Sean Paul

thumb Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican rapper, singer and songwriter. His first album, Stage One, was released in 2000. He gained international fame with his second album, Dutty Rock, in 2002. Quotes "Man, my manager said to me the other day that he has a YouTube list of collabs that I’ve done. Collabs alone. It’s 108 songs, he said – I was like “Woah”. It’s been a long time and there’s been a lot of great stuff. I have a very unique tone of voice – people can recognise it very easily so a lot of people would like me on their collabs to get that ear recognition, I guess. That’s kind of helped over the time period" "There’s a lot of beautiful ladies that like to dance to my music sir (laughs), so that does keep me inspired. Other than that it’s just self-expression. I think those first six years of me kinda developing my style/craft without anybody knowing, helped propel me, to give me a hard work ethic. I do owe it to the fans. People see that I try to put my all into the music – stay to the route but push the edges and those types of things – I think my fans really appreciate that from me" Sean Paul Interview: New Music, Career Success, Future Plans, & Advice For Musicians;By BEN FARRIN “We didn’t belong. I wanted to write about the social differences in Kingston, as that’s what I had experienced, but the party boy, the girl songs – that was just what people wanted.” “My dad got this reputation of being an Uptown bad boy,” “He would hang out in the ghettos and smoke marijuana a lot. He didn’t want a job beneath his cousins in the family, he wanted to make it for himself. So he was always trying to hustle and he kept getting in trouble.” “I lost my dad and I couldn’t understand when I would ever see him again, since a 15-year sentence was longer than my entire life at that point,” “We would venture into the ghetto and smoke the chalice pipe and people would look at us and say, ‘You guys are privileged’, even though we couldn’t always afford gas for the car and the roof in our house was leaking,” “Still, these people were really suffering. They lived in a zinc shack and it made me realise that I did not have it bad at all.” Sean Paul: ‘A new generation are making dancehall their own’;By Ammar Kalia External links Category:living peopleCategory:Men Category:Rappers Category:Singers from the United States Category:Actors Category:Living people Category:1974 births Category:people from Jamaica