Sean Paul

Before becoming a singer, he was a chef and a bank teller.

Sean was the first reggae artist to be featured on the cover of Vibe Magazine.

At the 2006 Jamaican Awards, Sean Paul got an award for Best Hardman.

His brother Jason and his best friend Zameer Masjedee helped Sean open up business connections.

He has a brother named Jason "Jigzagula" Henriques.

He was closely connected to a reggae-pop band, Third World.

He became a DJ after writing his own songs, basing his style largely on the works of Super Cat and Don Yute.

Dancehall music was Sean Paul's first love, and he became proficient at crafting rhythm tracks.

Sean Paul's parents were both talented athletes, and his mother, Frances, is a well-known painter.

Sean Paul was nominated for Best Hip Hop Video and Best Male Video at the 2006 MTV's Europe Music Awards.

Sean Paul was a member of the Jamaican national water polo team from the age of thirteen to twenty-one. However he gave up the sport in order to launch his musical career.

Sean Paul's favorite music artists are Nas, Busta Rhymes, Christopher Wallace, and Snoop Dogg.

Sean Paul admires Tony Rebel, Buju Banton, and Terror Fabulous.

Sean Paul enjoys eating pasta.

Sean Paul combined his songs Temperature and Breakout (both performed by him) in the same music video for Temperature.

In 2005, Sean won a Billboard Music Awards for the best Selling Reggae Artist of the Year and another for Top Selling Reggae Album of the Year (The Trinity). He also won Hot 100 Single of the Year "Temperature".

In 2004, Sean won a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album (Dutty Rock).

Sean Paul second album, "Dutty Rock", went two times platinum in the US and two times platinum in the UK, both countries alone. Sean sold 6 million copies worlwide.

Sean Paul is part Portugese, Chinese and Jamaican, from his parents had them in their blood.

Discography: Stage One (2000), Dutty Rock (2002), Dutty Rock (New Edition) (2003), The Trinity (2005), The Next Thing (2008).