Photos of Sean Paul’s parents are going viral after shocked fans discovered the Dancehall star’s race

While Sean Paul NPR’s Tiny Desk efficiency many of them took a visit down memory lane, humming favorite songs similar to “Get Busy”, “Gimmie Di Light” and “Temperature”, the ethnicity of the dancehall king also became a subject of discussion.

Jamaican-born dancehall singer and rapper Sean Paul released his first album in 2000. However, it was his second project “Dutty Rock” that brought him international popularity in 2002. He released 4 singles from the album, collaborated with Busta Rhymes and Beyonce, and went triple platinum in the United States.

Following Sean Paul’s Tiny Desk appearance on May 31, an User X wrote“Whenever Sean Paul comes on, I believe it is vital to indicate that as a child I could not understand the concept of a non-black Jamaican, so I just thought he was faking an accent and nobody cared. the longest.”

The tweet sparked discussion on the X and Instagram platforms about the dancehall artist’s ethnicity, with one fan in The Shadow Room Instagram comments seek advice from the platinum-selling artist as a “Jamaican duck.”

“SEAN PAUL, THE JAMAIAN DRAGON,” they wrote.

“Disrespectful,” the fan shot back. “Sean Paul is Sean Paul. He was around before Drake even knew what Jamaican culture was.

“It’s as if people don’t know that Jamaican is not a race. Sean Paul is Sean Paul. Not a fake like Drake,” one other person said, referring to “God’s Plan” background, which incorporates a Jewish Canadian mother and an African-American father.

Sean Paul’s wife, Jodi Henriques, quickly shut down the noise, citing one comment that suggested her husband was a person of culture.

In response to a user who called Sean Paul a “Jamaican dragon,” one other Instagram user replied: “No, he’s not. “Sean Paul was raised in a culture where he is not a vulture.” Jodi replied with a pin emoji in agreement, indicating that the person had hit the nail on the head.

WX photos of Sean Paul’s parents have began going viral.

“And today is the day I found out that Sean Paul is NOT a light-skinned black man, because what do you mean it’s his parents?!?” user X wrote next to photos of the artist’s mom and pop.

Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques was born in Kingston, Jamaica to Garth and Frances Henriques. According to New York Times, the Henriques family is one of the oldest Jewish families that immigrated to Jamaica from Portugal in the seventeenth century. In addition to his Sephardic Jewish and Portuguese heritage, Sean Paul’s father, Garth Henriques, also has Afro-Jamaican heritage. His mother is of mixed Chinese and British descent.

In a 2022 interview with Vibe magazine, Sean Paul explained how his lineage is a melting pot.

“Yes. My dad’s mom is a mix of Jamaican, African, so to speak, Black, and also white. (As a child) I told him, ‘Dad, where do we come from?’ He said (Henriques) was a Portuguese name and we came on a ship with Columbus. They were horse thieves and they got into trouble with Columbus. They crashed and stayed in Jamaica and said, ‘We’re not leaving.'” The star said.

“As kids, we would joke and people would say, ‘What are you doing?’ And we used to say: “We are mongrels.” Mix it up,” said the platinum-selling artist.

Adding, “When I look back at growing up, sometimes people would swear like ‘people.’ And I said, “But that’s my grandma.” And then other people would say, “people.” I say, “But they’re my uncles (uncle).”

Of the nearly 3 million people living in Jamaica, 92.1 percent are black. Sean Paul is an element of the second largest population that identifies as mixed (6.1%), According to to the CIA World Factbook.

Yet, despite his light complexion, he represents Black, Green and Yellow as much as every other “yardie”, something Drake simply cannot authentically do, regardless of what number of Jamaicans are in his circle or how often he does it. has an impact Jamaican accent.

But even on this case, the chart-topping “Baby Boy” is unidentifiable to those outside the big island.

He said, “You can’t put me in a box on this.”

“Yes, some of our ancestors were slaves and some were slave drivers,” he admits. “But I think because of the type of person I am, I kind of reflect what Jamaica is – of many, of one nation.”