When they recorded "Infiltrate" they decided they had something good enough to get on the radio. Paul began hanging out at the studio every day, and the pair collaborated on several more tracks. During the meeting Paul recorded a vocal over Harding's rhythm track and in the process created the song "Baby Girl". Harding eventually met the singer when Paul came by his studio to ask for some advice.
Career 1994–2000: Stage One įormer manager and producer Jeremy Harding's brother told him about a singer at a small open mic event in Kingston who sounded a lot like Super Cat, the dancehall DJ and toaster. He attended Wolmer's Boys' School and the College of Arts, Science, and Technology, now known as the University of Technology, where he was trained in commerce with an aim of pursuing an occupation in swimming. 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. His father also played water polo for the team in the 1960s, and competed in long-distance swimming, while Paul's mother was a butterfly swimmer. His grandfather was on the first Jamaican men's national water polo team. Paul was raised as a Catholic, though he also attended the Jewish private school Hillel Academy in Jamaica. His mother is of English and Chinese Jamaican descent. His paternal great-grandfather's Sephardic Jewish family immigrated from Portugal to Jamaica in the 17th century, while his paternal grandmother was Afro-Jamaican. Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques was born in Kingston, Jamaica on 9 January 1973.