48 Facts About Big Sean

Big Sean met Kanye West as a teenager, and signed with his record label GOOD Music, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings in 2007.

Big Sean gained popularity following the release of his third mixtape, Finally Famous Vol.

Big Sean attended the Detroit Waldorf School and graduated from Cass Technical High School with a 3.7 GPA.

Big Sean starts looking at me and bobbing his head.

On September 30,2007, Big Sean released his first official mixtape Finally Famous: The Mixtape.

Big Sean's hit single, "Get'cha Some", produced by WrighTrax, attained media attention and led to articles in The Source and the Detroit Metro Times.

Big Sean recorded a music video for "Get'cha Some", which was directed by Hype Williams.

Big Sean released a third mixtape hosted by Don Cannon on August 31,2010, called Finally Famous Vol.

Big Sean then stated on Facebook that his debut album, Finally Famous would be released on September 14,2010.

Big Sean confirmed in an interview June 28,2011, that a collaborative mixtape between him and "two other guys in hip-hop that are just killing it right now" will be released "in a couple of weeks".

In July 2011, Big Sean contributed two rap verses to Kelly Rowland's single Lay It on Me, from her Here I Am album.

Big Sean collaborated with Hit-Boy in writing and producing the song.

In September 2011, Big Sean confirmed in an interview with the Daily Tribune that he'll be working on his second album during the I Am Finally Famous Tour and plans to release the album sometime in 2012.

Big Sean then announced his fourth mixtape would be titled "Detroit" and would serve as a lead-in to his second studio album.

Big Sean then began promoting the mixtape, releasing short versions of the songs on his YouTube page.

Big Sean pushed back the release date of his second studio album Hall of Fame, and it was eventually released on August 27,2013.

Big Sean stated in an interview that he was in the studio with fellow Detroit native Eminem.

Big Sean went on to say they made a "Detroit classic" but he is unsure if it will be on Hall of Fame because of "timing issues".

On September 12,2014, Big Sean announced that he had signed a management deal with Roc Nation.

On January 25,2015, various artists who worked on Big Sean's upcoming third studio album such as Kanye West, Ty Dolla Sign, DJ Mustard, Drake, Travis Scott and Ariana Grande posted the album cover to Twitter or Instagram.

The next day, Big Sean posted a trailer to his new album which revealed the album's release date as February 24,2015.

Around the same month, upon the wake of the Flint water crisis, Big Sean tweeted to the city's official Twitter account, asking if he could do anything to help, and later on donated $10,000.

On October 31,2016, Big Sean released "Bounce Back" as the lead single from his fourth studio album, I Decided, which was released February 3,2017.

Big Sean consulted the advice of Jay Z and Rick Rubin while working on the album.

Big Sean achieved his second number one album on the Billboard 200 chart, as I Decided debuted at the top.

Two months after the release of I Decided, Big Sean was offered the official Key to the City of Detroit for his contribution to his own Sean Anderson foundation.

In 2017, Big Sean voiced the character of Terrence for an episode of HBO's animated series Animals.

On July 24,2019, Big Sean released his first solo single since 2017, "Overtime", produced by Hit-Boy, Key Wane, and the Tucker Brothers.

Later on in the year, Big Sean starred in the animated movie Trouble, alongside Pamela Adlon and Lucy Hale.

In 2020, Big Sean starred in the Showtime series Twenties in the recurring role of Trsitan, an anti-social media character who learns the value of online connection.

In October 2021, Big Sean released a collaborative extended play with record producer Hit-Boy titled What You Expect, which peaked at number 76 on the Billboard 200.

In February 2022, Big Sean released a duet single with American singer Queen Naija titled "Hate Our Love", which entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 88.

In that same month, Big Sean announced an upcoming Twenty88 album, and revealed that the album would include a collaboration with his then-girlfriend, Jhene Aiko.

In July 2024, Big Sean released the collaborative single "Tobey" with fellow Detroit rappers Eminem and BabyTron; it peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and served as the second single for Eminem's twelfth album, The Death of Slim Shady.

On September 6,2024, Big Sean revealed that he was working with record producer The Alchemist on a collaborative album.

Big Sean dated his high school sweetheart, Ashley Marie, whom he met when he was sixteen and started dating at nineteen until their break-up in early 2013.

Big Sean subsequently began dating actress Naya Rivera, whom he first met on Twitter; their relationship became public in April 2013.

Big Sean dated singer Ariana Grande from October 2014 to April 2015.

Big Sean has been in a relationship with singer Jhene Aiko since 2016.

On November 28,2017, Big Sean purchased an 11,000 square foot home, with 7 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms home in Beverly Hills.

Originally listed at $11 million, Big Sean acquired it for $8.7 million.

Big Sean has struggled with depression, canceling a tour in 2018.

In October 2008, Big Sean was featured in The Source and headlined the "Style" section of the magazine.

Big Sean posed in the Winter 2008 Billionaire Boys Club lookbook, and is a consistent representative of Ti$A apparel.

Big Sean has an endorsement deal with Adidas, through which he has released his own "Detroit Player" line of sneakers, and is a follower of the Rosewood clothing style.

In 2013, Big Sean launched his own clothing company, Aura Gold.

In 2018, Big Sean launched a shoe collection with PUMA, called Puma x Big Sean.

In December 2020, Big Sean joined the NBA's Detroit Pistons as creative director of innovation.