Sean Paul was born in Kingston, Jamaica to parents Garth and Frances, both of whom were talented athletes.
His mother is a well-known painter. His paternal grandfather had Sephardi Jewish ancestry, from a family that had emigrated from Portugal, and his paternal grandmother was Afro-Caribbean; his mother is of English and ChineseJamaican descent. Sean Paul was raised as a Catholic, though aware that his grandfather came from an old respected Jamaican Jewish family.
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 Sean Paul's mother was a backstroke swimmer. Sean 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.
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Birth Name: Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques
Born: January 8, 1973 (age 51)
From: Kingston, Jamaica
Genre(s):
Reggae,
dancehall,
ragga,
R&B,
hip hop
Occupation(s):
Musician,
rapper,
singer-songwriter,
producer,
actor
Active From: 1997-present
Associated Acts:
Akon,
Beyonce,
Busta Rhymes,
Damian Marley,
Enrique Iglesias,
Kelly Rowland,
Major Lazer,
Rihanna,
Shaggy,
Simple Plan,
Snoop Dogg