**SEAN PAUL CELEBRATES HIS CAREER WITH NEW COMPILATION DUTTY CLASSICS COLLECTION – OUT JUNE 2**

Grammy-winning rapper Sean Paul selects some of his favourite tracks for a new compilation that highlights many of his biggest hits, including the international #1 smashes Get Busy, Temperature and Baby Boy. Dutty Classics Collection will be digitally and physically available June 2 from Rhino and is available to pre-order now. The 18 track compilation follow Paul’s career with music from all six of his studio albums: Stage One (2000), Dutty Rock (2002), The Trinity (2005), Imperial Blaze (2009), Tomahawk Technique (2012) and Full Frequency (2014).

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Paul made his debut in 1998 with Top Shotter, his collaboration with DMX and Mr. Vegas. The song appeared on the soundtrack for the film Belly, in which Paul also made a brief cameo appearance. Naturally, the track is included on this new collection.

Two years after the film, Paul released his debut album Stage One. It introduced fans to his distinctive lyrical flow and irresistible dancehall rhythms on songs like Deport Dem and Infiltrate. The album climbed to #2 on the US Rap Charts but it was his follow-up, Dutty Rock, which proved to be the artist’s commercial breakthrough. A top 10 smash on U.S. album charts, it sold more than six million copies worldwidethanks to the success of the US #1 hits Get Busy and Baby Boy (feat. Beyonce). Dutty Rock achieved Gold sales in Australia, where Get Busy and Baby Boy both went top 5. In 2004, Paul was nominated for Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Rap Solo Performance and won for Best Reggae Album.

Paul released Trinity in 2005 and scored another US #1 hit with Temperature, a single that was certified double platinum in the US and wenttop 5 in Australia. It’s featured on this collection along with two other fan favourites from the album: We Be Burning and Give It Up To Me.

Critical acclaim continued with Paul’s next three releases — Imperial Blaze, Tomahawk Technique and Full Frequency — which werenominated for the Best Reggae Album Grammy in 2010, 2013 and 2015 respectively. Songs from those albums on Dutty Classics include So Fine and She Doesn’t Mind, as well as Entertainment 2.0, which features guest artists Nicki Minaj, Juicy J, and 2 Chainz.