Drake began his career in the show business as a teen actor on a popular TV Show Degrassi: the next generation. He quickly translated into rap and became the most successful Canadian rapper and the richest one in the world. He published his work through the Lil Wayne company, young money entertainment.
He was born in Toronto, Canada, as Aubrey Graham in 1986. After his parents divorced when he was five years old, he lived with his mother, while his father moved to Memphis to pursue a music career as a drummer.
Since his Jewish mother, he raised Drake as one too, gave him the Mitzvah bar. The background of race and religion is a constant source of intimidation at school, to the point when he leaves it.
One of his friend’s father was an acting agent and he got a drake audition for Degrassi: the next generation. He got the role of Jimmy Brooks, a secondary school basketball star who was shot by classmates and became physically disability.