Big Seanclaims he’s gotten slightly bigger.
The rapper, 33, recentlyrevealed on his Instagramthat he’d grown at least two inches over the past year. In the video, he recruited his friend Ronnie, whom he said is 5-foot-10, to stand next to him.
“How da f— I grow 2 inches?” he wrote over the video. “Chiropractor for a year straight twice a week, that’s how. Straight spine that’s how.”
Sean added that people “try to hate on” him, saying that he’s only 5-foot-six. However, he insisted he’d grown “like a couple of inches.”
The “Bounce Back” rapper, who was born Sean Michael-Leonard Anderson, previouslyexplained toE! Newsthat his stage name didn’t come from his stature.
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“People think it’s for all the wrong reasons,” he said of his moniker. “Growing up in Detroit, I had a mentor, his name was Sean. In the neighborhood, he was somebody who kept the kids on a positive note.”
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He continued, “He was like, 6'8” and I was like 11, 12 years old so I was like 4'8". Just to be funny, I said, ‘You guys gotta call me Big Sean and him Little Sean.’ "
Sean often gives nods to his Detroit upbringing through his music, addressing the experience of growing up in the city with the 2012 mixtapeDetroitand following up in 2020 with his latest album,Detroit 2.
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“I wasreturning to my rootsbut with a stronger foundation,” he said of his latest album in an interview withVulturelast year. “The city of Detroit is owed so much respect and honor. When I was talking to Stevie Wonder, I was saying Motown gave Black music and Black people an identity in music.”
He added, “But I think people will be able to relate to [the album] wherever they’re from. Detroit is an inclusive city. A lot of people haven’t been, but Detroit is fun, man. That shit is the best. It ain’t bougie. It ain’t Hollywood. We real people from there. We’ve been through the worst. We’ve been dealt the bottom before. It’s cool whenever you meet people from the D. We know what it’s like to hustle. We know what it’s like to be starving. I think that does something to the character of a person. That’s what I love about being from Detroit: It’s like I had to really earn my way.”
source: people.com
