Big Sean, accompanied by DJ Mo Beatz, opened the night with “Paradise,” before declaring that, for the next hour, he was a Sun Devil.

He then “swerved,” into “Mercy,” a crowd favorite he recorded with Kanye West, Pusha T and 2 Chainz. 

The ASU football team welcomed Big Sean to Tempe by gifting him an ASU football jersey with his name on the back earlier that day, a gift he proudly showed off during his set.

He then turned his attention to the class of 2030, congratulating them on their new milestone and welcoming them to ASU, which he called “one of the best places on earth.”

He encouraged students to embrace the ups and downs of college while staying on the path toward becoming the people they aspire to be.

Big Sean then shifted to a more serious message, urging students not to take pills that were not prescribed to them and reminding them that “your life is way too valuable.”

Then, he asked the crowd to put one finger in the air if they were with their friends and “day ones,” before launching into “Clique.”

He ended the song with an “ASU” chant that echoed throughout the stadium before the bright pink lights around him changed to red, and he jumped into his song “Moves.”

Big Sean said he rarely performs “As Long As You Love Me,” but made an exception for the InfernoFest crowd. He told everyone that he planned to send Justin Bieber a video of their singalong afterward, and the attendees roared as he launched into the song.

“Y’all all family now, y’all Sun Devils, this s— ASU is like a mob,” he told the crowd. “Y’all gonna be in the mob for the rest of your life.”

Big Sean reflected on how quickly life can pass, recalling that all he wanted since he was 9 years old was to stand onstage and rap.

He also urged the students to follow their dreams and not look back wishing they had taken more chances.

As he prepared to take the crowd back to his “day one,” Big Sean reflected on his first album, “Finally Famous,” which was executive produced by Kanye West and released in 2011.

“I don’t even know where y’all was at in 2011,” he said jokingly, looking out at the crowd before performing My Last and Marvin and Chardonnay.

Big Sean then performed “Beware,” another crowd favorite that had Sun Devils belting out 

every lyric. He ended the song without any background music or noise, leaving only his voice and thousands of fans singing along.

He then returned to another crowd favorite with “I Know,” originally featuring Jhené Aiko. As soon as Big Sean hit the line, “I know you been going through some things,” thousands of students turned on their phone flashlights, lighting up the stadium.

He kept the energy high with "Dance (A$)," prompting the crowd to clap along to the beat.

"Especially if you're on your way to ASU, especially if you finna have the best year of your life, man, we are so f—--- blessed," he said, before transitioning into "Blessings."

Big Sean opened up about a person who played a major role in shaping his life: his grandmother. He shared that his grandmother was one of the first Black female captains in World War II, with her story later becoming the subject of Tyler Perry’s “The Six Triple Eight,” on Netflix.

He said his grandmother initially discouraged his dreams of becoming a rapper, but continued to support him as he pursued them. He recalled spending the money she had saved for his college education on studio sessions instead, eventually using his success to buy a new home for her and his mother before his grandmother died.

One piece of advice from his grandmother stayed with him: “Never forget, one man can

change the world.” Big Sean then dedicated his next song, “One Man Can Change The World,” to his grandmother, and anyone who had an impact on the audience’s life as well.

He picked the energy back up with “All Me,” another Drake collaboration that kept the momentum of the night going.

The night continued beyond the stage when Big Sean happened to spot ASU professor Tuo Clark, a nine-time Grammy-nominated producer who has worked with Big Sean and now teaches music industry studies in ASU’s popular music program. 

In a video later shared to his Instagram story, Big Sean tagged Clark and said, “Professor T, proud of u bro.”

Back onstage, Big Sean performed “Don’t Like.1.” At the end, he stripped the song down acoustically and put an ASU twist on the lyrics. “But ASU Orientation Week though, you know that’s that s— I do like,” he sang, drawing cheers from the stadium. He then moved into “Bounce Back,” one of the night’s biggest singalong moments.

Big Sean closed the night with “I Don’t F—- With You,” sending the stadium into one final eruption before leaving the incoming Sun Devils with one last piece of advice: “Go ahead and have fun, do whatever the f— you want to do, you’re basically grown now, be responsible, don’t f— it up, and party hard.”