Drake
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1986-10-24
- Place of birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986), known professionally as Drake, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. An influential figure in contemporary popular music, Drake has been credited with popularizing singing and R&B sensibilities in hip hop artists. Gaining recognition by starring as Jimmy Brooks in the CTV teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–08), he pursued a recording career in 2006, releasing his debut mixtape Room for Improvement in February of that year. He followed up with the mixtapes Comeback Season (2007) and So Far Gone (2009) before signing with Young Money Entertainment. Known for frequent accompanying releases to his albums, Drake achieved critical and commercial success with the mixtapes If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015) and More Life (2017). As an entrepreneur, Drake founded the OVO Sound record label with longtime collaborator 40 in 2012. In 2013, Drake became the "global ambassador" of the Toronto Raptors, joining their executive committee and later obtaining naming rights to their practice facility OVO Athletic Centre. Among the world's best-selling music artists, with over 170 million records sold, Drake is ranked as the highest-certified digital singles artist in the United States by the RIAA. He has won five Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, a record 34 Billboard Music Awards, two Brit Awards, and three Juno Awards. Drake has achieved 13 number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 (14 counting "Sicko Mode") and holds further Hot 100 records, including the most top 10 singles (76), and the most charted songs (321), From 2018 to 2023, he held the record for the most simultaneously charted songs in one week (27), the most Hot 100 debuts in one week (22); and held the most continuous time on the Hot 100 (431 weeks). He additionally has the most number-one singles on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Rap Songs, and Rhythmic Airplay charts.
Works in catalog 116
Dark Frequencies
VHS Summer Camp
Razor Blade Smile: Vampires Forever
Rufus
SICK
Vampires Forever
Catfish
Daylight to Dark
House of Spoils - Il sapore del male
Scarytales And Deadtime Stories
Thin Walls
Breed
Fetal Position
Scalper
Catching Spirits
Dracula Unearthed
Even the Devil Believes in Inflation
Mantra
Another Found Footage Film
Camp Summerstar
Mandrake
Pedwar
The Darkness
Tooth Fairy: The Last Extraction
When I Consume You
Alien Outbreak
Another Cabin Massacre
Hatchet County
Ravage - La caccia è aperta
The Circle
Anguish
Blue Blood
Eden
The Siren
Nightcap
Termination
The Supernatural
All the Creatures Were Stirring
Incredible Violence
Phaedra
Prudence Drive
The Three Crow Boys
Alpha Delta Zatan
Paranoia
What Metal Girls Are Into
Fear, Inc.
They Look Like People
Backtrack
Jezebeth 2 Hour of the Gun
Makeover
After the Dead
The House on the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Time Lapse
A Monsterous Holiday
Truth or Dare
Wasteland
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
CandyMan
Jezebeth
The Gamers: Curse of the Cart
Blood Red Moon
Megaconda
Necrosis
The Killing of Jacob Marr
The Maze
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
The Cook
Zombie Strippers
Degrassi of the Dead
Lycan Colony
Alchemy
Black Woods
And We Become Weightless
Dark Asylum - Il trucidatore
The Spiral Staircase
Possessed
Sanctimony
Paranoia
Darkman II - Il ritorno di Durant
Rumpelstiltskin
Dr. Giggles
Dying Time
Midnight Cabaret
Blood Hook
What's Love
Blackout
Razorback - Oltre l'urlo del demonio
Lo spaventapasseri
Lo squartatore di Los Angeles
Crackle of Death
The Keeper
Red
Track of the Moon Beast
Kill Two Birds
Visit From a Dead Man
Lo spettro di Edgar Allan Poe
Police Headquarters
Tight as a Drum
L'ombra di Jennifer
Savage Abduction
The Screaming Woman
Willard e i topi
Sapore di donna
Omicidio per vocazione
House of the Black Death
I Bury the Living - Seppellisco i vivi
Thark
The Cyclops
Assalto alla Terra
Destinazione... Terra!
Strangler of the Swamp
The Face of Marble
Il Raggio Invisibile
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