Big Sean Talks About Being a First-Time Parent, Calls His Son ‘Amazing’

The Detroit rapper welcomed his first child with Jhené Aiko in 2022.

March 17, 2025
Big Sean and Jhené Aiko pose together, with floral decorations in the background. Sean wears a brown suit, Aiko in blue attire.
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Big Sean is gushing over his new child.

The Better Me Than You rapper shares 2-year-old Noah with Jhené Aiko, describing his son as “amazing” on The Jennifer Hudson Show.

“It’s my first time being a parent, a dad,” he said. “I didn’t know what I was in for.”

“He’s amazing. I’m in love with my son I can’t even lie,” Sean Don added. “Everything about him is just incredible.”

The 36-year-old described how Noah has inherited the best qualities from his family, like his grandfather, James Anderson, and his mother.

“He has the charm of my dad and the spirit of his mom,” Sean explained. “He’s just the best of all of us put together. I realized when you have a child, they’re a culmination of all of your family members. and you realize that all that DNA, it’s like a computer. It’s like all that information is in them.”

Noah also appears to be taking after his musical parents. “He picks up that mic and he has a beautiful voice like his mom,” Sean added. “He has range and everything. He’s definitely very vocal. He talks. He’s very expressive and very smart.”

Sean and Aiko have been romantically involved since 2016, a few years after meeting in 2012. They later broke up in 2019 before rekindling the following year. In 2022, they revealed that they were expecting their first child together. Aiko also has a 16-year-old daughter, Namiko from a previous relationship.

The two artists are not yet married. Big Sean discussed why last August.

"To be real with you, just like any people who have dealt with love, we've had our ups and downs. And I think it's still finding the right navigation through it all," he told The Breakfast Club. "To me, marriage symbolizes the best relationship. I would like to, but there's a lot of work that needs to be done."