- Born
- Birth nameAubrey Drake Graham
- Nicknames
- Aub
- Drizzy Drake
- Champagne Papi
- 6 God
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Aubrey Drake Graham was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Dennis Graham, an African-American musician born in Memphis, Tennessee, and Sandi (Sher) Graham, a Canadian Jewish educator. As a young man, Drake appeared in several commercials, for such retailers as Sears and GMC. In 2001, Drake rose to fame playing the role of "Jimmy Brooks", a character on Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001), a basketball star who is confined to a wheelchair after being shot by a classmate. In 2006, Drake launched his music career by releasing his first mix tape, "Room for Improvement". Three years later, his third mix tape, "So Far Gone", garnered him critical and commercial success, and, the following year, he released his official debut album, "Thank Me Later", to generally positive reviews. Aubrey Drake Graham has established himself as a multi-talented young Canadian, and the entertainment industry has great expectations for him.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Joseph Smith
- ChildrenAdonis Graham
- ParentsSandi GrahamDennis Graham
- RelativesLarry Graham(Aunt or Uncle)
- Bright smile
- Often raps and sings about his relationships, with atmospheric production
- Dysprosody: he, controversially, often adopts pseudo-foreign accents which have included Jamaican Patois ("Views"), Spanish ("What a Time to be Alive"), and British ("More Life").
- Often features voicemails on songs (e.g. "Look What You've Done", "Marvin's Room", "How Bout Now", "Can't Have Everything")
- Deep baritone voice
- Favorite actor is Denzel Washington.
- For 430 weeks straight, or 8 years, until August 2017, Drake had at least one song, whether as lead or featured artist, in the Billboard Hot 100.
- His father is African-American, and his mother, who is caucasian and Canadian, is Ashkenazi Jewish (of Latvian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent). Drake was raised in his mother's faith.
- Drake holds the record for most entries into the Billboard Hot 100 in one week with 20, he had previously matched The Beatles record with 14, a record that was then usurped by Justin Bieber who had 17.
- Can speak Spanish.
- [on Rihanna] I don't even know if I wrote a rap song in that whole nine months, because I wasn't a rapper anymore. I didn't believe in myself. I was someone else's property. I was a pawn. You know what she was doing to me? She was doing exactly what I've done to so many women throughout my life, which is show them quality time, then disappear. I was like, 'wow, this feels terrible.'
- Real men stay faithful. They don't have time to look for other women because they're too busy looking for new ways to love their own.
- Part of me is being in touch with emotion. That's all I write about. If I didn't write about my emotions, I don't know what else I would write about. Let that be the worst thing in my life please, not something like drug charges and God knows what else. I don't get myself into trouble, so if the negative feedback that I do get is the worst thing that's going to happen to me, then so be it.
- [observation, 2014] To be recognized in any capacity for the music that we make is great, but I don't think Grammys make or break an artist. I don't think anybody should live or die by the Grammys.. If I go home with no Grammys, I still feel great about what we did.
- Rap lyric: 'But do I ever come up in discussion/ Over double-pump lattes and low-fat muffins?'
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