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He would call meĪnd we would just rap to each other. Or 17, this dude was like 20 or 22, and he wouldĪlways rap to me over the phone—it was Poverty,

Time with this dude and at the time I was probably 16 “My dad was in jail for two years and he sharedĪ cell with this dude who didn’t really haveĪnyone to speak to. He was raisedīy his mom in a predominantly Jewish neighborhoodĪfter his parents split when he was very young.ĭrake's acceptance of his musical fate came when: Drake was born to anĪfrican-American father with many music associations,Īnd a white, Jewish, Canadian mother. Tracks - all in preparation for his much-anticipatedĭebut LP. Started his journey toward solo hip hop stardom withĪ few hits and multiple appearances on other artist's

Releasing mixtapes ( Room For Improvement andĬomeback Season) through his MySpace page.ĭrake's music eventually made it Lil Wayne which resulted in Drake In 2007, Drakeīefore finishing up his acting role, Drake began The Next Generation (a Canadian teen TV show) when he wasġ3 playing 'Jimmy Brooks' until 2009. Up-and-coming rap star, Drake was an actor. Drake (born Aubrey Drake Graham on October 24, 1986) 1 album, beginning with 2010’s Thank Me Later. Per Billboard, it was the first album to have its tracks reach 1 billion global streams in a week, and it handily beat beerbongs & bentleys by Post Malone for the largest streaming week ever (Post had 431.3 million, Drizzy notched 745.9 million).

Streaming was a major driving force for the success of Scorpion, and it showed in the numbers. The sales success of Scorpion comes at a particularly fascinating time, as it was one of the first albums impacted by a change in Billboard’s sales weighting system which put more of an emphasis on streams from paid services like Apple Music, Tidal, and Spotify Premium as opposed to free ones. According to Billboard, Scorpion moved 732,000 album-equivalent units, setting the high-water mark for 2018 in the process. Drake has been at the forefront the pop culture conversation in the past few months, and the first week sales of Scorpion back up his status as one of the biggest names in music.