Big Sean
Jan 16, 2012
Sean Michael Anderson (born March 25, 1988), better known by his stage name Big Sean has quickly gained the attention of music fans everywhere. Growing up in West Detroit, raised by his mother and grandmother, Sean gained a valuable relationship with Detroit hip hop station WHTD. He would show his rhyming skills on a weekly basis as part of a rap battle contest held by the station. In 2005, when Kanye West was doing a radio interview, Sean headed over to the station to meet West and perform some free-style. Initially Kanye was reluctant to hear the emcee, however he gave Sean 16 bars to rap for him. Two years later, in 2007, West finally signed Big Sean to G.O.O.D. Music. Then in 2008, he was signed to Def Jam Recordings. Since then, this Detroit rapper and producer has established a web presence in the multi-millions with his trilogy of Finally Famous mixtapes, and his non-stop string of self-produced gone-viral videos. He certainly has graduated to the front line with his official debut, Finally Famous: The Album. The album was released on June 28, 2011.
Big Sean's career has gone into overdrive since October 2010, when he appeared on the BET Awards telecast, after earning "New Joint" status at 106 & Park two months earlier. Also in October, his most recent G.O.O.D. Music mixtape was issued. Than mixtape, Finally Famous Vol. 3: BIG, was hosted by Don Cannon. BIG, which has received over 650,000 downloads to date, spun off a slew of video clips including "What U Doin (Bullshitting)" (over 955,000 views on #1 music site VEVO), "Supa Dupa Lemonade" (over 1.3 million views on YouTube), "Too Fake" (featur¬ing Chiddy Bang, over 770,000 views on YouTube), "Ambiguous" (featuring Mike Posner), and "Memories" (released two weeks ago on Complex.com). Sean was also featured on five tracks off of Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy recording sessions, four of which were part of the G.O.O.D Friday Campaign and the fifth, "See Me Now," is featured as a bonus track on the album.
As a follow up to Sean's two hit singles he unveiled his latest single, "Big A$$" from his debut album, Finally Famous: The Album on September 20, 2011. The official remix of the song, which premiered on October 4, 2011, features Nicki Minaj and was made available for free download on her website; and was released to Top 40/Mainstream radio on January 10.