Drake

Aubrey Graham or better known by the stage name “Drake” is a rapper from Toronto, Canada. Drake started of as an actor on Degrassi: The Next Generation. After a while of acting, he had lost love for acting and became more in touch with music. So back in 2006, he began to release a series of mixtapes, with the skill of being able to rap and sing.  After a year of putting out mixtapes, a song he made called “Replacement Girl” began to get major exposure and the video was placed on 106 & Park as joint of the day. Even though he had a hot single out that didn’t stop his grind. He continued to release a series of mixtapes and being featured on many of remixes. Drake was defiantly the most talked about unsigned artist at that time. He would later release a single that took his career in a way different path and putting him on top of the charts. He released the single “Best I Ever Had” which debut at #2 on Billboards Hot R&B/ Hip Hop Charts. After the release of “Best I Ever Had” Drake’s phone would not stop ringing, labels were calling him left and right. He would make a decision to sign to Universal Motown in the late summer of ’09 to release an EP called “So Far Gone” made up of his most popular songs. So Far Gone Peaked at #6 on U.S. Billboard 200 and won him the Juno award for Rap Recording of the year in 2010. That same year Drake would go on to sign to Lil’ Wayne’s label Young Money Entertainment. That same year Drake released the album “Thank Me Later” which debut at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and has been certified as platinum and sold over 447,000 copies it’s first week in stores . From then on Drake has released two more albums “Take Care” which also debut at #1 on the U.S. Billboard and  “Nothing Was The Same”.  He also made a label with his good friend and producer Noah “40” Shebib which represents Octobers Very Own. He also played in the movie Ice Age 4: The Continental Drift along with Nicki Minaj. Drake to me is an artist that is a one of kind and can’t wait to see what’s his next move.