18 W 18th St 11th Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States
Drake and Chris Brown visit Greenhouse on August 24, 2010, in New York City. (Photo by Shareif Ziyadat)
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2013
New York City, NY, USA
Drake visits 106 & Park at 106 & Park Studio on September 23, 2013, in New York City. (Photo by Bennett Raglin)
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2015
81800 51st Ave, Indio, CA 92201, United States
Drake performs onstage during day 3 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2015, in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
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2015
3900 W Manchester Blvd, Inglewood, CA 90305, United States
Drake performs onstage during REAL 92.3's 'The Real Show" at The Forum on November 8, 2015, in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson)
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2016
40 Bay St, Toronto, ON M5J 2X2, Canada
Drake reacts in the first quarter of game four of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Toronto Raptors and the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2016 NBA Playoffs at the Air Canada Centre on May 23, 2016, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley)
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2016
1 State Farm Dr, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
Drake performs at Philips Arena on August 25, 2016, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Chris McKay)
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2016
4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001, United States
Drake presents Rihanna with The Video Vanguard Award during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016, in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano)
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2016
3799 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, United States
Drake attends the after-party for his concert at Hakkasan Las Vegas Nightclub at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on September 12, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg)
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2016
3780 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89158, United States
Drake performs onstage at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 23, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
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2017
81800 51st Ave, Indio, CA 92201, United States
Drake performs on the Coachella stage during day 2 of the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2017, in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk)
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2017
3780 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89158, United States
Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and Drake attend the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Mazur)
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2017
3780 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89158, United States
Dennis Graham and Drake attend the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Polk)
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2017
New York, New York, USA
Drake hosts the 2017 NBA Awards Live on TNT on June 26, 2017, in New York, New York. (Photo by Kevin Mazur)
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2018
Toronto, Canada
Drake attends as Drake And OVO Chubbs Host Friends and Family Event Of New Restaurant, Pick 6IX, With The House Of Remy Martin on January 10, 2018, in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Johnny Nunez)
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2018
9390 N Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, United States
Drake attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur)
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2018
Church Rd, Wimbledon, London SW19 5AG, United Kingdom
Drake attends day eight of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 10, 2018, in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang)
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2018
1901 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
Drake performs in Concert at Aubrey & The Three Amigos Tour - Chicago, Illinois at United Center on August 17, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.(Photo by Prince Williams)
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2018
T-Mobile Arena
Conor McGregor (L) and rapper Drake attend a ceremonial weigh-in for UFC 229 at T-Mobile Arena on October 05, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. McGregor will challenge UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for his title at UFC 229 on October 6 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller)
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2018
7969 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046, United States
Drake attends The Mod Sèlection Champagne New Years Party Hosted By Drake And John Terzian at Delilah on December 31, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea)
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2019
40 Bay St, Toronto, ON M5J 2X2, Canada
Drake looks on from their courtside seat during Game Two of the second round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs between the Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers at Scotiabank Arena on April 29, 2019, in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley)
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2019
3799 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, United States
Drake is seen backstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz)
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2019
6360 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States
Drake attends the LA Premiere of HBO's "Euphoria" at The Cinerama Dome on June 04, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
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2019
6360 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States
Drake attends the LA Premiere Of HBO's "Euphoria" at The Cinerama Dome on June 04, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison)
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2019
270 Mare St, Hackney, London E8 1HE, United Kingdom
Drake attends the "Top Boy" UK Premiere at Hackney Picturehouse on September 04, 2019, in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland)
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Achievements
Membership
Awards
BET Award
2010
665 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, United States
Drake onstage during the 2010 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 27, 2010, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz)
Juno Award
2010
50 New Gower St, St. John's, NL A1C 1J3, Canada
