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Junior Cat belongs to a family of DJs and he's someone Paul looked up to a lot, especially early on in his career when this photo was taken.

\"That's Junior Cat and a junior Sean Paul!\" Paul said. \"Showing people where I come from with music is kind of cool for me. You get influences from the world around you and putting your own [spin] on it helps evolve the process.\"

5. Learn from other people's talent.

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Paul said he has nothing but love for Chance The Rapper.

\"Sometimes you see these kids come up and you don't know if they listened to you or they checked you out and actually know your work, but he did,\" Paul said. \"It's important for me, as a musician, to hear other people's stuff.\"

6. Always stay grounded.

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Paul refers to his brother, Jason “Jigzagula” Henriques, as his \"music partner in crime.\"

\"That's when I was first breaking into the music business, my first single was out,\" he said.

The brothers shared a room and Paul said Henriques would be the first to hear his rhymes.

\"It's important for me to keep my humbleness in check,\" he told \"GMA.\" \"While I might be the most important thing on the track, I don't think I'm all-important for everything else. These people help to keep me grounded.\"

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