Who is Drake?

Drake is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter, who has emerged as one of the best rappers in recent times. He started his career as an actor in the Canadian TV series ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation’, but soon switched to music, which has been his passion since childhood. He began his musical journey with a number of self-released mixtapes. As he gained popularity, he released an EP titled ‘So Far Gone’. He later went on to release four studio albums, ‘Thank Me Later’, ‘Take Care’, ‘Nothing Was the Same’ and ‘Views’. His songs are marked by his egotistical lyrics, often dealing with his personal experiences and relationships with women. Drake, who had a different childhood than most other rappers of African-American origin, feels irritated at the notion that growing up in a neighborhood with guns and drugs makes his peers more “official”. According to him, his struggles were no less daunting, but he would prefer that people know him by his music and not his upbringing. Following his acting fame, he decided to self-release his debut mixtape, ‘Room for Improvement’. He followed it with another mixtape the next year, ‘Comeback Season’, which contained the single ‘Replacement Girl’ that earned him widespread recognition as a singer for the first time. He founded October’s Very Own label to release the mixtape. Drake rose to fame with his debut studio album ‘Thank Me Later’ which debuted at No.1 on the US ‘Billboard 200’ chart. The album sold 1.83 million copies in the US and received Platinum certification in Canada and US.

 

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