# Shan Vincent de Paul

Shan Vincent de Paul (SVDP) is a Tamil Canadian recording artist and director from Toronto, Ontario. Paul released his debut album "Saviors" in 2016 and his second album "Trigger Happy Heartbreak" along with an EP "SVDP 1" in 2017.
He is part of Toronto-based artist collective, sideways which includes Coleman Hell, La+ch, Mad Dog Jones, and Michah. He is best known for his debut album "Saviors".

## Personal life and career

SVDP was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and fled the country in his young age due to the civil war and moved to Canada as refugees.
His debut album "Saviors" was released on April 15, 2016.
SVDP has been featured in media outlets such as Highsnobiety, Complex, BBC, CBC, DJBOOTH, Okayplayer, Afropunk, Clash Magazine, and Torontist.
He has also composed music for the television series Sort Of. Alongside Emily Persich, Moël, Terrell Morris, Ceréna and Vivek Shraya, he won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music in a Comedy Series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Studio album details | Track listing |
| Saviors | Released: April 15, 2016 Label: sideways Format: Digital download, streaming | List "X" "Thank God" "Church" "Humble" "Pandora" "Prey" (featuring Hannes Smith) "Fight for Us" (featuring Coleman Hell & La+ch) "Get It On" "Buggin" (featuring La+ch) "Fin" "Die Iconic" "Light" "Radio" |
| Trigger Happy Heartbreak | Released: December 1, 2017 Label: sideways Format: Digital download, streaming | List "In the Skin of Your Lover" "You Better My Life" "Fever" (featuring Desiire) "Wetlands" "Bitch Go" "Heartache Highway" "Payback" "The Long Game" "Walk on Water" (featuring Coleman Hell) |
| SVDP 2 | Released: August 16, 2019 Label: sideways Format: Digital download, streaming | List "Mercury" "Out Alive" "Mrithangam Raps: Episode 3" "Warning Shot" "$$$$$" "Devil on My Side" "Funeral" "Ex Xo" "Payback" (Reprise) |
| Kothu Boys (with Yanchan) | Released: November 6, 2020 Label: sideways, Dirty Elephant Format: Digital download, streaming | List "Dear Eelam" "Overtime" "Want You" "Best Friend" "Destruction!" "No Mo" "Unai Paathu" "Oh Gawd Freestyle" |
| Made in Jaffna | Released: September 3, 2021 Label: sideways, maajja Format: Digital download, streaming | List "Made in Jaffna" "Days Like This" "Afterlife" (featuring Coleman Hell & Pritt) "Hard Times" (featuring TiKA) "Savage" "Creep Show" "One Hundred Thousand Flowers" "Neeye Oli" (featuring Navz-47, produced by Santhosh Narayanan) "Hangin' On" (featuring Yanchan) "Star Crossed" "Uyire" (featuring Yanchan) "Heaven" (featuring Navz-47) "Seeds" (featuring Sid Sriram) "Die Iconic 2" |

### Singles

* 2023 "Cricket Rap" (from Dasara, produced by Santhosh Narayanan)
* 2021 "Uyire"(with Yanchan)
* 2021 "Hard Times"(with TiKA, Prod. La+ch)
* 2021 "Neeye Oli" (with Navz-47, produced by Santhosh Narayanan)
* 2021 "Savage"
* 2021 "Amnesia" (ft. Ami)
* 2019 "Ex Xo"
* 2019 "Funeral"
* 2019 "Zen"
* 2019 "Warning Shot"
* 2019 "Out Alive"
* 2019 "Heaven (ft. Navz-47)"
* 2018 "Light"
* 2016 "Fight for Us"
* 2016 "Humble"
* 2016 "Buggin'"
* 2016 "Thank God"
* 2015 "The Island"
* 2015 "Outta Love"
* 2015 "Crash"
* 2015 "Symbiotic"
* 2014 "Some Girls"

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Awards | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2007 | Ontario Independent Music Awards | Best Hip-Hop Song | | Nominated |
| 2008 | Toronto Independent Music Awards | Best Urban Act | | Nominated |
| 2009 | Independent Music Awards (US) | Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album | | Nominated |
| 2011 | Toronto Independent Music Awards | Best Rap | | Won |
| 2012 | Toronto Independent Music Awards | Best Rap | | Nominated |
| 2016 | Independent Music Awards | Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album | | Nominated |
| 2016 | Independent Music Awards | Best Rap/Hip-Hop Song | | Won |
| 2022 | Juno Awards | Video of the Year | "Neeye Oli" | Nominated |

## Concert tours

Headlining
* OH GAWD! Tour (2020) (with Yanchan and DJ Dwell)