Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986), who records as Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing character Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Early life
Aubrey Drake Graham was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of Dennis Graham, a drummer who worked with Jerry Lee Lewis, and Sandi Graham, an educator. Two of his uncles, Larry Graham and Teenie Hodges, are also musicians. Graham’s father is an African American from Memphis, Tennessee, while Graham’s mother is a white Jewish Canadian. Aubrey was raised Jewish. He attended a Jewish day school and had a Bar Mitzvah. His parents divorced when he was five years old, and he was raised by his mother in Toronto’s Forest Hill neighborhood. Graham attended high school at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, where he began acting, but did not graduate. He spent most summers with his father in Memphis.
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