Aubrey Drake Biography
Aubrey Drake was born Aubrey Drake Graham is a dual American and Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. Drake initially gained recognition as an actor on the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation in the early 2000s and progressed by pursuing a career in music. He departed the series Degrassi in 2007 following the release of his debut mixtape, Room for Improvement. He released two further independent projects, Comeback Season and So Far Gone, before signing to Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment on June 2009.
Aubrey Drake Graham Age | Birthday
Drake was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is 32 years old in 2018.
Aubrey Drake Graham Height
Drake is 1.82 m in height
Aubrey Drake Graham Net Worth
Drake’s net worth is estimated to be $140 million as of 2019; making him one of the richest rappers in the world, signed under Young Money Entertainment. Aside from being a musician, Drake is also an entrepreneur, he owns a Boeing 767 airplane. To add to that, he also owns a property in Toronto, which was built from the ground-up in 2017, and a Toronto condo adjacent to the CN Tower. Drake additionally has also done several endorsements for various companies like Burger King, Whataburger, and Sprite.
Aubrey Drake Graham Parents |Mom|Father
Drake’s father, Dennis Graham, is an African-American Catholic. He was a drummer for the legendary rock’n’ roll star Jerry Lee Lewis. His mother is a white Canadian Jew. Drake’s mother, Sandra “Sandi” Graham, is an Ashkenazi Jewish Canadian who worked as an English teacher and florist. Drake’s parents met after Dennis performed at Clue Bluenote in Toronto, where he first interacted with Sandra, who was in attendance. His parents later divorced when he was five years old, and he was raised by his mother in Forest Hill, an affluent and predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Toronto.
Aubrey Drake Graham Son
Drake is a father to a son named Adonis, who was born on October 11, 2017, to a French artist and former adult actress called Sophie Brussaux. Brussaux’s pregnancy was the subject of several rumors after featuring in a TMZ article in early 2017 before Adonis was mentioned by name during Drake’s highly publicized feud with Pusha T. Drake eventually confirmed his fatherhood on the album Scorpion in 2018.
Aubrey Drake Graham Relationships
Drake had an on-off relationship with Rihanna, whom he began dating in 2009. In 2016 and 2017, he dated pop star, Jennifer Lopez. In 2018, it was revealed he had a son with Sophie Brussaux. He has also dated tennis icon Serena Williams.
Aubrey Drake Graham Movies |Degrassi
Drake was starting his career at age 15. Eager to begin as an actor, his high school friend introduced Drake to his father who was an acting agent. The agent found Drake a role on the Canadian teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation. Drake’s role in the film Degrassi was of Jimmy Brooks, a basketball star who became physically disabled after he was shot by a classmate. When asked about his early acting career, Drake replied, “My mother was very sick. We were very poor like broke. The only money I had coming in was off of Canadian TV”. He would continue to appear on the show until 2007, returning for several appearances until his character graduated from school. Drake appeared in a total of 145 episodes.
Aubrey Drake Graham Book
Drake’s book is titled Far from Over: The Music and Life of Drake. In Far From Over, award-winning writer and hip hop expert Dalton Higgins expounds on the life of Aubrey Drake Graham, whose path to stardom was filled with ups and downs. Drake is one of the most talked-about hip hop artists today. But, in order to truly understand him, you must first understand where he came from. Drake: An Unauthorized Biography explores Drake’s upbringing, his television career, and details his breakthrough into the music industry.
Drake New Album: Scorpion
Drake’s new album was released on June 2018. In the same month, 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. His new album 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.”
Scorpion also 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.”. What’s more, the album break 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.
Aubrey Drake Graham Influences
Drake has cited several hip hop artists who have influenced his musical career including rappers Jay Z, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne. He also pays attribute to various R&B artists as influential to the incorporation of the genre into his own music such as Aaliyah, and Usher. Drake has also credited several dancehall artists for later influencing his Caribbean-inflected style, which he’s frequently used in his songs -including Vybz Kartel, whom he has referred to as one of his “biggest inspirations”.
Drake Instagram account
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Aubrey Drake Graham Charity Work
Drake gives money to tons of charities, but the charity he supports the most is the THORN organization. THORN was founded by Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore in 2010 in Los Angeles, California. The purpose of the organization is to put an end to modern-day slavery and punish perpetrators and free the innocent victims involved in this crime.
