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Biographical
Birth Name Aubrey Drake Graham
Date of Birth October 24, 1986 (age 30)
Place of Birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender Male
Nickname(s) Drizzy
Drake
Height 6'2"
Eye Color Brown
Hair Color Black
Information
Occupation(s) Actor, Rapper
Labels Young Money, Cash Money, Billionaires (YMCMB)
Universal Republic
OVO Sound
IMDb Aubrey Graham
Twitter Drizzy (drake)
Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian actor and recording ar
tist. He originally became known for playing the character Jimmy Brooks on the t
elevision series Degrassi: The Next Generation. As a rapper, he performs under t
he mononym Drake. Drake continued to recognize a close affiliation with Lil Wayn
e's Young Money Entertainment, before officially signing with the record label i
n June 2009. His first studio album, Thank Me Later, was released on June 15, 20
10. His second studio album, Take Care, was released on November 15, 2011. His t
hird studio album, Nothing Was The Same was released on September 24, 2013.
Contents[show]
Early life
Aubrey Drake Graham was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Dennis Graham, a dr
ummer who worked with Jerry Lee Lewis; he is the nephew of musicians Larry Graha
m and Teenie Hodges. Graham's father is an African American from Memphis, Tennes
see, while Aubrey's mother, an educator, is a white Jewish Canadian. His parents
 divorced when he was five, and he was raised by his mother in Toronto's wealthy
Forest Hill neighborhood, attending elementary school at Forest Hill Public Sch
ool, and high school at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, where he began acting,
but did not graduate. He also spent many summers with his father in Memphis, Te
nnessee.
Acting career
In 2001, Graham began his acting career, playing the role of Jimmy Brooks, a cha
racter on Degrassi: The Next Generation . In the show, Brooks is a basketball st
ar who became physically disabled from the waist down after he was shot by a cla
ssmate. His role on the show ended in 2009, when producers found out that he was
working on his music without their permission and gave him the choice to either
continue doing the show or do his music.
Music career
Early beginnings (2006 08)
In February 2006, Drake released his first mixtape Room for Improvement. It was
made available via his website and official MySpace page. From the success of hi
s first mixtape, he later began releasing more, capitalizing from the buzz. In 2
007, he released Comeback Season to much critical acclaim and praise. Which prod
uced a single and a music video for Replacement Girl featuring Trey Songz. It al
so contained a freestyle over a song with Lil Wayne, a remix of the already popu
lar song "Man of the Year" originally by Brisco and Flo-Rida. Also in 2007, Drak
e became the first unsigned Canadian rapper to have his music video featured on
BET when his first single, "Replacement Girl" was featured as the "New Joint of
the Day" on April 30, 2007.
In 2008, Lil Wayne was given some of Drake's music from Rap-A-Lot founder, J. Pr
ince's son and he called Drake immediately to fly to Houston to come and tour wi
th him. Drake and Wayne had recorded a couple of songs during the time including
, 'Ransom', The original version of 'I Want This Forever' and the remix to Drake
's song, 'Brand New'. Although after becoming apart of Lil Wayne's crew, Young M
oney, Drake was still not signed.

So Far Gone and Thank Me Later (2009 2010)

On February 13, 2009, Drake released his third official mixtape, So Far Gone, fo
r free download on his blog site which included Drake's mentor Lil Wayne, Bun B,
ThankMeLater
Omarion, Lloyd and his friend, Trey Songz. It received over 2,000 downloads in t
he first 2 hours of release. It was extremely successful in the underground and
eventually made its way to radio. Due to the success of the mixtape's two single
s, "Best I Ever Had" and "Successful", it was released as an EP featuring only f
ive songs from the mix tape and one new song. MTV named it, "The Hottest Mixtape
of 2009 (So Far)'. Since So Far Gone, Drake worked with DJ Khaled, Young Money,
Jay-Z, T.I., Kanye West, Young Jeezy, Mary J. Blige, Timbaland, Birdman, Trey S
ongz, and Jamie Foxx. Drake has also written for Jazz Cartier, Bishop Brigante,
and Dr. Dre.