Juno Award Winner Drake poses with his awards in the press room at the 2010 Juno Awards at the Mile One Centre on April 18, 2010, in Saint John's, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel)
BMI Award
2011
6233 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States
Drake poses with the Urban Songwriter of the Year Award for "Bedrock" in the audience onstage during the 11th Annual BMI Urban Awards held at the Pantages Theatre on August 26, 2011, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Maury Phillips)
American Music Award
2016
777 Chick Hearn Ct, Los Angeles, CA 90015, United States
Drake accepts Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album for 'Views' onstage during the 2016 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Billboard Music Award
2017
3780 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89158, United States
Drake poses with awards at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Grammy Award
2019
1111 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015, United States
Drake accepts the Best Rap Song award for 'God's Plan' onstage backstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur)
Juno Award Winner Drake poses with his awards in the press room at the 2010 Juno Awards at the Mile One Centre on April 18, 2010, in Saint John's, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel)
6233 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States
Drake poses with the Urban Songwriter of the Year Award for "Bedrock" in the audience onstage during the 11th Annual BMI Urban Awards held at the Pantages Theatre on August 26, 2011, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Maury Phillips)
Drake performs onstage during day 3 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2015, in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
777 Chick Hearn Ct, Los Angeles, CA 90015, United States
Drake accepts Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album for 'Views' onstage during the 2016 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Drake reacts in the first quarter of game four of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Toronto Raptors and the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2016 NBA Playoffs at the Air Canada Centre on May 23, 2016, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley)
4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001, United States
Drake presents Rihanna with The Video Vanguard Award during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016, in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano)
3799 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, United States
Drake attends the after-party for his concert at Hakkasan Las Vegas Nightclub at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on September 12, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg)
Drake performs on the Coachella stage during day 2 of the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2017, in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk)
3780 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89158, United States
Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and Drake attend the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Mazur)
Drake attends as Drake And OVO Chubbs Host Friends and Family Event Of New Restaurant, Pick 6IX, With The House Of Remy Martin on January 10, 2018, in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Johnny Nunez)
9390 N Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, United States
Drake attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur)
Church Rd, Wimbledon, London SW19 5AG, United Kingdom
Drake attends day eight of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 10, 2018, in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang)
1901 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
Drake performs in Concert at Aubrey & The Three Amigos Tour - Chicago, Illinois at United Center on August 17, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.(Photo by Prince Williams)
Conor McGregor (L) and rapper Drake attend a ceremonial weigh-in for UFC 229 at T-Mobile Arena on October 05, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. McGregor will challenge UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for his title at UFC 229 on October 6 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller)
7969 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046, United States
Drake attends The Mod Sèlection Champagne New Years Party Hosted By Drake And John Terzian at Delilah on December 31, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea)
1111 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015, United States
Drake accepts the Best Rap Song award for 'God's Plan' onstage backstage during the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur)
Drake looks on from their courtside seat during Game Two of the second round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs between the Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers at Scotiabank Arena on April 29, 2019, in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley)
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Drake is an American-Canadian actor, singer, rapper, and songwriter. He started his career playing wheelchair-bound Jimmy Brooks on Canadian TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation but soon switched to music, which has been his passion since childhood. Drake has emerged as one of the best rappers in recent times.
Background
Ethnicity:
Drake’s father, Dennis Graham, is African-American. Drake’s Canadian mother, Sandi (Sher), is Ashkenazi Jewish (of Latvian Jewish and Russian Jewish descent).
Drake was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Canada, Drake grew up with music in his blood. His father, Dennis Graham, was a drummer for the legendary rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis. An uncle, Larry Graham, played bass for Sly and the Family Stone. His mother, Sandi Graham, was an English teacher and a florist.
Drake’s parents divorced when he was five, and he was raised by his mother in Toronto. His father moved back to America and settled in Memphis, where Drake visited him occasionally.
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.
Education
As a child, Drake played minor hockey and acted in the Young People’s Theatre. In the summers he visited his father in Memphis, often accompanying him to recording sessions.
Drake’s high school experience was one of isolation and feeling different. Drake says he felt isolated at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, his virtually all-white high school. He has said that "nobody understood what it was like to be black and Jewish," but added that "being different from everyone else just made me a lot stronger."
Drake also attended Vaughan Road Academy, designed for students with outside commitments in the arts and athletics, where his classmates included actor Ellen Page. He dropped out of school to pursue his acting career and only graduated high school in 2012.
