10 Things You Didn’t Know About Big Sean

The 2015 People’s Champ Award and Impact Track award winner, Big Sean was born Sean Michael Leonard Anderson on 25 March 1988 in Santa Monica, California. He attended the Detroit Waldorf School and graduated from Cass Technical High School with a 3.7 GPA. He also 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, he launched his own clothing company, Aura Gold. There is no doubt that the 28-years-old recording artist is definitely a name to be reckon with in the music industry.

Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about the American hip hop recording artist, Big Sean:

1. Big Sean was born Sean Michael Leonard Anderson on 25 March 1988 in Santa Monica, California.

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

3. He 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.

4. He also 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.

5. In late October 2008, he was featured in The Source and headlined the “Style” section of the magazine.

6. In 2013, he launched his own clothing company, Aura Gold.

7. He listed artists like Eminem, The Notorious BIG, J Dilla and Kenya West as his biggest music influences.

8. He has collaborated with prominent artists like Lupe Fiasco, Chris Brown, Kanye West, Drake and Nicki Minaj to name a few.

9. He has posed in the Winter 2008 Billionaire Boys Club lookbook and is a consistent representative of Ti$A clothing and hats, along with Chris Brown and Tyga.

10. He won the Impact Track category at the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards for his work on the single featuring John Legend and Kanye West “One Man Can Change The World”.