Henriques OD (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican deejay, guitarist, and record producer. "Get Busy" and "Temperature" were the top-selling songs in the United States, and the majority of his albums had been nominated for the Grammy's Best Reggae Album, with Dutty Rock winning the award.

Sean Paul has appeared in many other albums, including chart-toppers "Baby Boy" by Beyoncé, "What About Us" by The Saturdays, and Clean Bandit's "Rockabye."

Early life

Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 9, 1973. Frances, a painter, is of English and Chinese Jamaican descent. In the 17th century, his paternal grandfather's Sephardic Jewish family immigrated from Portugal to Jamaica, while his paternal grandmother, Afro-Jamaican, was born in Portugal.

Paul was born as a Catholic, but he also attended the Hillel Academy in Jamaica. Many members of his family are swimmers. His grandfather was the first Sri Lankan men's national water polo team. Paul's mother was a butterfly swimmer while his father competed in long-distance swimming and was a member of the club in the 1960s. When Paul was 15, his father was arrested on suspicion of murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison; he was convicted for good conduct when he was 19 years old.

From the age of 13, to 21, Paul competed for the national water polo team, although he had to abandon the sport in order to start his musical career. He attended Wolmer's Boys' School and the College of Arts, Science, and Technology, which are now known as the University of Technology, where he was educated in commerce with the intention of pursuing a career in swimming.

Personal life

In 2012, Paul married Jamaican TV host Jodi Stewart, a long-term partner. In August 2016, the couple was revealed that they were expecting their first child. Levi Blaze, Paul's son, was born on February 26, 2017. Remi, their second child, was born on August 20, 2019.

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Career

Jeremy Harding, a former manager and producer, told him about a musician at a small open mic festival in Kingston who looked a lot like dancehall DJ and toaster Super Cat. When Paul came by his studio to ask for some assistance, he eventually met the singer. During the interview, Paul performed a vocal over Harding's beat track and created the song "Baby Girl" in the process. Paul used to hang out at the studio every day, and the pair formed on several more tracks. They discovered something good enough to get on the radio when they pressed "Infiltrate." Harding began to worry about his affairs as Paul began to attract local interest. He later told HitQuarters that his sponsorship of Paul's fledgling career led him to his appointment as "DJ, boss, road manager, and security guard." Paul appeared on stage in the 1998 film Belly. To the film's soundtrack, he led to a fruitful collaboration with DMX and Mr. Vegas, "Top Shotter." Paul's debut album, Stage One, was released on VP Records in 2000.

Paul continued his work with manager and producer Jeremy Harding in 2002, and after a joint venture deal with his label VP Records and Atlantic Records, he announced the release of his second album, Dutty Rock. The album was a global hit thanks to the success of the singles "Gimme the Light" and Billboard Hot 100 topper "Get Busy" and the Billboard Hot 100 topper, "Get Busy." At the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in 2004, Dutty Rock received the Reggae Album of the Year. "Get Busy" was also selected for the best Rap Song of the year. Paul was caught on Beyoncé's "Baby Boy" and Blu Cantrell's "Breathe," a chart that was a hit in Europe. Both helped to lift his name in the United States. This collection also contributed to the rise of dancehall pop, a musical fusion of dancehall and pop music's rhythmic styles and melodies. Sean Paul Respect, Making the Video ("Get Busy," "Gimme the Light," and "Like Glue"), and his music videos have been broadcast on MTV and BET. He appeared on Punk'd, 106 & Park.

