Big Sean brought out the big guns for his homecoming concert this past Friday night (Nov. 6) and was joined onstage by Dej Loaf, Royce da 5'9", Danny Brown, Trick Trick, Eminem and Lil Wayne. The concert was entitled Finding Paradise and was held in the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. It reportedly ended with a performance of "Detroit vs. Everybody" with all of the aforementioned acts. The track was featured on the Shady XV compilation that was released last year.
All proceeds from the concert were donated to the Sean Anderson Foundation.
Pitchfork reported that Sean and Wayne performed "Deep" from Dark Sky Paradise in addition to "How Many Times" with DJ Khaled. Rapper Wayne also performed "A Milli" and "Rich as F*ck" and "Love Me" completely solo as well during the concert. Dej Loaf performed "Try Me," "Be Real" and "Back Up Off Me" with Sean. Mike Posner also joined the rapper for "Smoke & Drive" before he launched into his own song "Cooler Than Me."
Sean reportedly called the concert "the greatest night of my life," and it was a culmination of sorts for all of his efforts. At the very end he said, "What just happened here is you can be from this city, you can be from anywhere in the world and have your dreams come true. It's that moment when all your dreams in the world come true."
After the concert, the rapper told Billboard that he is currently working on new music and a follow-up to Dark Sky Paradise, saying, "We've definitely been making new music. I'm feeling great about it. The production sounds a little darker, but 'Dark Sky Paradise' was a little darker for me in some ways than the music I made before, and I feel like this is a little bit of a continuation with that. But there's something new about it."
