Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper and singer.[6] Gaining recognition by starring in the hit teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–2007), Drake released his debut mixtape Room for Improvement in 2006; pursuing a career in music, he released the mixtapes Comeback Season (2007) and So Far Gone (2009) before signing with Young Money Entertainment.

Drake released his debut studio album Thank Me Later in 2010, which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. He went on to achieve critical success with Take Care (2011), Nothing Was the Same (2013) and his first commercial mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015). Drake's fourth album Views (2016) sat atop the Billboard 200 for 13 nonconsecutive weeks, becoming the first album by a male solo artist to do so in over a decade. Marketed as a playlist, Drake's second solo commercial mixtape More Life (2017) set multiple streaming records and received critical appraisal.[11] In 2018, he released the double album Scorpion, which produced three number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Departing Young Money in 2018, Drake's third commercial mixtape Dark Lane Demo Tapes was released in 2020, and featured the Hot 100 number-one lead single "Toosie Slide". In 2021, the EP Scary Hours 2 included the number one single "What's Next" and set chart records. It preceded his sixth studio album, Certified Lover Boy (2021).