Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, better known as Big Sean, is an American rapper born on March 25, 1988, who rose to prominence after impressing Kanye West as a teenager and signing with GOOD Music in 2007. Following popular mixtapes like Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big (2010), his first two studio albums, Finally Famous (2011) and Hall of Fame (2013), both peaked at number three on the Billboard 200. His career truly soared with his third album, Dark Sky Paradise (2015), which debuted atop the Billboard 200 and featured the octuple-platinum hit "I Don't Fuck with You."

Big Sean continued his chart success with subsequent albums I Decided (2017) and Detroit 2 (2020), also debuting at number one, with "Bounce Back" becoming his highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100, before he eventually parted ways with GOOD Music. Beyond his musical achievements, Big Sean's early life saw him move to Detroit as an infant, where he was raised in part by his grandmother, Mildred Leonard, who notably served as one of the first Black female captains in the U.S. Army during World War II.