Big Sean

BirthMarch 251988

Big Sean

Big Sean, American rapper, singer and songwriter

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When
Friday, March 25 198838 years ago
Category
BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Era
20th century · 1980s
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Person
Big Sean

At a glance

Born 1988-03-25.

Known as: rapper, songwriter, actor, record producer, and singer. Citizenship: United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Personal life Big Sean 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. [ 1 ] He subsequently began dating actress Naya Rivera , whom he first met on Twitter ; their relationship became public in April 2013. [ 2 ] Sean and Rivera were engaged from October 2013 to April 2014. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He dated singer Ariana Grande from October 2014 to April 2015. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, known professionally as Big Sean, is an American rapper. He met Kanye West as a teenager, and signed with his record label GOOD Music, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings in 2007. He gained popularity following the release of his third mixtape, 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 and spawned the Billboard Hot 100-top 40 singles "My Last", "Marvin & Chardonnay",

Early life

Educated at: Cass Technical High School and Detroit Waldorf School.

Early life Sean Michael Leonard Anderson was born on March 25, 1988, in Santa Monica, California , [ 1 ] to Myra and James Anderson. When he was three months old, he moved to Detroit , Michigan, where he was raised by his mother, a school teacher, and his grandmother. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Anderson's said that his grandmother, Mildred Leonard, who served in World War II , was one of the first ever black female captains in the United States Army . [ 4 ] [

Path and career

Awards / honours: BET Award for Best New Artist.

Why this date

Big Sean appears on our March 25 calendar for 1988 as a birth entry.

March 25 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1988Candle demonstration in Bratislava
  2. 1988Big Sean
  3. 1995Ward Cunningham
  4. 1995WikiWikiWeb
  5. 1996European Union
  6. 2006Belarus
  7. 2006Capitol Hill massacre
  8. 20062006 Belarusian presidential election
  9. 2006Seattle
  10. 20082008 invasion of Anjouan
  11. 2018Syrian civil war

Also in 1988

  • September 9Vietnam Airlines Flight 831Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.
  • March 14Johnson South Reef skirmishChina defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.
  • September 12Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
  • September 13Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it th…
  • September 188888 UprisingThe 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
  • September 18Henri NamphyGeneral Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.
  • September 18Magna Charta UniversitatumThe Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rec…
  • August 10Civil Liberties Act of 1988The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.

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March 25 1988 — 38 years ago, on a Friday.

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