In 2001, Drake started acting after the father of one of his friends, and the 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.
He starred on Degrassi for seven years (2001-2009), earning a Young Artist Award in 2002 for best ensemble in a TV series, among other honors. The show quickly developed a devoted cult following, propelling him to celebrity status in Canada, even while he remained relatively anonymous in the United States.
While on Degrassi, Drake landed small roles in other Canadian television series, such as Blue Murder (2001) and Soul Food (2002). His interest in pursuing a music career grew exponentially, from writing lyrics and recording in a makeshift studio in his basement to pulling all-nighters and barely making it on time to the set of the teen drama. He was a member of a short-lived group called The Renaissance, which included future Grammy Award-winning Canadian R&B singer Melanie Fiona. Afterwards, he uploaded his songs to MySpace and leveraged social media while he began recording with figures in Toronto’s hip-hop scene.
He released his first mixtape, Room for Improvement, in 2006, achieving modest sales of approximately 6,000 copies. He followed that with the 2007 release of another mixtape, Comeback Season, on his own October’s Very Own imprint (later to be shortened to OVO).
The single, "Replacement Girl," featured US R&B singer Trey Songz and began to stir the interest of record labels. On the set of the single’s video, he met another young Toronto actor turned musician, Noah "40" Shebib, who became his main musical collaborator. More significantly, the song contained a version of Brisco and Flo Rida’s "Man of the Year," which featured Lil Wayne. Drake decided to leave Wayne’s verses and hook intact while he provided the rest of the lyrics himself. This caught the attention of Jas Prince, son of Rap-A-Lot Records founder James Prince, who decided to play Drake to Lil Wayne himself.
In 2008, after appearing in 100 episodes and seven seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Drake’s character and several others were written out of the show to make way for a new cast. With the exception of small appearances on the CBC TV series The Border (2008) and Being Erica (2009), Drake began to focus primarily on his music career. Early in 2008, he received an unexpected call from Lil Wayne, who asked him to board a flight to Houston that night to join his Carter III tour.
Drake’s breakthrough came in 2009 with the release of the mixtape So Far Gone, with its hit single "Best I Ever Had." His trademark mixture of singing and lyrical rapping and of braggadocio juxtaposed with raw vulnerability won him a large following, and within a few months, he signed with the label Universal Motown Records, which put out So Far Gone as an EP. A bidding war for Drake’s signature followed and in mid-2009 he inked a record deal with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment.
On June 15, 2010, Drake released his first full studio album, Thank Me Later, which debuted at No. 1 on both American and Canadian album charts and was certified platinum. His new persona as the cocksure prince of hip-hop ("Last name ever, first name greatest," he brags on "Forever") seemed to clash with his middle-class Jewish upbringing and former career as a teenage soap star. Thank Me Later sold 447,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. It was certified platinum in Canada and double platinum in the United States.
In November 2011, he released his second studio album, Take Care, which included the songs "Headlines," "Make Me Proud" and "The Motto." The album was universally acclaimed, winning the 2013 Grammy award for the best rap album, among several other honors. Take Care (2011), sold 631,000 copies in its first week of release and went on to be certified double platinum in both Canada and the United States. Take Care featured Drake further developing the atmospheric sound of his music with producer Noah "40" Shebib and featured collaborations with Rihanna, Lil Wayne, and Toronto R&B singer The Weeknd, whose career Drake helped launch through social media.
After the release of Take Care, Drake continued to appear on prominent hip-hop singles by other high-profile artists in 2012 including "Fuckin Problems" by A$AP Rocky and "Poetic Justice" by Kendrick Lamar. Also that year, he and "40" co-founded the record label October’s Very Own (OVO), named for Drake’s October birthday; and he returned to acting with a voice role in Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012).
In February 2013, Drake released "Started From the Bottom," the lead single from his third album, Nothing Was the Same (2013). The song peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was nominated for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 2014 Grammy Awards. "Started From the Bottom" has been certified as a platinum digital download in Canada and double platinum in the US. Released in August, the album's second single, "Hold On, We're Going Home," peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard's Hot 100 and was named the best song of 2013 by Pitchfork. "Hold On, We’re Going Home" has been certified platinum in Canada and triple platinum in the United States.
