Sean Paul

Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques was born in Kingston on 9 January 1973. Many of Sean Paul songs become very popular and trendy online with a great number of streaming and downloads on Boomplay. As member of the YoungBloodZ, Atlanta rapper Sean Paul (aka Sean P) appeared on series of hit R&B and hip-hop singles before introducing his solo career properly with the single "Everywhere We Go. "Paul formed the YoungBloodZ with his good friend J-Bo while the two were attending Miller Grove Middle School in Decatur.

His mother Frances, a painter, is of English and Chinese Jamaican descent. His paternal great-grandfather's Sephardic Jewish family immigrated from Portugal to Jamaica in the 17th century, while his paternal grandmother was Afro-Jamaican.

In 2012, Paul married his long-term girlfriend Jodi Stewart, a Jamaican TV host. In August 2016, it was announced that the couple was expecting their first child. On 26 February 2017, Paul announced the birth of his son, Levi Blaze. Their second child, Remi, was born on 20 August 2019.

Career
Paul was raised as a Catholic, though he also attended the Jewish private school Hillel Academy in Jamaica. Many members of his family are swimmers. His grandfather was on the first Jamaican men's national water polo team. His father also played water polo for the team in the 1960s, and competed in long-distance swimming, while Paul's mother was a butterfly swimmer. 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. He 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. 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's singles "Get Busy" and "Temperature" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States and most of his albums have been nominated for the Grammy's Best Reggae Album, with Dutty Rock winning the award. Paul has also been featured in many other singles including chart-toppers "Baby Boy" with Beyoncé, "What About Us" by The Saturdays, "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit, and "Cheap Thrills" by Sia. In February 2020, Paul released a track recorded with Swedish singer and songwriter Tove Lo titled "Calling on Me".

In March 2021, Sean Paul released his 7th studio album called Live N Livin under his own label Dutty Rock Productions. Sean Paul, Spice and Shaggy performed "Go Down Deh" on Good Morning America on June 11, 2021. Their performance was a part of the Caesars Rewards Summer Concert Series. On 15 June 2021, Sean Paul, Spice and Shaggy performed "Go Down Deh" on Jimmy Kimmel Live as a part of the Mercedes Benz Concert Series. On 18 June 2021, Sean Paul, Spice, and Shaggy performed live, and was interviewed by Wendy on The Wendy Williams Show.

In Caribbean Heritage Month 2021, Spice, Shaggy and Sean Paul celebrated with "Go Down Deh" on Pix 11I New York. On 1 July 2021, International Reggae Day Sean Paul, Spice and Shaggy were interviewed live on ITV1's Good Morning Britain.

Paul has 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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Sean Paul Songs and Albums
• Tomahawk Technique (Album)
• Dutty Rock (Album)
• The Trinity (Album)
• Stage One (Album)
• Full Frequency (Album)
• Imperial Blaze (Album)
• So Fine
• Temperature
• Get Busy
• I'm Still In Love With You
• Like Glue
• Snap Yo Fingers
• We Be Burnin'
• Do You Remember
• Break It Off
• Gimme the Light
• Give It Up to Me
• No Lie
• She Doesn't Mind

Achievements
• His Album Dutty Rock won him the Best Reggae Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards
• He won the Best International Video for the song "Gimme the Light" at the 2003 MuchMusic Video Awards
• He won the Best New Act of the Year at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards
• His Album Dutty Rock won him the Dancehall Reggae Album of the Year at the 2003 Source Awards
• He won the Top Reggae Artist of the Year at the 2005 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Award
• He won the Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist at the 2006 American Music Awards
• He won the Best Reggae Act at the 2006 MOBO Awards
• He won the Reggae Artist of the Year at the 2007 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards
• He won the Best International Artist at the 2007 MTV Romania Music Awards
• He won the Best Reggae Act at the 2009 MOBO Awards
• He won the Best Reggae Artist at the 2009 Soul Train Awards
• He won the Best Caribbean Performance at the 2012 Soul Train Awards
• He won the Best Reggae Act at the 2012 MOBO Awards
• He won the Favorite Local International Artiste of the Year at the 2013