Born in Detroit, Michigan on March 25, 1988, Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, better known by his stage name Big Sean, is an American rapper who is signed to Island Def Jam and Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music labels.
Born in Detroit, Michigan on March 25, 1988, Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, better known by his stage name Big Sean, is an American rapper who is signed to Island Def Jam and Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music labels.
Born in Detroit, Michigan on March 25, 1988, Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, better known by his stage name Big Sean, is an American rapper who is signed to Island Def Jam and Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music labels. He first got to know West at a radio station in 2005, then in 2007 he signed Sean after being struck by his clear talent. His three mixtapes to date are Finally Famous (2007), UKnowBigSean (2009), and BIG (2010). June 2011 saw the release of his debut album, Finally Famous, which had guest performances by prominent hip-hop artists like as Lupe Fiasco, The-Dream, Chris Brown, Pharrell Williams, and Wiz Khalifa.
His mother and grandmother reared him, working tirelessly to inculcate in him the values of perseverance and hard work. From Kindergarten until the eighth grade, Sean attended the Detroit Waldorf School, an art school where he was exposed to a wide range of artistic and cultural expression. Later, he went to Cass Technical High School, where he developed his musical career, made friends for life, and won the respect of his peers and admirers while selling copies of his songs on his own. Sean developed a close bond with 102.7FM, a Detroit local radio station where he regularly performed rhymes. After a 2005 radio interview, he got to know Kanye West there and had the opportunity to show off his skills by freestyling for the rapper, sending him many recordings for feedback, and providing a copy of his music. Following multiple meetings and months of song submissions, Sean eventually received a call from Kanye West personally expressing his desire to sign him. What a hot artist he is.
Big Sean, a producer and rapper from Detroit, has amassed a multimillion dollar online following through his trilogy of Finally Famous mixtapes and his endless stream of independently made viral videos. With his official album release, Finally Famous: The Album, he finally steps up to the front. The album is scheduled for release in March on Def Jam/G.O.O.D. Music, the label run by his mentor Kanye West. The first song, which was produced by No ID and features Chris Brown, may be downloaded via Big Sean’s Facebook page. To see it, click this link. It’s lovely. Some AutoTune is present. It jolts. I suck.
Since making his BET Awards televised debut in October 2010—two months after being named a “New Joint” at 106 & Park—Big Sean’s career has taken off. His most recent G.O.O.D. Music mixtape was released in October as well. Don Cannon hosted that mixtape, Finally Famous Vol. 3: BIG. The music video “What U Doin (Bull****ting)” has over 955,000 views on the #1 music site VEVO. “Supa Dupa Lemonade” has over 1.3 million views on YouTube. “Too Fake” features Chiddy Bang and has over 770,000 views on YouTube. “Ambiguous” features Mike Posner. “Memories” was released two weeks ago on Complex.com. BIG has received over 650,000 downloads to date. In addition, Sean contributed to five tracks from Kanye West’s recording sessions for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy; four of these tracks were included in the G.O.O.D. Friday Campaign, while the fifth, “See Me Now,” is included as a bonus track on the album.
A quick biography of Big Sean: Sean Anderson, 22, began rapping at the pioneering Waldorf School in Detroit when he was twelve years old. He formed a duet with a classmate in high school, and they went on to win the “Friday Night Cipher” MC competition at Hot 102.7, a major hip-hop radio station. They were able to rap live on television every Friday night for almost a year after their victory. Back in the Late Registration days, Sean met Kanye West one Friday night around 2005, and the adolescent got permission to play his freestyle. It was the relationship of a lifetime that brought Sean together with G.O.O.D. Music in late 2007 and Def Jam in 2008.
“I remember in the eighth grade I told myself, man I’m going to be signed to Def Jam,” Sean recalls. “I believe it was meant for me because I always release it into the universe. I was supposed to be a musician and an inspiration to others. I feel like I deserve this because there have been a lot of evenings when I’ve had to work and have been depressed instead of going out. I was destined to achieve this.”
Yes, Sean, you deserve it, and dreams do come true.
2011–2012: Detroit and Fame at Last
Sean talked about the difficulties of working in the West’s studio and the influence that No I.D. and Kanye West had on the sound direction of his debut studio album in an interview with Conspiracy Worldwide Radio.[Reference required] Produced by No I.D., the album’s debut song “My Last” features vocals by Chris Brown. Big Sean’s Finally Famous was supposed to release on June 28, but Amazon.com reports that it was postponed by one week. Big Sean disclosed the artwork for his G.O.O.D. Music debut and clarified that sample and feature clearance problems were the cause of the one-week delay. On June 7, the official tracklist was made public.
