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Drake - Aubrey Drake Graham

Many know the name Drake. Some may not. Drake the singer that is. Not Drake from the show Drake and Josh. Aubrey Drake Graham is know by Drizzy Drake as his stage name. Although, many do not know about his childhood/background, how he got recognized, and his fame as of now.

As a child drake had a what one can call "rough" life. His mother's name was Sandi Graham and his father was Dennis Graham. Drake's father is an African American from Memphis, Tennessee, and Drake's mother is a Jewish Canadian. Little known fact, Drake attended a Jewish School.  His parents divorced when he was five years old, and he was raised by his mother in Toronto; he lived on Weston Road.They later moved to Forest Hill when he was in 6th grade. Another little known fact, Drake's mother found themselves a half home. Yes a half home. The bottom half of a house belonged to them and the top half belonged to the other people. Drake explains, "I lived in the basement, my mom lived on the first floor. It was not big, it was not luxurious. It was what we could afford."

At the age of 15, Drake had a friend with a father who was an agent. He got him a role on the Canadian TV show Degrassi: The Next Generation as Jimmy Brooks. That would be only the beginning for him. The money made from the TV show was the only movie available because his mother was sick causing them to poor. Drake claims, "A season of Canadian television is under a teacher’s salary." How he got discovered? Well, he was on Degrassi for years but Degrassi had nothing to do with forming his rap career, then he finally left the show. Although,  he said he always loved music. He was just to shy to rap because he didn't know if he was any good so he used to record himself and then he had a friend that was a girl listen to his song but he would lie to her that it was one of his other friends rapping just to see what she thought of it, and she thought it was good. Then he formed a rap group and he was actually performing in the same building as Rihanna (Pop Singer) while she was making her first music video. His rap group kicked him out of his own group because they thought he wasn't a good rapper so he just kept rapping on his own and made independent mixtapes and got noticed by a lot of people in Toronto then he eventually got noticed by people like Lil Wayne(Famous Rapper). His passion for rapping was as strong as a mouse to cheese. Some may call it a burning passion, but others call it love for the music.
Drake has a fairly recent CD out as of now called "Take Care." Personally, I love that CD! I love all the songs on the CD! Yes, EVERY song. On most albums I only like a few songs, but this CD is amazing! "Take Care" is his most successful to date, topping charts in the United States and Canada. The singles on the CD have all landed a spot on Billboard  Hot 100. Additionally his first CD, "Best I Ever Had," is his first greatest track to land. The song "Best I Ever Had" smashed the Billboard's at number one out of 200!
To conclude, Drake the singer, has made himself a huge star even when others pushed him to the curve. He strived for what he believed for and reached success at the end of the road. Without his father, raised by his mother, he accomplishes his dreams.