~ Reetu Bajaj ’12
From Lil Wayne, to Justin Timberlake, and even Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Sean is becoming a huge sensation here in the United States. His success story continues to go out in fairy-tale fashion. In a matter of months, which is rare in the music industry, his single and video for “Down” featuring popular rapper Lil Wayne topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart recently and its popularity continues to spread. He has also recently worked with Birdman in ‘Written on Her’ and Sean Paul and Lil John with ‘Do You Remember’. Sean has also been invited to perform at Justin Timberlake’s charity concert ‘Justin and Friends’ in Vegas, which includes many other famous artists such as Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift.
Jay Sean, born and raised in Hounslow, west London, started off in a group called Compulsive Disorder, a punk-rap group. Soon, however, Sean emerged himself into R&B and was discovered thanks to inspirational U.K. super producer Rishi Rich. He began to fuse ‘Desi’ rhythms with a credible R&B feeling to create a comprehensively authentic sound. Now that he has made his way to the states, some say, however, that he has lost his Punjabi roots. He has been promoting his music through the Indian community, as shown in the popular show: AVS: Asian Variety Show. Nonetheless, his fans, me being one of them, have high hopes for this handsome and talented R&B sensation. Jay Sean’s U.S. debut album, All or Nothing, is set to drop on November 24.
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