The year is not over yet, but Drake is already reaping the fruits of their hard work. It was mid-June when it launched its official debut after a week, the album, said sales have almost reached the half a million in the United States. It is undeniable that Drake has reinvented hip-hop, and pure talent, has proven itself in the music scene.
Learn more about its achievements and its success has led us to know him a little better. Aubrey Drake Graham was born on October 24, 1986 in Ontario, Canada. He began his career in the entertainment industry as an actor in 2001, playing a physically disabled “Jimmy Brooks” on a popular Canadian television show, Degrassi: The Next Generation. He also appeared in film television movie Degrassi Spring Break in 2008 and played a video game character “Jace Strattor” Gears of War 3 in 2010.
Graham’s musical career began with the release of his first mixtape entitled margin improvement in 2006. It was followed by another mixtape titled comeback season in 2007. The latter produced the single “Replacement Girl” with Alejandro Sanz, the video was presented on BET as “the new joint a day.” The mixtape also contains the remix song “Man of the Year” with Lil Wayne. A year after the release of his second mixtape, Graham was invited to Houston to tour with Prince and Lil Wayne Jas. During this time, and Wayne Graham recorded a couple of songs like “Ransom,” “I want this forever” and “Brand New”.
February last year when Graham published So Far Gone, his third official mixtape which received over 2,000 downloads in the first two hours of its release. The success of two singles from the mixtape “Best I Ever Had” and “success” of the original EP with six songs called So Far Gone as “The Hottest Mixtape of 2009.” And in June the same year, he signed a record deal with Young Money Entertainment, while their singles are dominating the music charts here and abroad. It was September 2009 when Graham launched the seventh track from the original mixtape. It has led to album sales to nearly half a million in the United States and has won Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards in April 2010.
Official debut album Thank Me Later Drake was released in June 2010. Before that, singles from the album, “More”, “Find Your Love” and “Miss Me” was released in the spring, with the second single to become the most successful. The album was finished, he said collaborations with artists such as Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj, TI and Lil Wayne. Thank Me Later has reached over 440,000 records in its first week, becoming the most records of any hip hop artist in a week.
After the release of his album, Drake fans still in their concerts, performances and awards night on television. And in “Better Than Good Enough”, a documentary about him, Aubrey Drake Graham opens especially poor health of his mother for his training sessions with her vocal coach. The documentary captured the most important moment of his life was thus seen by his fans and listeners.
The continued success of Drake has taken the country by storm. Indeed, with his talent than the game of hip-hop to where it should be, this young artist is the next big thing in hip-hop music and is much more wonderful to us in the coming years.