Aubrey Drake Graham is a Canadian born actor and recording artist.
On the acting side, rapper Drake is best known for playing Jimmy Brooks, the physically disabled basketball player on the hit show, Degrassi. As a rapper, he is known as Drake.
Drake released his first mixtape, Room for Improvement, in 2006. As mixtapes usually are, it was made available via Drake’s website and MySpace page.
It proved to be extremely successful prompting Drake to release his second Mixtape in 2007 called Comeback Season. Again, Drake garnered critical acclaim, to the point where heavy-weight like Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and Jay-Z were all vying for a chance to meet the up-n-comer. Drake ended up partnering with Lil Wayne, rapping to the remix of the already popular song “Man of the Year”.
2008 saw the release of Heartbreak Drake, which lead Drake to release his current mixtape in 2009, So Far Gone which features, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Trey Songs, and Mr. West. Drake has also written for all the top producers such as Dr. Dre and Mr. Cartier.
What is the most appealing about Drake’s success story is that he was able to do all of this without the help of a record label. Now, every label under the sun if vying to sign him for U.S. distribution, including Island Def Jam, Atlantic, Warner/Chappell and Bad Boy Records. He is currently signed to ATF in Canada.
