Big Sean Gets Key to City of Detroit

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan presented Big Sean with the key to the city today (April 1) to a crowd of about 100 children, CBS-affiliate WWJ reports.

Recognized for his Mogul Prep initiative, which promotes higher education to area youth, the 29-year-old rapper is the youngest to receive the honor.

“It’s only given out to our most special citizens so they know that they’re always in the heart of Detroit,” Duggan said. “Since I’ve been mayor, I’ve given out two of these. The first was to Berry Gordy when they bought Motown: The Musical here. The second, I gave out to Stevie Wonder, when we renamed the street he grew up […] And now we’re going to give out the third […] Sean this is your reminder that every time you leave Detroit, you can always bounce back.”

Today we presented @BigSean with the key to the @CityofDetroit. He is the youngest person to ever receive this honor. pic.twitter.com/kzlkpCklwg

— Mayor Mike Duggan (@MayorMikeDuggan) April 1, 2017

Today, @BigSean became the youngest Detroiter to receive a key to the city. Thanks for always repping hard for the “D!” pic.twitter.com/WJnsWkoh5C

— City of Detroit (@CityofDetroit) April 1, 2017

Today I got one of the highest honors a person can receive, the key to the City Of Detroit. The mayor said he’s given it to 3 people… Stevie Wonder, Berry Gordy, and Me. I’m the youngest person to receive this in the history of the city! Thank u for this monumental moment! He honored me and my foundation for motivating the city through my music n messaging and starting an actual curriculum called “Mogul Prep” that teaches kids all the behind the scenes jobs available in the music industry and taught to them at a high school level. This will be applied to Detroit Public Schools come this fall and some schools in Baltimore and more. thanks to my mom for being a teacher n helping w/ this tremendously and our foundation @seanandersonorg. N thanks to all the people that attended this inspiring event! I’m a keep putting my energy into this 🙏🏾

A post shared by BIGSEAN (@bigsean) on Apr 1, 2017 at 4:30pm PDT

Mogul Prep was launched in 2015 by Sean and his mother Myra Anderson in efforts to teach children about entertainment industry jobs as well as job skills in other industries. The first workshop was held today at Detroit’s Fox Theater, hours before his I Decided concert. More workshops are expected to be held in Maryland, Atlanta and Miami later this month.

See below the remaining dates of his I Decided tour.

Sunday, April 2              Toronto                       Rebel
Tuesday, April 4            Boston, MA                House of Blues 
Friday, April 7                Wallingford, CT        The Dome at Oakdale
Saturday, April 8           Silver Spring, MD    The Fillmore
Tuesday, April 11           New York, NY            Radio City Music Hall
Wednesday, April 12    Philadelphia, PA        The Fillmore
Friday, April 14              Charlotte, NC             The Fillmore
Saturday, April 15         Myrtle Beach, SC     House of Blues
Sunday, April 16            Raleigh, NC                The Ritz
Tuesday, April 18          Atlanta, GA                 Tabernacle
Wednesday, April 19    Tampa, FL                  The Ritz Ybor
Thursday, April 20       Miami, FL                    Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie                                                                                                   Gleason Theater