1986
Birth of Aubrey Drake Graham
Aubrey was born October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario, to parents Sandi Graham, an educator, and Dennis Graham, a drummer who worked with Jerry Lee Lewis.
GROWING UP
Bio
Drake's father is an African-American from Memphis, Tennessee, and Drake's mother is a white Jewish Canadian. His parents divorced when he was five years old, and he was raised by his mother in two distinct Toronto neighbourhoods. First they lived on Weston Road in the city's working-class west end, until the sixth grade, when they moved to the affluent Forest Hill.
He's often spoken about being bullied as a child at Jewish school by classmates who couldn't understand his particular makeup of race and religion. Drake then began attending Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, where he began acting, but did not graduate. He later went to Vaughan Road Academy, and graduated in October 2012.
Below on the left Drake's mom is posing in front of his childhood Home in the "Started From The Bottom" Video. To the right an interactive 360 photograph of his childhood home and street.
Cast in Degrassi
2001
Drake lands a role on the Canadian TV show Degrassi: The Next Generation as Jimmy Brooks. On Degrassi, Brooks is a basketball star who becomes physically disabled after he being shot by a classmate. He would continue his acting career on Degrassi: The Next Generation until 2009, when his character graduated from Degrassi.
During this period of time Drake makes his rapping television debut on an epsiode of the show:
"All up on TV, I thought it'd make me richer. Wasn't paying' me enough, I needed somethin' quicker"
- Drake "0 To 100/ The Catch Up" lyrics
2006
Leaving Degrassi in the past Drake fully commits himself to music and releases his first mixtape Room For Improvement, which features Trey Songz as well as producers Pharrell & Boi-1da.
Room for Improvement
2009
Feburary 13th 2009: Drake releases his third official mixtape So Far Gone, following the release of Comeback Season in 2007. This mixtape reaches both online and radio success with hit singles "Best I Ever Had" and "Successful".
2009 proves to be a busy year for Drizzy as he goes on to sign a $2 Million dollar record deal with Young Money/Cash Money Records.
2010
June 15th 2010: Drake’s debut album ‘Thank Me Later’ was released & sold 447,000 copies in it’s first week & debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200.
August 2nd 2010: Welcome to the beginning of Drake's annual OVO (October's Very Own) fest. Drizzy held his first of many OVO fests in Toronto which featured artists such as Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Eminem, and Jay-Z. The festival would go on to feature many more icons over the years.
Also in 2010 Drake tried his hand in fasion and collaborated with outerwear company Canada Goose for a limited edition Chilliwack jacke($900), pictured below:
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2011
November 15th 2011: ‘Take Care’ is released. The album sold 631,000 copies in it’s first week and sold over 2 million copies since it’s release.
14 days later, ‘The Motto’ is released as the album’s third single & creates a new trend amongst teens worldwide with the phrase ‘YOLO’.
2012
Drake embarked on the worldwide Club Paradise Tour, which became the most successful hip-hop tour of 2012, grossing over $42 million.
2013
September 24th 2013: ‘Nothing Was The Same’ was released & sold 658,000 copies in it’s first week.
September 30th 2013: Drake becomes the global ambassador for the ‘Toronto Raptors’ which involves promoting and hosting the 2016 NBA All-Star Game in Toronto. In addition to providing consultation to rebrand and redesign the team's image and clothing line.
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2014
2014: During Game 2 of the NBA playoff bout between the Raptors and the Nets, Drake was caught on camera vigorously lint rolling his pants. So before Game 5, the Raptors responded by handing out 1,200 Drake/OVO-branded lint rollers to fans.
July 2014: Drake hosts The ESPYS on ESPN
July 2014: He also begins a nationwide phenomenon with the announcement of the title of his yet-to-be-released new album: Views from the 6. As six appears in both of downtown Toronto’s area codes (416 and 647) it quickly becomes Toronoto's unofficial nickname, and Drake is soon after dubbed the 6 God.
Views From The 6ix
Explore the GTA like the 6 God himself with this map that points out all the places Drake references in his songs, as well as a few spots Drizzy himself has been known to frequent.
"Somehow always rise above it. Why you think I got my head in the clouds on my last album cover? The game is all mine and I'm mighty possessive."
- Drake "6PM In New York" lyrics
2015
February 12th, 2015: Drake released 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' onto iTunes, with no prior announcement, marking the rapper's fourth platinum album. As of August 11, 2015, the 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' mixtape had sold over 1 million copies, making Drake the first artist with a platinum album in 2015. Featuring tracks '6 Man', '6 God' and 'You & The 6', Drake made it clear he would never forget about his hometown.
July 21st, 2015: The highly publicized feud between Meek Mill and Drake begins after Meek publicly disses Drake on Twitter. Meek accuses the Canadian rapper of using a ghostwriter when writing his lyrics.
On July 27th Drake draws first blood with the release of the Meek Mill diss track 'Charged Up', but Drizzy isn't finished yet. Two days later Drake releases 'Back to Back', where at one point he mocks Meek for being the opening act on girlfriend Nicki Minaj’s Pinkprint Tour:
On July 31st Mill finally drops his own diss-track “Wanna Know”.
The Track was generally ill-recieved and has since been deleted.
September 20th, 2015: Drake released a joint-mixtape with Atlanta rapper Future, titled What a Time to be Alive. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, Billboard R&B Charts, and Billboard Hot Rap Songs, marking the first time a rapper was able to score two number 1's in a year in 11 years, since Jay Z back in 2004.
Oct. 26th, 2015: Drake drops the highly anticipated video for his track 'Hotline Bling'. The video opens to a scene featuring a group of women working in a call center, Drake then dances (by himself and with a partner) and chills on a staircase. Parodies of the video popped up almost instantly, Drake memes were on every social media outlet and once again the 6 God found himself at the centre of the conversation. Not only were people adriming his dance moves, but his style seemed to be turning heads as well. Check out the interactive photo below to embrace your inner Drake:
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"Is that a world tour or your girl’s tour? I know that you gotta be a thug for her. This ain’t what she meant when she told you to open up more.”
- Drake "Back to Back" lyrics
November 4th, 2016: Drake has a new mysterious billboard in his hometown of Toronto, leaving fans to question his next big move.
On Drake's "30 for 30 Freestyle" he proclaimed, "But just know it'll be January in no time", which may have been the biggest tell of all. Hip-hop video website Daily Rap posted a mysterious video on its Twitter page, hinting the Views From The 6 possible release date of Janurary 6, 2016.