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Aubrey Drake Graham born October 24, is a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor. Gaining recognition by starring as Jimmy Brooks in the CTV teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation — , Drake began his recording career in with the release of his debut mixtape, Room for Improvement His sixth album, Certified Lover Boy , set the then-record 9 for most US top-ten songs from one album with its lead single, " Way 2 Sexy " featuring Future and Young Thug , reaching number one.

In , he released the house -inspired album Honestly, Nevermind and his collaborative album with 21 Savage : Her Loss , the former of which yielded the number-one single " Jimmy Cooks ", while the latter spawned eight simultaneous top-ten songs on the Billboard Hot In , he became the "global ambassador" of the Toronto Raptors , joining their executive committee and later obtaining naming rights to their practice facility OVO Athletic Centre.

In , he began collaborating with Brent Hocking on the bourbon whiskey Virginia Black. Among the world's best-selling music artists , with over million units sold, Drake is ranked as the highest-certified digital singles artist in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA. He has achieved 13 number-one hits on the Billboard Hot , a joint-record for the most number-one singles by a male solo artist tied with Michael Jackson.

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Drake's parents divorced when he was five years old. After the divorce, he and his mother remained in Toronto; his father returned to Memphis, where he was incarcerated for a number of years on drug-related charges. Prior to his arrest, Graham would travel to Toronto and bring Drake to Memphis every summer.