Big Sean
Big Sean
Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, known professionally as Big Sean, is an American hip hop recording artist from Detroit, Michigan. Sean signed with Kanye West's GOOD Music in 2007, Def Jam Recordings in 2008 and Roc Nation in 2014. After releasing a number of mixtapes, Sean released his debut album, Finally Famous, in 2011. He released his second studio album, Hall of Fame, on August 27, 2013. Sean's third studio album Dark Sky Paradise was released in 2015 and which earned...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth25 March 1988
CitySanta Monica, CA
CountryUnited States of America
In the studio, I always put on National Geographic for inspiration. Looking at lions eating gazelles, all that type of stuff.
Feeling more comfortable onstage is something I've worked on - it's really about just being the artist I am.
When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music.
I feel like I changed hip-hop.
I feel like Im able to relate to all races of people because when you learn to tap into the raw emotion of a person, that goes past color.
I feel like that's why we're here on this earth; to manifest what we want, to live a life, to have the best sex, drink the best champagne and to live it up and control it. That's what it's all about.
People in college, if you're getting recognized for getting good grades, you're finally famous. If you get recognized for playing the drums, if you're being recognized for making good ass beats, good ass raps, you're finally famous.
Are you willing to give up what you love, for who you love?
I'm not compromising myself in any way, I love just doing whatever I want and showing people it's real.
Lil Wayne is somebody who I used to ride to school listening to in my car. You know from Tha Carter to Tha Carter II, to Dedication 1 & 2, to Da Drought, his mixtapes. You know you got that for him as him being a rap legend, somebody who you look up to.
I'm just a Westside lover, I leave females in my sheets and all my feelings in a rubber.
Notorious B.I.G. was one of my favorites. I started getting into hip-hop around the Bad Boy era.
It was just cool to see my friends so inspired, and I'm by no means the biggest rapper in the world, but I'm on my way up. I feel like I'm going to keep going and delivering good music every time. It was cool to show people that it's real to do what you want to do.
There are so many people with great work ethics that I've been around. I try and take the best qualities from the people I admire and apply it to my own self.