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Not many realize that dancehall artist Sean Paul is part Chinese. That bit of information helps make the subject of this post not completely out of the blue for BPRLive. It’s still out of the blue, but just not 100 percent random.

Here is an excerpt from an article I happened upon this morning (the bold text is my own emphasis - read the whole thing here):

Gayle, a 25-year-old customer service employee at a bank in Alberta, Canada, was suffering as many as 10 grand mal seizures a day, despite being treated with medications designed to control them. The condition became so bad she eventually had to quit her job and leave the church choir where she sang.

Eighteen months ago, she began to suspect that music by reggae and hip-hop artist Sean Paul was triggering some of her seizures. She recalled being at a barbecue and collapsing when the Jamaican rapper’s music started playing, and then remembered having a previous seizure when she heard his music.

Her suspicions were confirmed on a visit to the Long Island medical center last February, when she played Paul’s hit “Temperature” on her iPod for doctors. Soon after, she suffered three seizures.

This poor woman. I almost feel like I can’t make a comment for fear it will be kind of tasteless. But I’ll just say that I never really understood what made Sean Paul stick here in the States. To me he’s relatively unremarkable compared to a lot of other dancehall artists, including Super Cat - whose pops was Indo-Caribbean. I know I’m doing a poor job making this relevant to BPRLive.

See, we’re all a little off our game after the long cold weekend.

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