The Trinity, Paul's third album, was released on September 27, 2005. "We Be Burnin," "Ever Blazin'," "Give It Up to Me," "Never Gonna Be the Same," and the U.S. chart-topping smash hit "Temperature" were among the album's five hits. In the film Step Up in 2006, the video of "Give It Up to Me" (featuring Keyshia Cole) was included. He was nominated for four awards at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards, including male artist of the year, rap artist of the year, year-long, hot 100 single of the year, and pop single of the year for "Temperature." In addition, he was nominated for the award by an American Music Award for "Get It Up to Me" defeating Kanye West and Nick Lachey, who were both nominated for the honor. The Trinity's "Send It On" commercial appeared on the Vauxhall Corsa advert in 2005. Paul appears on several Riddim Driven albums by VP Records, contributing to his songs. In March 2007, he returned to Jamaica to appear at the Cricket World Cup 2007 opening ceremony in Jamaica.

Paul appears in the video game Def Jam: Fight for New York as part of Snoop Dogg's crew and later in the game's sequel, Def Jam: Icon.

On August 9, 2009, Imperial Blaze was first published. "So Fine," Stephen "Di Genius" McGregor's album, premiered on Paul's website on April 26, 2009.

The album features 20 songs including "So Fine," "Press It Up," "She Want Me," "Private Party" and others, as well as party favorites "Now That I've Got Your Love" (feat Keri Hilson). Don Corleone, Jeremy Harding, and Paul's brother Jason 'Jigzagula' Henriques are among the album's producers on the record. On the day of the album's debut, all of the songs from the album were added to Paul's Myspace page.

"Always On My Mind (with Da'Ville)," "Get It to You" (with Leftside), "Watch It Down") with Estelle, and "I Wanna See You" (with Fahrenheit and his brother Jason "Jigzagula") were among the album's first singles, "I Want To See You" (with Pretty Ricky), "Come Over" with Estelle (with Justin Hart), "I Wanna See You" (with Estelle) "Come (with Estelle "I Want To You" (with E'Em" (with Eve) (Withe" (with Emitting) With Estelle) "I Wante "I Want To You" (with Estelle) "I Want It" (with Estelle) "I Want It" (with Estelle) "I Want It" (with Either" (With Emite With E" with Element "Beem" (with Estelle), "Come" (with Estelle) and Estelle) "I Wanting" (with Element).

Paul appeared in "Save A Life," a Shaggy film that also includes appearances from Elephant Man and Da'Ville, among other things. Shaggy, Paul, and others performed a benefit concert in an attempt to raise funds for a children's hospital. All proceeds went into getting new equipment and technology for the Bustamante Hospital for Children.' During the premiere of MNET's Big Brother Africa: All-Stars on July 18, he performed his songs "Temperature," "Hold My Hand," and "So Fine."

Alexis Jordan's vocals appear on the first single "Got 2 Luv U" from the United States. Atlantic Records first announced it on July 19, 2011. Paul, Ryan Tedder, and Stargate wrote the song and Stargate produced it.

"She Doesn't Mind" is the album's second single. It was written by Paul, Shellback, and Benny Blanco, and Shellback and Benny Blanco produced it. It was broadcast on NRJ and Skyrock (French radios) on September 29, 2011 and on October 31. It debuted at number one in Switzerland, like its predecessor, "Got 2 Luv U," but it didn't debut at the top of the charts in Switzerland. Paul appeared on the Never Mind the Buzzcocks episode, which aired on November 21, 2011.

In the United States, Tomahawk Technique was announced on September 18th, 2012. In the 55th Grammy awards, the album was selected for the best reggae album.

In the Simple Plan song "Summer Paradise," Paul is included.

Paul's first riddim, "Blaze Fia Riddim," was released by Dutty Rock Productions under his own name.

Paul was invited to perform vocals on their album "Bless Di Country" in 2012 by electronic artist Congorock and production/DJ duo Stereo Massive.

