Grammy award winning Dancehall artiste Sean Paul will be performing live in Colombo on November 13. The Jamaican Reggae artist who is the former lead vocalist of the Dutty Cup Crew, who was born in Kingston, Jamaica, spent his early years in Upper Saint Andrew Parish, a few miles north of Kingston.
Sean Paul played for the national water polo team from the age of thirteen to twenty-one, when he gave up the sport in order to launch his musical career.
He attended the Wolmers High School for Boys, Belair High School, and the College of Arts, Science, and Technology, now known as the University of Technology, where he was trained in commerce with a view to pursuing an occupation in hotel management.
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He made a quick cameo appearance in the 1998 film Belly on stage performing. He made a successful collaboration with DMX & Mr. Vegas (Here Comes Da Boom) as a soundtrack of the film. In 2000, Sean Paul released his debut album, Stage One with VP Records. In 2002, he began working extensively with a team of producers and choreographers from Toronto, namely Jae Blaze and Blaze Entertainment and announced the release of his second album, Dutty Rock. Pushed by the success of the singles ‘Gimme the Light’ and the Billboard Hot 100 topper, ‘Get Busy’, the album was a worldwide success, eventually selling over six million copies. Simultaneously, Sean Paul was heard on Beyoncé’s U.S. #1 single “Baby Boy” and Blu Cantrell’s “Breathe”, a chart hit in Europe. Both helped to push his reputation further still in the United States.
He appeared on Punk’d, 106 & Park, 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. Paul’s biggest hits included “Get Busy”, “Like Glue”, “Gimme the Light”, “Baby Boy”, and “I’m Still in Love with You”
Sean Paul’s third album The Trinity was released in on September 27, 2005. The album produced five big hits, “We Be Burnin’”, “Ever Blazin’”, “Give It Up to Me”,”Never Gonna Be The Same” and the U.S. chart-topping smash hit “Temperature” .
The video of “(When You Gonna) Give It up to Me” (featuring Keyshia Cole) was also featured in the movie “Step Up” in 2006.
The newest Sean Paul album entitled “Imperial Blaze” was released on August 18, 2009. The lead single, “So Fine”, which was produced by Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor, premiered on Sean Paul’s official website on April 26, 2009.
He was recently featured in Shaggy’s video, “Save A Life”, which also includes appearances from Elephant Man and Da’Ville, among others. |
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