No, Sean Paul doesn't say "Sean-uh Paul" at the start of his songs.

Jamaican dancefloor star Sean Paul regularly intrigues his international audience with the words spoken at the start of his hits.

While many are actually Jamaican Creole, such as "So mi go so den!"

(

, 2002), a seemingly clear word has recently been clarified by the artist.

In the introduction to

(2005) or precisely

, the rapper does not say "Sean-uh Paul", reports

.

As early as August 2017, a Twitter user by the name of Santokie had already dropped another lead.

"I always thought Sean Paul would shout Chanderpaul at the start of every song, in a weird homage to the cricketer," he said.

The Internet user is referring here to Shivnarine Chanderpaul, a famous cricketer from Guyana who plays in particular in the West Indies team which represents the Caribbean internationally in this sport.

Omg https://t.co/P1uwRlxrob pic.twitter.com/1YattHQK0y

— Santokie (@Santokie89) December 15, 2022

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An interpretation confirmed by Sean Paul

If, at the time, many Internet users made fun of him, it was finally Sean Paul himself who proved him right at the end of a recent interview given to

about his song

.

“There was a famous cricketer in Trinidad, Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

Everyone was talking about him.

I started saying his name in concerts, ”said the singer, who also indicated that he had met the sportsman several years later.

This mention is therefore also another reference to Caribbean culture in the artist's pieces.

This is not the only time Sean Paul refers to an athlete in his titles, since just before saying "Chanderpaul" in the lyrics of

, the singer mentions "Schillaci", in tribute to the legendary Italian footballer Salvatore Schillaci, as confirmed by

in 2020.

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