BIG SEAN ALMOST SIGNED WITH SHADY RECORDS

 “Before I met Kanye, I did a rap battle. I used to battle rap. I was real popular, that’s how I got this really good relationship with this radio station where I met Kanye at,” [...] “They were doing this battle rap to where the prize was $10,000 and a single deal from Shady Music, like Eminem and all them.”[...] "So DJ Whoo Kid and Just came, I snuck in. I wasn’t even old enough to participate in it, but I lied about my age and I got all the way to the final round and lost to some dude,” Sean added. “I really thought I won, but I think the crowd was more on his side, so I lost. But DJ Whoo Kid and them was like ‘Man, we gonna keep in contact!’ Obviously, they didn’t.” shared Big Sean on website DealWithNoDeal
Finally Big Sean signed with Kanye's G.O.O.D. music at the age of 19 and next month his debut album coming out (06.21.2011), after releasing a very good mixtape (see here)