By: Vanessa Santarossa Teacher: Mr. Spinelli Date: 10/03/15

Drake’s Biography  Born October  Lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada  Parents divorced when he was 5 years old  Went to Forest Hill Collegiate Institute and Vaughan Road Academy  He did not graduate until October of 2012  got his first role as a junior high schooler named Jimmy Brooks on teen drama TV series "Degrassi: The Next Generation".  Also acted in:  Soul Food  Conviction  Best Friend's Date  The Borders  Sophie  Being Erica

History  Accomplishments  Getting 170 nominations and winning 32 of them  Becoming a actor  Making it to the top of the industry by the age of 27

Interesting facts  Rap-A-Lot founder J. Prince’s son, Jas Prince, found Drake’s music on MySpace and sent it to Lil Wayne.  Drake used Marvin Gaye’s ‘Here, My Dear’ album as a guide for ‘Nothing Was the Same.’  When he started his career, he set a goal to make $25 million by the age of and he did  Toronto is divided into six municipalities, which inspired his new album title. Hence why Drake has been recently referring to Toronto as “the 6” and why his next album is tentatively titled ‘Views From the 6.’

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Goals and Aspirations  set a goal to make $25 million by the age of 25  To play president Obama in a movie  next goal making $250-million before 30  He aspirations to be Marvin Gaye in the back of his head

Contributions Toward Society  His career helps others and contributes to society in many ways.  He shows that you don't need to be the smartest person out there to be successful  if you follow your heart, you'll most likely be successful  puts his personal life into his music to show that just because he has fame and money he’s just like the rest of us

Summation  Set goals and accomplished them  Determined to finish things  Puts his personal life into music to relate to us his fans