Sean Paul on Success, Grammy Win, and Shaggy

(andPOP) - Sean Paul Week on andPOP continues with his thoughts on some hot topics.

On his big break?
"In New York in 2000, I was breaking through on radio. I was talking to VP Records because I needed a video. We did finally shoot the video for the song that was hot, which was Just Give Me the Light, and we came to [Toronto] to do it. After MTV and BET happened to me, it's a different world now. A lot of people know me now. That was a pinnacle point."

On winning a Grammy?
"The Grammy Award does mean something to me, to be honoured in that respect. I don?t really hold the esteem of like, 'oh it?s the Grammys,' and whatnot. Just the regular everyday people on the road telling me, 'yo that?s hot dude. I like that shit. Keep doing your thing.' Because you are at the Grammys in a suit and you try to be well behaved because there are cameras all over. It's a different kind of event. It don?t mean as much as a kid on the street or some ladies screaming. That stuff feels a lot better. I'd rather have girls throwing panties."

On Shaggy?
"Any son of Jamaica that can sell 15 million worldwide, you have to respect that. You also have to respect the young ones coming up who are getting major radio play right now. Each one helps one. If I came and sold 6 million all over the world and then I came back home and nobody else was getting no radio play, then I would feel like I fucking suck. I would feel like maybe I was just a passing fade. But then Elephant Man came after me, and Wayne Wonder and Rhianna down in the Caribbean, and Kevin Lyttle and Rupee and the whole reggaeton movement. If that shit wasn't taking off, then I would feel like a passing fad. But now I know I've helped to spawn this shit. I've helped to make other people see the light that this music can sell millions, so when Shaggy did that, he showed me the light. Each one do help one now."

Check back tomorrow when Sean Paul talks about how he is passing the torch and helping other artists.