Born into a musical family in Toronto on October 24, 1986, Canadian rapper and
actor Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham), nephew of bassist Larry Graham, attracted the
attention of producers with a series of mixtapes released in 2006. His first
single, "Best I Ever Had", reached No.3 in the US charts, and his debut album,
Thank Me Later(2010), led to a label battle that was won by Lil Wayne's Young
Money. The album topped the US sales charts. The following year, Take Care
renewed the genre between rap pop and R&B, and achieved the same chart results
(No. 1). His third album, Nothing Was ...