He achieved success before signing to a major record label, according to his man
agement Hip Hop Since 1978. In June 2009, it was revealed that an unauthorized a
lbum entitled The Girls Love Drake and credited to Drake was up for sale on iTun
es. A lawsuit is planned against the label.
On the Billboard Hot 100 chart of July 4, 2009, both "Best I Ever Had", and "Eve
ry Girl" by Young Money Entertainment entered the top ten at positions 3 and 10
respectively. Drake is only the second artist to have his first two top ten hits
in the same week. The first was fellow Canadian Nelly Furtado who entered the t
op ten in 2001 with "I'm Like A Bird" the same week as Missy Elliott's "Get Ur F
reak On", a remix of which included a credited contribution from Furtado. On Jun
e 29, 2009 it was confirmed Drake signed a record deal with Young Money Entertai
nment. This followed what Billboard purported to be "one of the biggest bidding
wars ever". He plans to release his official debut album, Thank Me Later, in lat
e 2009, and has confirmed collaborations with the likes of Kanye West, Jay-Z, Da
nny! and Lil Wayne. Drake is currently touring with Wayne and other rap artists
on the America's Most Wanted Tour.
On July 31, 2009, Drake fell on stage and injured his knee while performing "Bes
t I Ever Had", with Lil Wayne in Camden, New Jersey. He is able to walk, and had
surgery on September 8, 2009
Take Care (2010-2012)
On November 17, 2010, Drake announced the development of his upcoming second stu
dio album, Take Care. It was originally planned to release October 24, 2011, but
that was later delayed to November 15. Songs featured on the album were hits su
ch as: Take Care, Headlines, The Motto, and HYFR. This album hit the top of the
charts in the United States, Canada, and Australia. In 2012 Take Care won a Gram
my for best rap album. Later that month, Drake announced he was working on his t
hird studio album Nothing Was The Same
OVO Sound & Nothing Was The Same (2012-present)
Drake and his producer "40" formed a record label in early 2012. This label is c
urrently distributed by Warner Bros. Drake was featured on many songs with vario
us artists in 2012, such as: Rick Ross, Kendrick Lamar, and A$AP Rocky. At the 5
5th Grammy's, Drake announced that his hit single Started From the Bottom will b
e featured on his third project. He released his album Nothing Was The Same on S
eptember 24, 2013. In January 2014, Drake was the host on Saturday Night Live, a
nd guest performer. As of 2014, Drake has released 4 songs since NWTS. Those son
gs are: Trophies, We Made It, Draft Day, and Days in The East.
Personal life
Drake is good friends with many of his Degrassi cast-mates, particularly Shane K
ippel, who played his best friend Spinner Mason on the show. He is also still go
od friends with Stacey Farber.
In 2008, Drake spoke about his past relationships on a song called "Deceiving" u
sing each verse to address different women. In Verse 1, he spoke about video-gir
l Dia Edwards. In Verse 3, he spoke about classmate Alisha Phillips.
He then spoke about his past relationship with Keshia Chant on the Verse 2 of his
song "Deceiving", referencing Chant's mother, Tessa, stating "When I say I'm ser
ious, you claim you're only teasing" and "What up Tessa? I love you like my own
mama, and your daughter's getting grown, mama, and me, I'm just here working, wa
iting, patient for her to be ready for love and leave alone drama".
In May 2009, Drake finally spoke with MuchMusic about his song "Deceiving" and a
ddressed speculation of his past relationship with Chant, "Would I call Keshia Ch
ante an ex? I'd be proud to say she is an ex. I'm proud to say we had our time,
when we were, like, 16 years old. She's great. She's one of the first people in
the industry that I met, we just connected."
