Aubrey Drake Graham born October 24, 1986 is a Canadian
rapper, singer, and songwriter. An influential figure in contemporary
popular music, Drake has been credited for popularizing singing and R&B
sensibilities in hip hop. Gaining recognition by starring as Jimmy Brooks
in the CTV teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation
(2001–08), he pursued a career in music releasing his
debut mixtape Room for Improvement in 2006. He followed
this with the mixtapes Comeback Season (2007) and So Far
Gone (2009) before signing with Young Money
Entertainment.Drake's first three albums, Thank Me Later
(2010), Take Care (2011) and Nothing Was
the Same (2013), were all critical successes and
propelled him to the forefront of hip hop.
His fourth album, Views (2016), saw exploration of
dancehall and stood atop the Billboard 200 for 13 non-consecutive weeks,
making it the first album by a male artist to do so in over a decade, and
featured the international hit singles "Hotline Bling" and "One Dance",
which has been credited with popularizing Afrobeats worldwide. In
2018, Drake released the double album Scorpion, which
contained the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "God's Plan", "Nice for
What", and "In My Feelings".