Drake Rapper

Aubrey Drake Graham (born day, 1986), United Nations agency records underneath the mononym Drake, could be a Canadian rapper and songster. He was born in provincial capital, Ontario. He 1st garnered recognition for his role as Jimmy Brooks on the TV series Degrassi: following Generation. He later rose to prominence as a rapper, emotional many mix tapes like space for Improvement before linguistic communication to Lil Wayne's Young cash recreation in Gregorian calendar month 2009.

Drake's EP, up to now Gone (2009), spawned the hit single "Best I Ever Had" and therefore the moderate hit "Successful". His 1st studio album conveys Maine Later (2010), debuted at preferred on the sign two hundred and generated notable singles, "Over" and "Find Your Love". It had been certified noble metal by the Recording business Association of America (RIAA). His second album, lookout (2011), is his most undefeated so far, topping charts within the us and North American nation and manufacturing multiple hit singles, together with ‘Headlines’, ‘Take Care’, ‘Make Maine Proud’, ‘The Motto’, and last of that is additionally attributable for popularizing the wide used word form YOLO. In promotion of look out Drake was launched into the worldwide Club Paradise Tour, which became the foremost undefeated hip-hop tour of 2012, grossing over $42 million. His third studio album Nothing Was an equivalent was free on Sep twenty four, 2013. It’s up to now been supported by the singles ‘Started from the Bottom’ and ‘Hold On, We're Going Home’.

Drake has sold-out over five million albums was worldwide. His work has earned by him a Grammy Award, 3 Roman deity Awards, six BET Awards, and set many vital sign records. With twelve number-one singles, Drake has quite the other creative person on Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart. With 10 number-one singles, he additionally has quite the other rapper on Billboard’s Hot R&p Hip-Hop Songs chart, passing Jay-Z in August 2012. He’s one in every song of 2 artists (the alternative being fifty Cents) that has at the same time occupied the chart's high 3 positions.

Drake, alongside being a record producer underneath the anonym C. Papi, has additionally written songs for alternative artists, together with Alicia Keys [Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)], Rita Ora (R.I.P.), Jamie Foxx, Trey Songs. He featured as a voice actor in Ice Age: geological phenomenon because the mammoth Ethan. Drake was tied with Rihanna for the foremost nominations at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. He was hierarchical No. two on MTV's Hottest MCs within the Game VII list in 2012. Drake became the #1 metrical creative person of 2012 supported Media base.