Throughout his career, he delved in a variety of musical genres, including hip-hop, rap, pop and trap.Īside from his career as an actor and musician, Drake is a co-founder of the OVO Sound record label, and he also became a global ambassador for the Toronto Raptors in 2016.ĭrake filed his first trademark application in 2009 for his stage name in association with musical recordings. His following albums and mixtapes had commercial success, with Views sitting at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart for 13 nonconsecutive weeks, More Life breaking numerous streaming records, and many number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 from other albums.
He then decided to pursue a career in music and dropped two mixtapes before signing to Young Money Entertainment in 2009.ĭrake’s first studio album Thank Me Later debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart in 2010.
He is regularly credited for bringing the Toronto sound to mainstream music and is considered one of the best-selling artists of all time, with almost 200 million records sold.ĭrake entered the entertainment industry as an actor in the early 2000s with a role in Degrassi: The Next Generation. Aubrey Drake Graham, known by his stage name Drake, is a Canadian musician, actor and entrepreneur.
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