Sean’s debut studio album, Finally Famous, was released on June 28, 2011, and it produced three successful singles: “Dance (***)”, “Marvin & Chardonnay”, and “My Last”. The album was produced by No I.D., The Legendary Traxster, Andrew “Pop” Wansel, Xaphoon Jones, and The Neptunes, and contained guest appearances by Lupe Fiasco, John Legend, Pharrell, Kanye West, Roscoe Dash, Wiz Khalifa, Chiddy Bang, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, and Pusha T. There were rumors about a new mixtape when the songs “O.T.T.R.” and “Flowers” were released in July 2011. A joint mixtape featuring “two other guys in hip-hop that are just killing it right now” and Sean was announced to be out “in a couple of weeks” during an interview on June 28, 2011. Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa were reportedly the featured rappers on the mixtape. Wiz Khalifa later stated that the songs were made “just for fun” and that there will not be a mixtape.
During the I Am Finally Famous Tour in September 2011, Big Sean said in an interview with the Daily Tribune that he was working on his second album, which he intended to release in 2012. Kanye West said on Twitter on October 19, 2011, that his GOOD Music album would be released in the spring of 2012. “Mercy”, the lead single off the GOOD Music compilation album Cruel Summer, was released on April 6, 2012. Big Sean, Pusha T, Kanye West, and southern rapper 2 Chainz are all featured on the song, which was created by recently hired in-house producer Lifted. Big Sean went on to say that “Detroit” would be the name of his fourth mixtape, which would act as a prelude to his second studio album. Shorter versions of the songs were then posted on his YouTube page as he started to promote the mixtape. Big Sean’s mixtape Detroit, which includes cameos from fellow rappers J. Cole, Juicy J, King Chip, French Montana, Royce da 5’9″, Kendrick Lamar, and Tyga, was released on September 5, 2012.
Hall of Fame and Dark Sky Paradise, 2013–2015
The release date of Big Sean’s second studio album, Hall of Fame, was postponed and ultimately released on August 27, 2013. The album comprises several musicians, such as Lil Wayne, Miguel, and Nas, and incorporates skits to give it a “classic feel”. No I.D. and Key Wane produced the album mostly, with additional production coming from Hit-Boy, Da Internz, Mike Dean, Travis Scott, Xaphoon Jones, and Young Chop. In an interview, Big Sean added that he was in the studio with Eminem, another native of Detroit. Sean continued by saying that they created a “Detroit classic,” but due to “timing issues,” he is not sure if it will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Five singles were released from Hall of Fame: “Guap,” “Switch Up” with Common, “Beware” with Jhené Aiko and Lil Wayne, “Fire,” and “Ashley” with Miguel.
Big Sean revealed to Complex that he had started production on his third album a month before Hall of Fame was released because of the inspiration from his new relationship. Big Sean revealed on September 12, 2014, that he has inked a management contract with Roc Nation. Later that day, he dropped four brand-new tracks: “Jit/Juke,” “Paradise,” “I Don’t **** with You,” and “4th Quarter.” Mike Will Made It, DJ Mustard, Kanye West, DJ Dahi, Nate Fox, Da Internz, L&F, and Key Wane are among the producers of these songs. iTunes published “I Don’t **** with You” on September 19, 2014. Sean stated that Lil Wayne will be on the album in an interview with Sway Calloway.
Big Sean’s upcoming third studio album will include a number of musicians, including Drake, Travis Scott, Ariana Grande, DJ Mustard, Ty Dolla Sign, and Kanye West. These artists shared the album cover on Twitter and Instagram on January 25, 2015. The following day, Big Sean released a teaser for his upcoming album, revealing that it would be out on February 24, 2015. His first No. 1 album, Dark Sky Paradise, landed at the top of the Billboard 200. The songs “IDFWU,” “Blessings,” “I Know,” “One Man Can Change The World,” and “Play No Games” would be his first video singles. Platinum certification was granted to Dark Sky Paradise as on February 1, 2016. Big Sean released a song titled “What A Year (Ft. Pharrell Williams & Detail)” on December 31, 2015. It was a retrospective of the previous year.
