Big Sean celebrates his 28th birthday by giving fans a brand new record called “Get My Shit Together” check it out!
Big Sean celebrates his 28th birthday by giving fans a brand new record called “Get My Shit Together” check it out!
Detroit’s own Big Sean talks to CNN about giving back to the place that made him who he is, his own foundation, and building a recording studio in the high school he used to get in trouble for selling cd’s in, in this 1:20 video. Hit the jump!
Big Sean performed over the weekend at Real 92.3 “Real Birthday Bash” out in California. He chopped it about his upcoming album and revealed that it’s almost finished. He explained, “It’s a lot of new music that’s done, but we’re just getting it right.” The Detroit rapper went on to compare the new project to this last album Dark Sky Paradise saying, “It’s my best work so far. I feel like on my last album, that’s the most comfortable I’ve been. This one is taking that to another level. The concept is crazy. The song’s are crazy, and I’ve got a surprise, too. I’ve got a real surprise coming up soon.” So far, there’s no release date for project but we’re definitely looking forward to it. Hit the jump for more.
Detroit rapper, Big Sean lent a helping hand to the people of Flint, Michigan who are suffering from the current toxic water crisis. Joining the likes of fellow rappers and celebrities Big Sean initially donated $10,000 to the crisis but later took his donation one step further by starting a fundraiser to support the children of his home state. #HealFlintKids kicked off January 21st and in that short amount of time was able to reach a huge milestone of $50,000. Read more below.
Effective today, February 1, the RIAA will now include audio and video streams and a track sale equivalent in gold and platinum album certifications. While Billboard and Nielsen Soundscan began factoring streaming in some time ago, artists were still not being awarded for going gold or platinum until they were all via traditional sales. In 2013, RIAA first added on-demand streams to its Digital Single Award only, and now they have adapted to the times once again, as streaming continues to grow rapidly in popularity. To calculate the formula for album certification, 1,500 on-demand audio and/or video song streams will equal 10 single sales, which is 1 album sale. (In the same token, if 10 singles are purchased on iTunes, that is also 1 album sale.) For single certification, they have now updated the 2013 formula from 100 on-demand streams = 1 download to 150 on-demand streams = 1 download. This update was done “to reflect streaming’s enormous growth in the two plus years since that ratio was set.”