After a 24 hours where Big Sean released what may be the most-discussed song of 2013 in “Control (HOF),” the Detroit, Michigan emcee was at The London West Hollywood Hotel last night (August 13) to accept an award from his label.
Def Jam Records, who with G.O.O.D. Music, has been the label home to Big Sean for over two years, presented the Finally Famous star with an award for selling 10 million singles.
“I appreciate everybody for coming out tonight. It was an awesome night for me, celebrating Hall Of Fame coming out in two weeks. I hadn’t realized I sold 10 million singles,” said the guest of honor. Also in attendance was Thug Life’s Mopreme Shakur, label-mate and Epic Records hopeful Gilbrere Forte, in addition to HipHopDX staff.
Top-selling Big Sean singles include platinum-selling “Dance Remix (A$$)” with Nicki Minaj, “Clique” with Jay Z and Kanye West, and “Mercy” with G.O.O.D. affiliates 2 Chainz, Pusha T, and the aforementioned West. Additionally, Sean has two additional gold singles from his 2011 Finally Famous debut in “My Last” with Chris Brown, and “Marvin & Chardonnay” with ‘Ye and Roscoe Dash.
At the deejay booth with the microphone, Sean continued, “[This feat is] incredible, man. That’s an accomplishment. I’m a Detroit kid, man. In a city where people don’t make it out of; where it’s really slim pickings—especially if you’re doing music and things like that. Hopefully, I can be somebody that lets people know that it’s real; let’s people know that they can manifest what they want. I’m doing everything I can to give back to the city; everything I can to be productive. So I appreciate the recognition.” Last week, Sean’s ties to Detroit were called out by collaborator and fellow D native Danny Brown in an interview with The Fader. Subsequently, the pair spoke in private and claim the issue was resolved.
Sean then plugged his sophomore studio album, Hall Of Fame. “We worked hard on this album. August 27, man. Go get it. Thanks for coming out. Moet, thanks for letting me pop all these got-damn bottles, all this Rosé. Thanks to everybody who supports. Thanks to my crew. Everybody, man. My parents. My girl. Everybody. Everybody who makes my life easier, I appreciate it. This Hall Of Fame album is definitely a piece to the puzzle of Big Sean as an artist. I appreciate everybody who is a part of it.”
Additional Reporting by Jake Paine.
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When Big Sean signs with YMCMB, he will be able to sell 10 million singles off of just one album.
No, he won’t. He’ll barely sell 100k being signed to YMCMB. Big Sean will be another background character like the rest of YMCMB who aren’t named Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and Drake.
Young money don’t sell shit anymore, the hype is over
he would still sell more than ace hood and rich gang but thats not saying much! LOL
Stop hating. He’s wack by himself but when working with ymcmb, that’s where his talent shows.
you clearly didnt see that channel west coast freestyle reppin that ymcmb!
and 9 million of them singles were kanye or drake songs LOL
this is a made up award from his label and its gotta be for worldwide sales including features this nigga album aint even gold
It still counts. It’s just deceptive.
what you mean it counts? its just a plaque saying 10 million singles sold its not from the riaa saying he platinum or even gold
but he had every muthafucka in the world sayin #Swerve
do you know how many people are in the world? i would guess less than 1 % heard that song and even less were saying swerve
He has the weakest bars on all of those collabs
I havent heard big sean say “i do it”, “boi” or “whoa deer” in a long time.
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Let’s see this guy sell 10 million with no features…don’t think so
No matter what….. Haters gonna hate!!!
You a lame
“You’re lame”……you should have finished school
Did you write that on your 15 minute break from flipping burgers?
Ur baby mama need to feed ur kid and u on here trolling.
haha yeah was gonna say he had FEATURES on all them joints. C’Mon Son!
ten million garbage singles
“what you mean it counts? its just a plaque saying 10 million singles”
Did you take a stupid pill today? Obviously the RIAA knows what the numbers are. That revenue generated definitely counts, and the best part is there was no rigging involved like with Kdot’s album sales.
im not even gonna argue with this bitch talkin bout rigged sales
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This nigga can’t sell singles without collabos with other artists who notoriously sell a lot of records. This guy is garbage. Nicki Minaj’s booty alone has contributed more to Sean’s success than Sean himself.
hip hop is all fucked up i dont listrn to this shit anymore big sean what the fuck
Lol that’s what Lollipop sold, and that Statik Selector was barely a feature.
This is what rap is today, focus on who has the best bars, but not the most put together songs. And you wonder why some folks question whether Rap is actually music
“im not even gonna argue with this bitch talkin bout rigged sales”
You shouldn’t call your mom a bitch. She won’t let you live at home then.
BITCH!!! That’s what I call a crock of shit! I’d respect this, if it were actually HIS songs that sold 10 million. Those songs were off of the GOOD Music Compilation album, hahaha, what a joke..He probably thinks he’s amazing now. What a clown..
FOR CHRIST SAKE’S!! THOSE SINGLES ONLY SOLD THAT MUCH BECAUSE OF JAY-Z AND KANYE!! ANY normal human being would realize this! They didn’t sell 10 Mil because of BIG SEAN! GTFOH!!!!
Congratulations on another milestone Big Sean! Fuck these haters, stay focused and keep holding it down for DETROIT!! Looking forward to Hall of Fame!! Much respect and blessings,
nunca he escuchado ni una rola de este guey, a pesar de que youtube lo tiene diario en publicidad… doy gracias de no ser uno de esos 10 millones.