Education
He attended Turner Fenton Secondary School for three years before switching to Saint Augustine for his final year of high school.
He attended Turner Fenton Secondary School for three years before switching to Saint Augustine for his final year of high school.
Before his music career took off, he was often recognized for his commitment and talent in Football. The origin of his name comes from a youth that lived in the same building as him from Brampton giving "Roy" his name after his previous one, Wood$ took a survey throughout his high school and Roy Wood$ seemed to be the winning ticket when he asked his peers. In an October 2014 interview with HotNewHipHop, he said some of his biggest influences are Michael Jackson, Drake, Nelly, The Weeknd and PartyNextDoor.
He is signed to OVO Sound, the record label co-founded by rapper Drake, producer Noah "40" Shebib and Oliver El-Khatib.
2014–present: Exis and Waking At Dawn
On July 11, 2015, Drake premiered the first song "Drama" from Woods" European Parliament Exis on Apple"s Beats 1 radio during the first OVO Sound radio show, the track also features Woods" label boss. Two weeks later on July 25, 2015, a second song titled "Get You Good" was premiered on the second episode of the OVO Sound radio show.
On July 31, 2015, Woods released his debut European Parliament Exis, digitally through OVO Sound, the record label co-founded by rapper Drake. In 2016, Woods announced that his new project, Waking At Dawn, will be dropping soon via Twitter.
