Drake also appeared in The Carter Effect documentary, honoring the basketball career of Vince Carter, who was the first superstar player to play for the Toronto Raptors since the franchise's inception in After rumors circulated of Drake possibly collaborating with various artists, including rapper Trippie Redd and producer Pi'erre Bourne, for his new studio album, multiple snippets of songs were leaked near the closing end of Two songs would later be released as members of a mini EP, titled Scary Hours, on January 20, , marking Drake's first solo release since More Life, as well as his first appearance on any song after featuring on a remix of the Jay-Z song "Family Feud" with Lil Wayne , as the lead single of the latter's Dedication 6: Reloaded mixtape.
Scary Hours featured the songs "Diplomatic Immunity" and "God's Plan", which both debuted within the top-ten, with the latter eventually breaking various streaming records as it debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot The song was Drake's first song as a solo artist to reach number one, as well as his second chart topper as a lead artist.
Drake earned his 70th top 40 entry after featuring on the Migos song "Walk It Talk It", which debuted at number eighteen, and peaked at number ten. The song's entry at number six on the Hot made Drake the rapper with the most top 10 hits on the Hot , with He then featured on a remix to "Lemon", a song originally released as a collaboration between band N. D and Rihanna.
On April 5, Drake announced he was finishing his fifth studio album and he was releasing a single later that night. On April 6, "Nice for What" was released, alongside a music video directed by Karena Evans, which featured several female celebrities. After "Nice For What" replaced his own "God's Plan" on the Billboard Hot at number one, making him the first artist to have a new number-one debut replace their former number-one debut, Drake announced the title of his fifth studio album as Scorpion, with a planned release date of June 29, He then released "I'm Upset" on May 26 as the album's third single.
Scorpion was then released as a double-album, and marked Drake's longest project, with a run-time of just under 90 minutes. The album broke both the one-day global records on Spotify and Apple Music, as it gained It eventually sold , album equivalent units in its first week of sales, and debuted at number one on the Billboard In , articles by The Guardian and Rolling Stone called him "the definitive pop star of his generation" and "perhaps [the] biggest post-Justin Timberlake male pop star of the new millennium", respectively.
The success of "In My Feelings" also made Drake the record holder for most number one hits among rappers. Soon after, he released the music video for "Nonstop", which was filmed in London during his surprise performance at the Wireless Festival. He then appeared on the Travis Scott album Astroworld, featuring uncredited vocals for his song "Sicko Mode", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Drake announced in July that he planned to "take 6 months to a year" to himself to return to television and films, producing the television series Euphoria and Top Boy.
This preceded a collaboration with Bad Bunny titled "Mia", which featured Drake performing in Spanish. During a performance in Edmonton on November 7, Drake announced his intention to begin composing his next project in early During his speech, producers abruptly cut to a commercial break, leading viewers to speculate they were censoring his speech during which he criticized The Recording Academy.
A legal representative for the Academy then released a statement stating "a natural pause [led] the producers [to] assume that he was done and cut to commercial," and added the organization offered him an opportunity to return to stage, but he declined.
On February 14, Drake re-released his third mixtape, So Far Gone, onto streaming services for the first time to commemorate its year anniversary, and later collaborated with Summer Walker on a remix of Walker's song "Girls Need Love", marking his first release of On April 10, during a performance on the Assassination Vacation Tour, he announced he was working on a new album.
On August 2, he released the compilation album Care Package, consisting of songs released between and that were initially unavailable for purchase or commercial streaming; it debuted at number one on the Billboard Drake released the song "War" on December 24, , with an accompanying music video, which was widely noted for its UK drill-inspired instrumental.
The following day, in an interview with Rap Radar, it was revealed that he was in the process of completing his sixth studio album. On January 31, the pair again collaborated on the song "Desires", although it was released for free after being leaked.
On April 3, he released "Toosie Slide" with a music video, which features a dance created in collaboration with social media influencer Toosie. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot , making Drake the first male artist to have three songs debut at number one.
He also announced that his sixth studio album would be released in the summer of The mixtape is a compilation of new songs and tracks that leaked on the internet. It received mixed reviews and debuted at number two on the US Billboard with , album-equivalent units, and at number one on the UK Albums Chart, earning 20, units in its first week.
On July 17, Drake was featured on DJ Khaled's singles "Greece" and "Popstar", debuting at numbers eight and three on the Billboard Hot , respectively, becoming Drake's record-extending 24th and 25th debuts in the Hot 's top It also became his 39th and 40th Hot top ten entries, breaking Madonna's record for most Hot top ten hits.
The music dwells in his blood. His father Dennis Graham was a professional drummer. His mother, Sandy Graham, was an English teacher and belonged to a family that had music in its veins. He still considers himself to be Black because he is most familiar with this culture. They also believe that being Jewish makes them special. He was just five years old. His parents got divorced.
He was admitted to a Jewish school there. His mother used to try to keep him happy all the time by giving him gifts. He was a Jew and therefore lived separately from the people. Gradually they became quite strong from inside. While studying at a Jewish school, a schoolteacher befriended him from the world of entertainment. Around this time, Drake settled another legal matter out of court. He reached an agreement with former girlfriend Ericka Lee over her contributions to the song "Marvin's Room.
He was also sued by Rappin 4-Tay and the estate of the jazz musician Jimmy Smith. A verbal feud with Tyga was one thing, but he also got into a beef with rapper Meek Mill when the latter alleged that Drake was using a ghostwriter for a track they collaborated on.
Drake recorded two diss tracks directly aimed at Mill, "Charged Up" and "Back to Back" in a single week in Personal obstacles never seem to sidetrack Drake for long.
The song "Started From the Bottom," from his critically acclaimed album Nothing Was the Same , reflected his personal struggle for success. After releasing a pair of mixtapes in , including a collaboration with Future, Drake followed with his fourth studio album, Views , in the spring of The album was an instant success, debuting at No.
After the ceremony, he took swipes at the Grammys for shoehorning him into the rap category. As his rap career moves forward, Drake hopes that his unconventional rise to hip-hop fame will continue to be an asset, not a hindrance.
The "fairytale vibe" continued in May when Drake was the big winner at the Billboard Music Awards. He took home 13 awards — including top artist, top male artist, top Billboard album, top Billboard artist and top hot artist — breaking Adele 's record for the artist with the most wins in one year. 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.
The June 29 release of Scorpion 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 shattered streaming records over its first 24 hours, with the Associated Press reporting totals of million streams on Apple Music and another million on Spotify.
Aubrey Drake Graham has established himself as a multi-talented young Canadian, and the entertainment industry has great expectations for him. Sign In. Edit Drake. Showing all 58 items. Often raps and sings about his relationships, with atmospheric production. Often features voicemails on songs e.
Favorite actor is Denzel Washington. Favorite book is the autobiography of Quincy Jones. Drake was raised in his mother's faith. Moved from Toronto in Canada to the United States to pursue a rap career. He's now rapping as a solo rapper, using his middle name Drake. Working on the fourth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation After many of his hits peaking at number 2, he finally scored his first number 1 song on the Billboard Hot as the main artist with his song 'One Dance'.
Justin Timberlake took his spot the next week, but One Dance prevailed and returned to number one and stayed there over 10 weeks.
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