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My Take
To me, Drake is the artist who quietly rewrote hip-hop's emotional rulebook. A Canadian from Toronto conquering the American rap throne is already remarkable, but his real fingerprint is dissolving the line between rapping and singing, a move you now hear everywhere. The shelf of Grammys and an early Canada's Walk of Fame star confirm the impact. I sense his Scorpio intensity and Tiger-year swagger in those confident, sometimes wounded verses. He's a shrewd entrepreneur too, but what interests me is his willingness to make both his bragging and his vulnerability into the same song. That honesty, I think, is his actual superpower.
Overview
Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor. Often referred to as one of the greatest rappers of all time, he is credited with popularizing R&B sensibilities in hip-hop music through rap-singing.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Drake
- Name (Japanese)
- ドレイク
- Reading
- どれいく
- Born
- October 24, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Tiger
- Origin
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- rapper / singer / songwriter / entrepreneur / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
- 2017 Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance
- 2011 Canada's Walk of Fame
- 2017 Grammy Award for Best Rap Song
- 2019 Grammy Award for Best Rap Song
- 2016 American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist
- 2016 American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album
- 2016 American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Song
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Rapper — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.