Biography


[Full Name]
Sean Paul Henriques

[A.K.A.]
"The Uptown Deejay", "copper-color Chiney bwoy"

[Date of Birth]
January 8, 1973

[Born]
Kingston, Jamaica

[Father]
Portuguese-Jamaican

[Mother]
Chinese-Jamaican Painter

[Career]
Singer & Songwriter

[High Schools]
Wolmers High School in Kingston (3 yrs)
& later graduated from Bel Air High School in Mandeville

[Post Secondary Education]
The University of Technology
(then called College of Arts Science and Technology)

[Also Educated at]
Wolmer's, Hillel and Bel-Air

[Degree Achieved]
Hotel Management from UTECH

[Work]
Bank

[Last Album Released]
Stage One on November 12, 2002

[First Album]
Dutty Rock

[Best Hit]
Gimme the Light" [on the Buzz rhythm]

[Compared often to]
Supercat / Spragga Benz

[Favourite Artists]
Nas, Busta Rhymes, Christopher Wallace & Snoop Dogg

[Started Demos]
1994

[Idols]
Tony Rebel, Buju Banton & Terror Fabulous

[Used To Be]
Swimmer and Water Polo Player

[Colabrated with]
Mr. Vegas, Busta Rhymes, Rahzel, Chico, Sasha,
Kardinal Offishall, Jully Black, Debbie Nova,
Cecile, Farenheit & Blu Cantrel

[Labels worked with]
2Hard" label, Jamdown Records, Penthouse,
VP records, Greensleeves & ShockingVibes label

[Movie Soundtrack]
"Hot Gal Today" from the movie "Shaft"
"Money Jane" from the movie "Showtime"

[Record Breaking]
The first Reggae Artist on Billboard R&B Singles Chart to
land 2 songs from the same album at the same time
"Hot Gal Today"(66) & "Deport Them"(88)

[What's dat "Dutty"?]
"We used to smoke weed, and a 'dutty' is a used pipe, but that's not what we were all about."

[Address of Sean Paul's Official FanClub]
32 Dumbarton Ave,
Kingston 10,
Jamaica, West Indies.