- April 2010: Drake Donates $30,000 to Jamaican Learning Center. He donated $30,000 to build computer schools for the kids,
- August 2011: Drake Gives $10,000 Allan Slaight Award to Dixon Hall Toronto. Drake was honored with the 2nd annual Allan Slaight Award, for which he was awarded a $10,000 honorarium. He then decided to gift his award money to Dixon Hall which is a charity dedicated to providing opportunities for individuals living in low-income neighborhoods in Toronto.
- December 2013: Drake Donates Money to Union Gospel Mission of Portland. While in Portland, Oregon, for his Would You Like a Tour run, Drake reportedly paid a visit to the Union Gospel Mission of Portland organization. Drake saw how packed the shelter was and felt compelled to donate money to help improve the organization.
- September 2013: Drake and The Game Join Forces to Help Ohio Mother Who Lost Her Family. After hearing news of Anna’s tragic loss, Game teamed up with Drake to donate $10,000 each to help cover the funeral costs and provide Anna with her own personal vehicle.
- June 2014: Drake Kicks Off Inaugural Houston Appreciation Weekend. For the first annual HAW, Drake lined up a basketball game featuring his celebrity friends and Houston natives Kirko Bangz and Dez Bryant as well as Houston Rockets’ point guard James Harden. Proceeds from the ticket sales benefited charities hand-selected by Drake, including the Houston Food Bank, Interfaith Ministries, Keep Houston Beautiful and the T.J. Ford Foundation.
- July 2015: Houston Appreciation Weekend Celebrity Softball Game. After a successful inaugural Houston Appreciation Weekend in 2014, Drake returned with the second installment, this time creating a softball tournament for fans to enjoy. Drizzy teamed up with celebrities like Hannibal Buress, Odell Beckham Jr. and Jas Prince for the softball game, with proceeds benefiting the Houston Astros’ Urban Youth Academy which is an organization dedicated to providing free baseball and softball camps and training programs to children ages 7-17.
- In August 2017, Drake Joins Celebrities in Donating to Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts. Drake took to his socials to encourage the Hurricane Harvey victims to remain strong and announced his donation of $200,000 to his friend and Houston Texans wide receiver J.J Watts’ relief fund.
- February 2018: Drake Heads on a Good Samaritan Spree in Miami. 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 by the rapper. 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.
Aubrey Drake Graham More Life Songs
1.Free Smoke
2.No Long Talk
3. Passionfruit
4. Jorja Interlude
5. Get It Together
6. Madiba Riddim
7. Blem
8.4422
9. Gyalchester
10. Skepta Interlude
11.Portland
12.Sacrifices
13.Nothings Into Somethings
14.Teenage Fever
15. KMT
16.Lose You
17.Can’t Have Everything
18.Glow
19.Since Way Back
20.Fake Love – Album Version (Explicit)
21.Ice Melts
22. Do Not Disturb
Aubrey Drake Discography
Studio albums
- Thank Me Later (2010)
- Take Care (2011)
- Nothing Was the Same (2013)
- Views (2016)
- Scorpion (2018)
Aubrey Drake Graham Fims| Television Appearances
- 2017 The Carter Effect Himself Documentary, also the executive producer
- 2014 Think Like a Man Too Himself
- 2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Ron Burgundy fan
- 2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Ethan
- 2011 Breakaway
- 2008 Mookie’s Law Chet Walters
- 2007 Charlie Bartlett A/V Jones
Television
2001–2007 Degrassi: The Next Generation Jimmy Brooks 145 episodes
2019 Euphoria Executive producer
2019 Top Boy Executive producer
2018 The Shop Himself
2016 Saturday Night Live Himself (host/musical guest)
2002 Soul Food Fredrick
2014 Saturday Night Live Himself (host/musical guest)
2002 Conviction Teen Fish Television movie
2005 Instant Star Himself
2008 The Border PFC Gordon Harvey
2009 Being Erica Ken
2009 Sophie Ken
Beyond the Break Himself(2009)
2010 When I Was 17 Himself
Drake Twitter account
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