Nothing Was the Same was released on 20 September 2013 and sold 658,000 copies in its first week. Like Drake’s previous two albums, Nothing Was the Same debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart. The album features collaborations with Majid Jordan ("Hold On, We're Going Home") and Jay Z ("Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2"). The bonus track, "All Me," included on the album's deluxe edition, features 2 Chainz and Big Sean. Nothing Was the Same drew positive reviews from critics, with many praising Drake's confidence and anthemic writing style.
In 2014, Nothing Was the Same was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize and was nominated for Album of the Year and Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards, winning the latter. It was also nominated for Best Rap Album at the Grammy Awards. In January 2014, Drake hosted Saturday Night Live and was the musical guest. Since its release, Nothing Was the Same has gone platinum in Canada and triple platinum in the United States.
Without any prior promotion, Drake released his fourth album, If You're Reading This It's Too Late, on 13 February 2015. Originally planned as a free mixtape, the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and was streamed on Spotify over 17.3 million times in the first three days, breaking the site’s first-week streaming record. In 2015, the album was nominated for a BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year and a Billboard Music Awards for Top Rap Album. Named the third-best album of the year by Rolling Stone, If You're Reading This It's Too Late was nominated for a 2016 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. It has since been certified platinum in Canada and double platinum in the US.
In July 2014, OVO Sounds announced the title of what was planned to be Drake's fourth album, Views From the 6. A nickname for Toronto coined by rapper Jimmy Prime, "the 6" is considered to be a reference to the number six that appears in Toronto's downtown area codes (416 and 647), and to the six municipalities of Toronto before their amalgamation in 1998. Soon after the album's announcement, "the 6" became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter and quickly became a popular nickname for Toronto. Throughout If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake refers to Toronto as "the 6" including in the tracks "6 God," "6 Man," "You & the 6," and perhaps most famously, in "Know Yourself," which includes the line: "Runnin through the 6 with my woes."
After releasing a pair of mixtapes in 2015, including a collaboration with Future, Drake followed with his fourth studio album, Views, in the spring of 2016. The album was an instant success, debuting at No. 1 and spending 13 non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard charts. Among its hit singles was the sultry "Hotline Bling," which earned the artist Grammy wins for the best rap song and best rap/sung performance in early 2017 (and sparked countless memes due to its memorable video inspired by the artist James Turrell). After the ceremony, he took swipes at the Grammys for shoehorning him into the rap category.
After opening 2018 with the two-song EP Scary Hours, Drake dropped two singles, "Nice For What" and "I'm Upset," in advance of the June release of his fifth studio album, Scorpion. He also unveiled the diss track "Duppy Freestyle," a response to rapper Pusha-T's accusation that he was relying on a ghostwriter for his lyrics.
The June 29 release of Scorpion didn't disappoint, as it featured the artist confirming the rumors of a newborn son on "March 14," and his explanations of why he was dialing back the rancor toward Pusha-T and Meek Mill on "Survival." The album featured contributions from Jay-Z and Future, as well as what was reported to be previously unreleased music from Michael Jackson on the track "Don't Matter to Me."
Scorpion shattered streaming records over its first 24 hours, with the Associated Press reporting totals of 170 million streams on Apple Music and another 132 million on Spotify. The pace continued over the next several days, making Drake the first artist to top 1 billion streams in one week with his studio release.
Drake went on to claim the 2019 Best Rap Song Grammy for "God's Plan," which appeared on both Scorpion and Scary Hours, though the win was somewhat eclipsed by the controversy of being cut off during his acceptance speech, in which he downplayed the importance of being honored at the Grammys.
Drake joined forces with Chris Brown for the Top 5 hit "No Guidance." He then released the EP The Best in the World Pack, featuring the dual singles of "Omertà" and "Money in the Grave," and the compilation album Care Package, consisting of previously unreleased songs from earlier in the decade.
Ahead of the planned arrival of a new album, Drake teamed with Future for the release of "Life is Good" in January 2020, and unveiled a video that combined the tracks "When To Say When" and "Chicago Freestyle" a few weeks later.
