People Are Shocked After Learning That Sean Paul Doesn’t Actually Say Sean de Paul In Any Of His Songs

What would a Sean Paul song be without its iconic intro?

I don’t even need to say it, you already know what it is.

We’ve all heard Paul’s raps, and many of us would probably have tried them during karaoke, but in the intro of his songs he always says “Sean da Paul”, right? No.

Unlike Jason Derulo, DJ Khalid and other famous artists, Paul doesn’t actually sing/rap his name.

The trademark introduction he spits out at such speed that it becomes impossible to understand, is actually a reference to cricket – of which Paul, I assume, is a fan.

Cricket, known as the ‘gentleman’s sport’.

Now I’m not saying Mr Paul isn’t a gentleman, I’m simply stating the facts that the traditional game was created in the 16th century and was played by the upper class – rap would not generally have been categorized in that way.

While this is certainly the case in modern times, where does the connection between the two come from?

Well, as strange as it may sound, there is one.

So what is Sean da Paul really saying?

Well, during an interview with Vice, the 51-year-old revealed that the true meaning of the slogan we hear in his greatest songs like “Temperature,” “Like Glue,” and “Go down”, This is not really what we think we hear.

Explaining what he told the publication in 2022 – more than two decades after the release of his debut album – he said: “There was a famous cricketer in Trinidad, Shivarine Chanderpaul.

“Everybody was saying ‘Chanderpaul,’ and yo, that name stuck. And then I started saying it at shows and I met the guy Chanderpaul years later, and he was like, ‘Yo!

“But yes, a big thank you to Shivarine Chanderpaul.”

And there you have it, a little music quiz for you – this will probably come up in a music section of a pub quiz, and if so, you’re welcome to join in.

This revelation is something that some fans have begun to pick up on, as one social media user wrote on X that he had always thought the singer was paying a “weird tribute” to Chanderpaul – a theory that was easily dismissed by others until he found this same interview.

So next time you try karaoke, you can at least get the intro to the song right now… before you start babbling and saying a weird word at the end of each verse!