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• Full Name: Aubrey Drake Graham
• Date of Birth: October 24, 1986 (age 23)
• Born: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Nationality: Black (Father) & White (Mother)
• Drake is the son of Dennis Graham, a drummer who worked with Jerry Lee Lewis and the nephew of musicians Larry Graham and Teenie Hodges.
• Drake’s parents divorced when he was 5 years old.
• Drake was raised by his mother in Toronto’s wealthy Forest Hill neighborhood but mostly stayed with his father in Memphis, Tennessee during the summer.
• Drake attended high school at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, where he began acting, but did not graduate.

• Drake is mostly known for playing the role of Jimmy Brooks in Degrassi: The Next Generation as a basketball star who became physically disabled after he was shot by a classmate.
• Drake was on Degrassi for 8 seasons from 2001-2009.
• Drake was inspired to become an actor because of Denzel Washington
• Drake has done commercial work for GMC, Sears, M.A.C. and Toys’R'Us.
• Drake likes Jay-Z, N.E.R.D, Pharell, Usher, Kanye West, Frank Sinatra and Al Green.
• Drake is good friends with many of his Degrassi cast-mates, particularly Shane Kippel, who played his best friend Spinner Mason on the show.
• Drake is a fan of the Kentucky Wildcats and a friend to head coach John Calipari.
• Drake was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards without an album even being released.