2016–2018: My Decision Was Twenty88. as well as Double or Nothing
In honor of turning 28, Big Sean dropped the song “Get My **** Together” on March 25, 2016. Two days later, he declared that he and Jhené Aiko will collaborate on a self-named album titled Twenty88, which would be available only on Tidal starting on April 1, 2016. April 5, 2016, saw the album’s release on Spotify and Apple Music. Big Sean and Aiko published a 15-minute short video called Out of Love, which is made up of multiple recordings from the album, one week after Twenty88 was made available exclusively on Tidal. In response to the Flint water crisis, Big Sean tweeted to the city’s official account at the same time, asking if there was anything he could do to help. He later donated $10,000.
“Bounce Back” was the lead single from Big Sean’s fourth studio album, I Decided, which was released on February 3, 2017. The album was published on October 31, 2016. The instant-grat track “Moves” was made available on December 16, 2016. While writing on the record, Sean consulted with Rick Rubin and Jay Z. I Decided opened at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, giving Big Sean his second number one album. Nielsen Music reports that during the week of February 9, it sold 151,000 equivalent album units. Of the total, 65,000 came from just album sales. On April 18, 2017, I Decided received a gold certification.
Big Sean received an invitation to get the official Key to the City of Detroit two months after I Decided was released, in recognition of his commitment to his own Sean Anderson foundation.
With 21 Savage, Sean and Metro Boomin released the song “Pull Up N Wreck” on November 3, 2017. It was revealed a month later that Sean and Metro would be collaborating on an album called Double or Nothing. The album, which had contributions from Travis Scott, 2 Chainz, 21 Savage, Kash Doll, Young Thug, and Swae Lee, was released on December 8, 2017. The track “Pull Up N Wreck” was also included.
Detroit 2 as of 2019
Produced by Hit-Boy, Key Wane, and the Tucker Brothers, “Overtime” is Big Sean’s first solo single since 2017. It was released on July 24, 2019. With the single, which comes before his next album, Sean stated he was “returning to his roots” in an interview with Beats 1 Radio. He released the single “Single Again” on July 26. Ty Dolla Sign and Jhené Aiko contribute background vocals. After releasing the song “Bezerk” on August 26 with ASAP Ferg, he performed it live at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards.
Big Sean said that Detroit 2 would be the name of his upcoming album on March 25, which also happens to be his 32nd birthday. The debut track from the album, “Deep Reverence,” which features the late rapper Nipsey Hussle, was released by him on August 25.
Detroit 2, which includes duets with Lil Wayne, Jhené Aiko, and Eminem, was released on September 4, 2020. It was his third number-one album when it debuted at the top of the Billboard 200.
“In the works” is the new Twenty88 album, Big Sean disclosed in a Reddit AMA on September 17, 2020. Detroit 2 featured a song credited to the project. Additionally, he disclosed that he intends to start his own musical label.
Individual life
Big Sean was in a relationship with Ashley Marie, his high school sweetheart, from when he was sixteen until they broke up in the early months of 2013. After that, he started dating actress Naya Rivera, whom he had initially connected with on Twitter. Although their relationship went public in April 2013, Sean revealed to Complex that they had been seeing each other for some time prior. October 2013 saw the announcement of Sean and Rivera’s engagement, which terminated in April 2014. Singer Ariana Grande revealed that she and Big Sean were dating in October 2014. The couple’s eight-month romance terminated in April 2015. Since 2016, Big Sean has been dating singer Jhené Aiko. In 2019, they had a temporary breakup. He disclosed in the song “Deep Reverence” that he and Jhené Aiko miscarried.
Big Sean was the cover story of The Source’s “Style” section at the end of October 2008. Sean discusses his personal style in the piece and lists 10 Deep, Billionaire Boys Club, and Bape as his top three clothing labels. Together with Chris Brown and Tyga, Big Sean appeared in the Winter 2008 Billionaire Boys Club lookbook and is a dependable ambassador for Ti$A apparel and headgear. He is also a fan of Rosewood fashion and has an endorsement agreement with Adidas, through which he has launched his own “Detroit Player” brand of sneakers. Big Sean started his own apparel line, Aura Gold, in 2013.
Big Sean bought an 11,000 square foot, seven bedroom, eight bathroom property in Beverly Hills on November 28, 2017. Slash, the guitarist for Guns N’ Roses, used to own the house. Big Sean paid $8.7 million for the property, which was originally advertised for $11 million.
