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Who is Drake?
Hip Hop artist Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1986 on October 24th. Audrey Drake Graham or currently known as Drake is a Canadian rapper and singer. His father, Dennis Graham, is no stranger to the music industry. Dennis cultivated a successful music career as the drummer for Jerry Lee Lewis, and was based in Memphis. \His mother, Sandra “Sandi” Graham, is a Canadian of Jewish descent, who worked as an English teacher and florist.
The name Drake was derived from his middle name, which his father gave him.
How old is Drake?
At the current time he is 36 years old.
Where is Drake from?
Although Drake was born in Canada, when his parents separated, he stayed with his mom and as a result he is a citizen of both the United States and Canada. .
Is Drake a jewish?
He is proud to be Jewish. In his youth, he attended a Jewish day school and had a bar mitzvah and observed the Jewish High Holy Days with his mother.
As a teenager, Drake launched his entertainment industry career when he was connected to his high school’s friend father at age 15. His High School Friend’s father was a acting agent. This agent is the one that facilitated the acquisition of the role in the teen drama series titled, “Degrassi: The Next Generation”.
He got his first break after being signed to record label Cash Money Records in 2000. In 2001, he joined the band Big Tymers which was founded by Lil Wayne. They released two albums – the first one was entitled ‘D-Block, Hook Em’ and the second one was called ‘Da Drought’. He left the group in 2003 because of some personal conflicts. He was later signed to a record label called Universal Records and started working with producer Noah “40” Shebib. He made his major debut on August 27, 2004, with a single called “Best I Ever Had”. It became a hit and gave him some success. His debut album was called ‘Thank Me Later’, which went platinum in 2010. He received lots of positive feedback after releasing several successful singles such as ‘Over’, ‘Make Me Proud’ and ‘Find Your Love’.
He signed with Young Money Entertainment in 2011 and the next year he released a couple of songs from his mixtape ‘So Far Gone’ such as ‘The Motto’, ‘For You’ and ‘Money On My Mind’. He released his first studio album ‘Take Care’ in 2012. This album received some praise and made him popular all over the world.
Drake is one of the hottest artists in hip hop right now. He is known for his song “Best I Ever Had” and he is also known for songs like “Nice For What” and “One Dance.” His last album was titled “Scorpion.” Drake has a net worth of about $40 million dollars. He won a Grammy award when he released his song “Best I Ever Had.”
The name Drake comes from Drake University in North Carolina. It was named after the famous poet and musician Drake. Drake graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He got a scholarship to attend Drake University after getting good grades during his time at high school. He later received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University in New York. He has won multiple Grammys.
Drake is a rapper, singer, producer and songwriter. He started his career when he was 17 years old. He got a lot of attention when he released his song “Best I Ever Had.” The song won a Grammy Award. He later went on to release several other hits including “One Dance,” “I’m Goin’ In,” and “God’s Plan.”
He currently has 12 Grammy Awards.
Drake was born in Toronto. The Toronto Raptors are the NBA franchise that he supports. His home is in the neighborhood called Yorkville, where Drake lived until he moved to New York City in 2004. He has 3 Grammys, two of them are for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance. Drake has also won 8 MOBO Awards, one of them was for Best Male.
He released the album Nothing Was the Same in 2012. This album went double platinum in Canada, triple platinum in the United States. The single titled “Take Care” was the lead single from the album. Another single is called “Started from the Bottom” was released as well.
His third album Take Care, which is the best selling hip hop album, was released in 2014.