Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Drake

The next rapper I'm going to talk about it Drake. Drake is originally from Toronto, Ontario. He started getting recognition for being Jimmy Brooks on the T.V. show Degrassi: The Next Generation. Drake also played the voice of the mammoth Ethan on the movie Ice Age: Continental Drift.  He got signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment in 2009. He also is signed with OVOXO. Some of Drake's hit songs are "Best I Ever Had," "Successful," "Over," "Find Your Love," "Headlines," "Take Care," "Make Me Proud," " Started From The Bottom," and "Hold One Were Going Home." In 2006, he self released his first mixtape "Room For Improvement." Some of his other albums are, his EP "So Far Gone," "Thank Me Later," "Take Care," and "Nothing Was The Same." The album "Nothing Was The Same" ranked number one on billboard 200 selling 658,00 in it's first week of release. He has sold over 5 million albums worldwide. He has more number one singles than any other artists on Billboards "Hot Rap Songs" with twelve number one singles. He is has more than any rapper with ten number one singles for Billboard's "Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop Songs chart. Drake has 6 BET Awards, 3 Juno Awards, and 1 Grammy Award. In 2012, he was ranked number 2 on MTV's Hottest MC's in the Game. Drake is one of two artists to hold the Billboard's charts top 3 spots. He has also written songs for other artists like Alicia Keys, Jamie Foxx and Trey Songs. He was influenced by Kanye West, Jay-Z, Aaliyah, and Lil Wayne.

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