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Just because you’re signed doesn’t mean you’ve made it, and Big Sean proves that. After being signed to G.O.O.D. Music in 2007, he wasn’t an overnight success. Although being linked to Ye definitely didn’t hurt, Big Sean came up in the game through drive and determination. He had to build a fan base on his own. It’s been nearly six years since Big Sean freestyled for Kanye West and his crew, and he is finally releasing his first studio album, ‘Finally Famous’. If there’s anything to be learned here it should be that the same rules apply whether you’re signed to a label or not. As an artist, you have to get out there and do the work.
- Sean Anderson better known as Big Sean was born in Santa Monica, California but raised in Southwest Detroit by his mother and grandparents.
- He Attended Waldorf School and graduated from Cass Technical High School.
- Through his high school years, Sean worked at a telemarketing firm.
- As a high school student Big Sean built a valuable relationship with WHTD, a hip hop station in Detroit, where he would show his rhyming skills in a weekly rap battle contest
- In 2005, Sean heard about Kanye West doing a radio interview at 102.7 FM in Detroit, so he hurried over to convince Kanye to hear him freestyle. Kanye was reluctant but gave him 16 bars.
- Big Sean left Kanye his demo-tape and two years later West signed him to G.O.O.D. music.
- Although Sean had a 3.8 GPA and was accepted into Michigan State University, he signed with G.O.O.D. Music instead.
- His first break was on Kanye West’s ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’ mixtape.
- Big Sean released 3 mixtapes : Finally Famous: The Mixtape (2007), UKNOWNBIGSEAN (2009), and Finally Famous Vol 3: BIG (2010).
- ‘Get’cha Some’, produced by WrighTrax, with video directed by Hype Williams, was Sean’s hit single off Finally Famous: The Mixtape.
- ‘Get’cha Some’ also let to media attention and was featured in The Source and the Detroit Metro Times.
- In 2008 Big Sean was signed to Island Def Jam.
- Big Sean will release his first studio album, ‘Finally Famous’ in June 2011. The lead single ‘My Last’ produced by No ID, features vocals from Chris Brown.
- In addition to his rap career, Big Sean also models for Billionaire Boys Club and Bape.
- Big Sean is a representative of Ti$A, a vintage clothing and hats company run by G.O.O.D. Music recording artist Taz Arnold.
- Big Sean was featured in XXL Freshmen 2010.
“I feel like it’s great that I’m coming out with my album now because I’m just now comfortable with myself as an artist. He said. ‘Instead of going to school, I chose to do music, I feel like I was going through my own college and my degree is my album. It’s everything I’ve learned, everything I’ve picked up along the way, all in one” – Big Sean
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