Who Is Big Sean

Sean was raised by his mother. In his early childhood Sean attended Detroit Waldorf School. When younger he would always hang out with his little cousins Justin Primus and Gregg Pluta and in south west detroit^[2] a school for the arts. After eighth grade, Sean attended Cass Technical High School. In his later years in high school, Sean gained a valuable relationship with Detroit hip hop station 102.7 FM; he would show his rhyming skills on a weekly basis as part of a rap battle contest held by the station.

Music career

In 2005, Kanye West was doing a radio interview at 102.7 FM; hearing about this, 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 him 16 bars to rap for him, eventually according to Big Sean "As we get to the entrance of the radio station ... we stopped in the middle of the doorway. He starts looking at me and bobbing his head,".He left a demo-tape as well. Two years later, West finally signed Big Sean to GOOD Music.

Finally Famous: The Mixtape (2007)

In 2007, Big Sean released his first official mixtape Finally Famous: The Mixtape. His hit single, "Getcha Some", produced by WrighTrax, attained media attention and led to articles in The Source and the Detroit Metro Times. He also recorded a music video for “Getcha Some”, which was directed by Hype Williams. The mixtape also featured the song "Get Em" (produced by 93 P).

U Know Big Sean (2009)

Sean released a second mixtape hosted by Mick Boogie on April 16, 2009, called U Know Big Sean. It features the songs "Million Dollars" Getcha Some" & "Desire, Want & Need." 

Finally Famous (2010)

"Finally Famous" is slated for release on September 14, 2010. It will be Sean’s debut album and includes Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Mr Hudson, Jay-Z, Eminem, The-Dream, Drake, Wale, and Mike Posner with production from Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, Mike Posner, and The Neptunes. Big Sean also recorded a song for the album titled "Way Out" featuring Mr. Hudson. An unauthorized leak of his collaboration with Drake, called "Made" made its way to the net on April 30, 2010. In an interview with TheHipHopUpdate.com on May 1st, Big Sean expressed his disappointment over the leak, calling it an unfinished version both musically and verse wise. On Big Sean's official Facebook page, he confirmed that on September 14, 2010, his debut album Finally Famous, Kanye West's Good Ass Job, Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager & Consequence's Cons TV will be released. On July 11, 2010 Eminem confirmed he would be on Big Sean's debut album on the track "Illegal Content".

Style and clothing

In late October 2008, Big Sean was featured in The Source and headlined the "Style" section of the magazine. In the article Sean talks about his own personal style and states that his favorite clothing brands are 10. Deep, Billionaire Boys Club, and Bape. Big Sean also posed in the Winter 2008 Billionaire Boys Club lookbook.Big Sean is also a consistent representative of Ti$A clothing and hats, along with Chris Brown and Tyga. Ti$A is a vintage company run by Big Sean's fellow G.O.O.D Music recording artist Taz Arnold. Another styling aspect Big Sean is know for are his customized POW chains made by Ambush ran out of Japan.