Biographic - Sunday July 25, 2010 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Aubrey Drake Graham was born in Toronto, Canada, on October 24, 1986. His dad was a drummer who worked with the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, and his uncle played bass with Sly & The Family Stone. His parents divorced when Aubrey was five, and he was raised by his mother in Toronto, although he spent most summers with his father in Memphis, Tennessee. Aubrey began acting while attending high school. He was 14 when he landed the role of High School basketball Star Jimmy Brooks on the Canadian teen tv series "Degrassi: The Next Generation." Aubrey spent seven seasons as a regular on the show, much of that time confined to a wheelchair, after a plotline that had his character paralyzed following a shooting. Other acting credits include the Robert Downey Jr. movie "Charlie Bartlett." Music was always a passion, and Aubrey began writing songs at an early age. He wrote for the likes of Cash Money, Al Green, and Yo Gotti, and in Early 2006, under the name Drake, he released his first mixtape. "Room For Improvement" through his website and MySpace page. The following year, he became the first unsigned Canadian rapper to have a video featured on BET, thanks to his "Replacement Girl" which featured R&B star Trey Songz. In 2008, Lil Wayne heard Drake's music had immediately flew him out to Houston to begin working together. In early 2009. Drake's "So Far Gone" mixtape, which featured the smash-hit track "Best I Ever Had" made him one of the hottest prospects in hip-hop, and it wasn't long before major record labels were fighting for his signature. Drake's debut album, "Thank Me Later" is tipped to be one of the biggest records of 2010 confirming the arrival of a new superstar.

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