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In the spring of 2003, Jamaican Dancehall music was welcomed into
American mainstream with the explosion of D.J./Singer Sean Paul's single
"Get Busy." Although Dancehall music is thought to be fairly new in
American eyes, it has been a deeply rooted musical genre in Jamaica for
centuries.


Sean Paul Henriques was born on January 8, 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica. He
grew up in an upper middle class, multi-ethnic family. (His father is
Portuguese/Jamaican and his mother is Chinese/Jamaican). Henriques
attended prestigious private schools, and eventually entered into the
College of Arts, Science, and Technology located in Hope Road where he
majored in Commerce with an emphasis on Hotel Management.


Rather than begin a career in Jamaica's corporate world, Sean Paul
became a D.J. and songwriter. In 1996 he released his debut album, Baby
Girl, which was produced by Jeremy Harding on...