Drake is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is one of the world’s best-selling music artists, with more than 170 million records sold worldwide. His net worth is estimated at $170 million as of 2020, and is expected to rise to $250 million by 2022. Drake has won numerous awards throughout his career, including three Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, and seven Billboard Music Awards. He is also a member of the hip-hop group Migos, which has an estimated net worth of $600 million.
Drake is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He first gained recognition as an actor on the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation in the early 2000s. Intent on pursuing a career as a rapper, he departed the series in 2007 following the release of his debut mixtape, Room for Improvement. He released two further independent projects, Comeback Season and So Far Gone, before signing to Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment in June 2009.
Drake’s debut studio album Thank Me Later was released in 2010 to commercial success, peaking at number one on the US Billboard 200 and being certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His next two releases, 2011’s Take Care and 2013’s Nothing Was the Same, were critically and commercially successful; the former earned him his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, and the latter his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. In 2015, he released two mixtapes—the trap-influenced If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and a collaboration with Future titled What a Time to Be Alive—both of which earned platinum certification in the United States. Drake released his fourth studio album, Views, in 2016, breaking several chart records in the process. The dancehall-influenced album became the first album to ever receive the diamond certification in Canada.
Drake has won three Juno Awards, six BET Awards, three American Music Awards, and two MTV Video Music Awards. He has also been featured on the Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings and Forbes Canada’s 30 Under 30 lists. In 2017, he founded the OVO Sound record label with long-time collaborator Noah “40” Shebib. Drake has also ventured into acting, with roles in the films Breakaway and Ice Age: Continental Drift.
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Drake has more than 120 Million Followers on Instagram (as of 2022).