Drake opener
In June 2009, Drake did two remixes to Chante's song "Fallen" where he addresses
his love for her, on Version 1 he raps "Keshia, Keshia, do you remember the old
us? They said we'd never be together that's what they told us. Immature kids, t
o entrepreneur kids." then on Version 2, he raps "you just hold it down for your
boy until the plaques arrive, that's why I love you."
MuchMusic later asked Chant on how she felt about Drake. She kept mum, later sayi
ng, "I will love that man unconditionally for the rest of my life. He knows what
it is. We have history. I've known him since I was a little girl. We just have
a love/hate relationship, so I prefer to love him from afar."
Online rumors swirled stating that Drake was in a relationship with Rihanna. Bot
h parties denied that claim, with Drake stating "we're just good friends." He wa
s confirmed to have been in a past relationship with Catya Washington, a model w
ho was best known for being a cast member on the fifth season of the hit reality
series "The Bad Girls Club".
Drake is a fan of the Kentucky Wildcats and a friend to head coach John Calipari
. On October 16, 2009, Drake made an appearance at the University of Kentucky me
n's basketball event, "Big Blue Madness" at Rupp Arena. On January 2, 2009, Drak
e also attended Kentucky's game against the University of Louisville and accompa
nied Calipari to his post game radio show. In 2013, Drake was selected as the ce
lebrity ambassador of the Toronto Raptors.
Trivia
Drake is a Scorpio.
He shares the same birthday as Shenae Grimes, but he's three years older.
He stated on Jimmy Fallon that he was high during his Degrassi audition.
He and Stacey Farber played themselves in the Instant Star episode "Personality
Crisis" in which they were depicted as Degrassi: The Next Generation actors atte
nding an awards ceremony. Like Degrassi, Instant Star was produced by Epitome Pi
ctures.
He worked with Jake Epstein and Lauren Collins in both Degrassi and Charlie Bart
lett.
Discography
Studio albums
2010: Thank Me Later
2011: Take Care
2013: "Nothing Was The Same
Collaboration albums
2009: We Are Young Money
2014: Young Money: Rise of an Empire
EPs
2009: So Far Gone
Official mixtapes
2006: Room for Improvement
2007: Comeback Season
2009: So Far Gone
Filmography
Film
Year Film Role Notes
2008 Charlie Bartlett A/V Jones
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Blue Murder Joey Tamarin 1 episode
2001 2009 Degrassi: The Next Generation
Jimmy Brooks
Seasons 1-7 (Series Regular)
Season 8 (Guest Appearance)
2002 Soul Food Fredrick 1 episode
Conviction Teen Fish Television movie
2005 Best Friend's Date Dater 1 episode
2008 Degrassi Spring Break Movie Jimmy Brooks Television movie
The Border PFC Gordon Harvey 1 episode
2009 Sophie Ken 1 episode
Beyond the Break Himself 1 episode
Awards and nominations
BET Hip Hop Awards
2009, Lyricist of the Year (Nominated)
2009, Track of the Year: "Every Girl" (Won)
2009, Rookie of the Year (Won)
2009, MVP of the Year (Nominated)
2009, Hustler of the Year (Nominated)
MOBO Awards
2009, Best Hip-Hop Act (Nominated)
2009, Best International Act (Nominated)
MTV Video Music Awards
2009, Best New Artist in a Video: "Best I Ever Had" (Nominated)
Soul Train Awards
2009, Best New Artist (Nominated)
2009, Record of the Year: "Best I Ever Had" (Nominated)
2009, Best Collaboration: "Successful" (Nominated)
Grammy Awards
2010, Best Rap Song: "Best I Ever Had" (Nominated)
2010, Best Rap Solo Performance: "Best I Ever Had" (Nominated)
2013, Best Rap Album: Take Care (Won)
2014, Best Rap Album: Nothing Was The Same (Nominated)
BET Awards
2013 "Coca-cola Viewers Choice Award" (Won)
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