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Religion
Drake has claimed to be Jewish, he had a Bar Mitzvah and celebrates most major Jewish holidays with his mother. He acknowledges that God and faith are important to him as well, saying: "One thing I make sure I do is I always talk to the big guy upstairs. I always let him know what my purpose is on that stage. It’s not to further my reputation... I want to make these people happy."
Politics
Drake hasn’t said much about politics except to profess his admiration for America’s last two Democratic presidents. He has said: "One of my favorite pictures I have in my house is of me and Bill [Clinton] and I’m wearing a zebra Supreme jacket and he’s wearing a suit. It’s wild!"
Of Obama, he said: "I hope somebody makes a movie about Obama’s life soon because I could play him. That’s the goal. I watch all the addresses. Any time I see him on TV, I don’t change the channel."
Views
Drake supports various charities. He donated $30,000 to Jamaican Learning Center, $10,000 to Allan Slaight Award to Dixon Hall, $75,000 to the Strawberry Mansion High School, and also other valuable donations.
Drake decided to fly to Miami to give "God’s Plan" the video treatment, and while filming the video at a local Miami high school, Drake took a moment to donate $25,000 to the Miami Senior High School and announced he’d also be donating OVO-designed uniforms.
Destiny James, a student at the University of Miami, was also gifted a $50,000 check from Drake. Next up on his Miami tour, Drake stopped by a homeless shelter to donate another $50,000 to the organization and even passed out $150 Target gift cards for families to shop with. The generous rapper then paid the Sabor Tropical Supermarket in Miami a visit where he paid for customers’ groceries.
Quotations:
"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."
"It’s never too late to realize what you want in your life and it’s never wrong to fight for it."
"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."
Personality
Drake is known for taking time out of his busy schedule to give back. While this story only adds fuel to the ongoing Drake-and-Rihanna rumor mill, the pair posted a picture of themselves in May 2016 visiting a fan who had cancer.
Drake is a Harry Potter fan. He loves the franchise so much, he’s been searching the globe for four years for the first edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. In November 2017, during an interview with Billboard, Drake said of the first-edition book he found on the market for $16,000: "I should get it. My birthday’s coming up. Maybe I’ll buy it for myself as a treat."
Jay-Z, Aaliyah, and Lil Wayne are among Drake’s influences. In an interview with SoulCulture TV, he stated that Aaliyah has had the biggest influence on his career.
Physical Characteristics:
Drake has a height of 5 ft 11½ in or 182 cm, and a weight of 82 kg or 181 pounds. He has black hair and dark brown eyes.
Quotes from others about the person
Drake is like the nicest dude I’ve ever spoken to. I mean I’ve only like texted him, but he’s so nice. Like, he does not need to be nice. You know what I mean? He’s at a level of his life where he doesn’t need to be nice, but he is. You know?" - Billie Eilish
"I love him. I met him in Australia and he’s honestly a great friend and a great role model." - Millie Bobby Brown
Interests
Politicians
Barack Obama
Writers
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones by Quincy Jones, The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Artists
Andy Warhol, Takashi Murakami
Sport & Clubs
UFC, hockey, skating, basketball, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors
Athletes
Conor McGregor
Music & Bands
Jay-Z, Aaliyah, N.E.R.D, Adele, Pharell Williams, Lil Wayne
Connections
Drake has been romantically linked with a number of women from the entertainment industry. However, he is most known for his on-and-off relationship with the Barbadian singer Rihanna. They first met in 2005, following which he had a crush on her. They later became close and worked together a number of times. However, they apparently broke up after Rihanna rekindled her relationship with Chris Brown.
He started dating singer, Jennifer Lopez, in late 2016. They often post pictures together on their respective social media accounts, however, it has been reported that his attempts at getting Rihanna back have affected his relationship with Lopez.
In January 2017, he hooked up with French artist, Sophie Brussaux (aka Rosee Divine). In October 2017, his child Adonis with Sophie was born. He revealed his child Adonis in the song titled Emotionless.