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“Kiki Do You Love Me” – anyone who is aware of pop culture and world music trends must have danced along with this tune when it was released. This verse got immensely popular on social media, especially in reels and TikTok. Well, this is a verse from Drake’s track “In My Feelings”. Just like this track, the Canadian Rapper has various tracks under his belt which became huge hits in the audience. In his 17-year-long music career, the rapper has sold millions of records and won countless awards, including prestigious Grammy records. With his millions of fan following around the world, he has arguably won the title of one of the best rappers ever to grace the music scene. So let’s gather all the important details of the artist’s life.
Drake Age and Height:
The renowned rapper was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Canada. According to reports, he stands 1.83 meters tall and weighs around 80 kilograms, giving him a strong physical appearance. The rapper, originally named Aubrey Drake Graham is 36 years old.
Drake Family and Early Life:
The family of this world-famous rapper’s parents divorced when he was just five years old. He was then raised by his mother and grandmother in Toronto. In his childhood, he attended a Jewish day school and followed Jewish culture. His mother, Sandra Graham, is from Canada, and his father, Dennis Graham, is from the United States which is why the rapper has both the citizenships of two countries. He has a sibling named Raemaiah.
According to the rapper himself, this had a huge influence on his musical career. He started performing at a very young age and first gained fame as an actor on the TV teenage drama series “Degrassi: The Next Generation”. Then he went on to have a successful and influential international music career. Now the rapper is a proud father to his baby boy Adonis Graham.
Drake Net Worth:
The artist has been in the music scene for several years which brought him a sizable amount of popularity and a considerable amount of net worth. Apart from the music, the rapper owns a clothing line, and a spirits business along with him being the brand ambassador for the Toronto Raptors. He has also appeared in advertisements for Apple and Nike. With being a household name all over the world, the artist’s estimated net worth is around $380 million. This huge fortune was built from his career in music, films, and television. He has also made known investments several times.
Drake Best Songs & albums:
The rapper’s music career first saw its biggest hit in 2009 when he released his mixtape, “So Far Gone” which had his first hit single, “Best I Ever Had.” This started a war between labels and Drake ultimately signed with Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment, and later that year the label put out the mixtape as an E.P. Then in 2010, his first full-length studio album, “Thank Me Later” gave the rapper his international status. Then in 2011, the artist released “Take Care” which won the Juno Award for “rap recording of the Year” and the prestigious Grammy Award for “best rap album.”
His next studio album is named, “Nothing Was the Same” and was released in 2013 and had collaborations with Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj. Then he continued his musical journey and released “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” in 2015, which was a surprise 17-track mixtape. It was praised by critics for the heartfelt and emotional tracks styled with brand new, and more intimate music. Later in 2015, Drake released another joint mixtape with Future, named “What a Time to be Alive” which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200. Drake’s fourth studio album is titled “Views” which was released in 2016. This album included world-famous singles “One Dance” and “Hotline Bling.” While “One Dance” became the most-streamed track on Spotify that year, another single “Hotline Bling” gained the rapper two Grammys for “best rap song” and “best rap performance.”
In 2017, Drake released “More Life”, but he did not submit that as a Grammy consideration. This record was a playlist according to the rapper and featured different sounds from all over the world. In 2018, Drake released his fifth studio album “Scorpion” which featured another hit single, “God’s Plan.” Drake also won a Grammy in 2019 for the single in the category of the “best rap song”. As his sixth studio album, Drake released “Certified Lover Boy” in 2021, which was followed by a surprise release “Honestly, Nevermind” in 2022.
Drake and Grammys
In his long musical career, the rapper has gotten nominations for a total of 51 awards. So far, the artist has gotten only 5 Grammys as of 2023. The rapper did not have a smooth relationship with the Awards and the world saw a live example when his acceptance speech was cut short from live telecast in 2019, after he criticized the awards.
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