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August 24, 2011
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Sean Paul, manager split... after more than a decade of working together
Krista Henry, Staff Reporter


Sean Paul - Contributed

Deejay Sean Paul and long time manager Jeremy Harding have parted ways after more than a decade of working together. The artiste is now being managed by American music mogul David Sonenberg.

When contacted by The STAR, Headline Entertainment, representatives of Sean Paul, confirmed that Jeremy Harding of 2 Hard Records no longer manages Sean Paul and that he is now being managed by David Sonenberg of DAS Communications.

Sean Paul and Harding have been working together since he released his breakthrough single Baby Girl for Hardings' label in 1996. A string of singles followed for Harding such as Infiltrate and Hackle Mi.

Harding managed Sean Paul from his first album on VP Records, Stage One and his 2002 Dutty Rock album, to his 2005 release of the The Trinity and Imperial Blaze in 2009. During this time, both the Dutty Rock and The Trinity albums peaked in the Top 10 of the album chart and featured a handful of mainstream smashes.

Sean Paul's new manager David Sonenberg is the founder of the music management label DAS Communications. Sonenberg also dabbled in the film industry as the producer of the Academy Award winning film When We Were Kings. Other clients of DAS Communications have included Jim Steinman, Jimmy Cliff, BeBe and CeCe Winans, The Spin Doctors, The Fugees, Joan Osborne, Spacehog, Lauryn Hill, The Black Eyed Peas, Ke$ha, Indiggo, Antonio Pontarelli and many others.


Jeremy Harding

Sean Paul has been busy working on his fifth album for release soon. According to a representative from Headline Entertainment, the artiste is currently promoting his latest single Got 2 Luv U featuring Alexis Jordan. Headline Entertainment's Jerome Hamilton commented, "there's great excitement about his new songs and the response to his new single Got 2 Luv U is great."

Since its release on YouTube.com in June, Got 2 Luv U has got nearly three million views. The artiste will be shooting the video for the single in the United States this week. Sean Paul also recently finished a summer tour of Europe and will be heading off to the Middle East shortly.

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