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
I write my own lyrics completely on my own. Sometimes I have people helping me with concepts or like choruses and stuff sometimes, but mostly I write all my own songs by myself, especially the verses and a lot of the choruses.
Definitely people like Kanye, inspired me to work hard. He's somebody who I've seen put that grind in over the years.
I feel like when you're a celebrity, people dehumanize you and they forget you're a real person.
As I put out more music, I really want to get to the point where people feel like my show is a must-see.
I feel like you should be confident in whatever you do, and a lot of my new music [that's coming out] I want people to judge more so than the music I've put out recently, because I feel like it's really changed a lot.
I work really hard - that doesn't mean I deserve anything, but it's really cool to see the positive reaction people give to something you worked so hard on. It's one of the best feelings.
I don't call my people fans, I call them believers, because they go above and beyond.
I feel I can really relate to a lot of young people.
I wanted to make the soundtrack of people's lives.
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.
I'm not compromising myself in any way, I love just doing whatever I want and showing people it's real.
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.
I want people to feel like they can do anything.
I come from a family of scholars who got their Master's degrees. To my grandma - and to a lot of people - an education was a way of making it out of the worst parts of their life.