During 2013, Paul worked on his sixth studio album, Full Frequency, which was released on February 18, 2014. On June 10, 2013, the album's first single, "Other Side of Love," was released on iTunes. On June 25, 2013, 2 Chainz and Juicy J appeared in "Entertainment," the second single. On September 3, 2013, Paul unveiled the official remix to "Entertainment," with Nicki Minaj's addition. On October 20, 2013, "Turn It Up" was released as a single in the United Kingdom. On October 22, 2013, it was supposed to be released in Germany. On November 5, 2013, the single "Want Dem All" was announced in the United States as a single. Damian Marley, Iggy Azalea, Brick & Lace, Konshens, Nicki Minaj, 2 Chainz, and Juicy J. Paul appeared on British girl group The Saturdays' single "What About Us" in 2013. With over 100,000 sales in the first week, the single became the year's fastest-selling single at the time of release.

Paul was the main international artist at Fiestas Palmares 2014 in Costa Rica in January 2014. Paul appeared on Enrique Iglesias' official English-language version of long-running Latin American chart topper "Bailando," which also included Gente de Zona and Descemer Bueno. The English version of the film was shot simultaneously with the Spanish version in Santo Domingo. The English version of the United States debuted in the top ten most influential nations and dominated the charts of several other nations.

Following the album's second single, Paul appeared on the Apocalypse Soon EP by electronic band 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. He also worked on a remix of his song "Bum Bum" by Nigerian recording artist Timaya. Shutah Films' accompanying video was released online on April 11th. At the Grammy Awards in 2015, the album was also selected for Best Reggae Album. Paul also announced in September 2014 that he had left Atlantic Records and would become an independent artist. Paul released the music video for his song "Take It Low" on the album Full Frequency on July 6, 2015.

Paul saw a commercial revival in his career throughout 2016 after being featured on three Australian singer Sia's most popular hit singles, girl band Little Mix, and classical crossover band Clean Bandit. Paul performed in the first ceremony of Pakistan Super League on February 6, 2016. Sia launched a remix of her song "Cheap Thrills" starring Paul on February 11, 2016. The song became a worldwide hit, with many countries including the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden, having reached number one. Paul would be featured on "Hair," a Little Mix song based on their third album Get Weird, on April 11, 2016.

He signed with Island Records in June 2016. Paul used Toots and the Maytals as inspiration when it comes to his own personal development longevity in November 2016. He's still doing it, toots, he's a great reggae musician and he's still doing it. He's been up there for years, and he's doing it. I'm inspired by these kind of artists. I know I'm just going to keep doing music as long as I can. Clean Bandit released the song "Rockabye," which stars Paul and Anne-Marie, a British singer. It spent nine weeks as the country's tops chart's most coveted Christmas number one, and rose to the top of the charts for the ninth week in a row. He launched "No Lie" with Dua Lipa on November 18, which was the lead single from his EP Mad Love The Prequel's debut on November 18th.

"For his contribution to the global recognition and promotion of reggae music," the Jamaican government announced on October 21.

In August 2019, Paul was nominated alongside Drake, DJ Snake, and Snow for the 'Favorite Crossover Artist' category of the 2019 Latin American Music Awards.

Paul released "Calling on Me" by Swedish singer and songwriter Tove Lo in February 2020.

Paul released his seventh studio album Live N Livin under his own name Dutty Rock Productions in March 2021.

On Good Morning America's June 11, 2021, Paul, Spice and Shaggy performed "Go Down Deh." Their appearance was part of the Caesars Rewards Summer Concert Series.

As part of the Mercedes Benz Concert Series, Paul, Spice, and Shaggy performed "Go Down Deh" on Jimmy Kimmel Live on June 15, 2021.

Paul, Spice, and Shaggy performed live on June 18th, 2021, and Wendy Williams on The Wendy Williams Show interviewed Paul, Spice and Shaggy.

Spice, Shaggy, and Paul were honored on Pix 11I New York during Caribbean Heritage Month 2021.

On July 1, 2021, International Reggae Day, Paul, Spice and Shaggy were interviewed live on ITV1's Good Morning Britain.

Paul's eighth studio album Scorcha was released by Island Records in May 2022.

Jamaican musicians using "hardcore patois," a blend of English with several languages spoken in Jamaica, has hindered them from flourishing in the United States and the United Kingdom, according to Paul.

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