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Sean Paul’s ‘Temperature’ Made Woman Sick

Here’s a strange kind of story in today’s Post. Stacey Gayle was one of five people in the world that suffered from musicogenic epilepsy, a rare brain condition characterized by music induced seizures. She was especially prone to Dancehall artist Sean Paul’s music—who’s also one of her favorites—with his hit song “Temperature,” acting as a surefire trigger to seizures. But it wasn’t just Reggae that could set her off:

Some of her seizures had been set off by other rap or hip-hop music - but, oddly, not by classical music. “Even the sound of other peoples’ iPods would trigger it,” Gayle said.

However, it was “Temperature” in particular that would consistently provoke a seizure and she sought out a neurosurgeon who was “skeptical at first” but then eventually even used Sean Paul’s music from her iPod to map out and remove the affected section of the brain. Well the surgery was a success and now she can listen to whatever she wants, even “Watch Dem Roll.”