Drake

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Drake is a Canadian rapper, singer and songwriter, who has emerged as one of the best rappers in recent times

Oct 24, 1986

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Personal Details

  • Birthday: October 24, 1986
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Famous: Singers, Rappers
  • Known as: Aubrey Drake Graham, Aub, Aubrey Graham, Aubrey
  • Universities:
    • Jewish day school
    • Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
  • Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Religion: Judaism

Drake born at

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Birth Place

Aubrey Drake Graham was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Canada. His father, Dennis Graham, worked as a drummer for legendary musician, Jerry Lee Lewis, and his mother, Sandi Graham, was an English teacher and a florist.

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Childhood & Early Life

Being born to an African-American Catholic father and a white Canadian Jew mother, he has a unique racial and religious background. According to him, he is "more immersed in black culture", while his being Jewish is a "cool twist".

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Childhood & Early Life

His parents divorced when he was five years old, following which he was raised by his mother in Toronto. His father moved back to America and settled in Memphis, where Drake visited him occasionally.

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Childhood & Early Life

He spent his early childhood near Weston Road in the city's working-class neighborhood. After his sixth grade, his family moved to Forest Hill, a more affluent neighborhood in the city. Drake, who attended Forest Hill Collegiate Institute and Vaughan Road Academy for high school, later dropped out of school and completed his high school diploma in 2012.

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Childhood & Early Life

He witnessed hardship early on in his life. His father was arrested while trying to cross the border, his sick mother struggled to support the family, and he faced bullying in his predominantly white school for being the only black Jew.

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Childhood & Early Life

In 2001, Drake started acting after the father of one of his friends, an acting agent, offered him a role in the Canadian teen drama series 'Degrassi: The Next Generation'. He played the role of Jimmy Brooks, a wheel-chair bound former basketball player, for a total of 145 episodes.

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Early Acting Career

He has acted in a number of other television series over the years, including 'Soul Food', 'Being Erica' and 'Sophie', and also made guest appearances on 'Beyond the Break', 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Punk'd'. He did voice acting for the film 'Ice Age: Continental Drift'.

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Early Acting Career

Following his acting fame, he decided to self-release his debut mixtape, 'Room for Improvement'. He followed it with another mixtape the next year, 'Comeback Season', which contained the single 'Replacement Girl' that earned him widespread recognition as a singer for the first time. He founded October's Very Own label to release the mixtape.

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Music Career

He released his third mixtape 'So Far Gone' as a free download from the website of his record label. It consisted of tracks like 'Best I Ever Had' and 'Successful', featuring Lil Wayne, Trey Songz, and Lloyd among others, and became a commercial success. He released his debut EP by the same name following the success of the mixtape, which made it to No.6 on the 'Billboard 200'.

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Music Career

His debut studio album, 'Thank Me Later', was released on June 15, 2010. The album, which was under production for the past two years, featured artists like Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West. The single 'Find Your Love' reached top-10 on the 'Billboard Hot 100'.

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On November 15, 2011, he released his second studio album 'Take Care'. The album contained hit singles like 'Make Me Proud' featuring Nicki Minaj and 'Take Care' featuring Rihanna. He received his first Grammy Award for the album.

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His third album, 'Nothing Was the Same' (2013), continued his journey to fame, opening to positive reviews like its predecessors. It was his first full-length album that was released from his own record label, OVO Sound. All of the seven singles of the album became commercially successful.

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