Drake (Real name Aubrey Drake Graham) was born into the family of musicians - his father, Dennis Graham is a drummer. He began his career as an actor in showbiz world. Actually he was known for his role named Jimmy Brooks on Canadian drama Television series "Degrassi: The Next Generation". After being succeeded as actor, he released his first mix tape "Room for Improvement" in February 2006 and started his career as rapper. Drake’s two albums ‘Thank me later’ and ‘Take care’ are still popular in hip hop and pop music world.
Canadian Artist, Drake has an estimated net worth of $25 million. He is the only rapper with pop appeal. It helped this guy to gain fame after his first release on website MySpace in 2006. He worked with many hip hop artists like Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Lil Wayne. The friendly relation with African rapper Lil Wayne helped Drake to gain new heights. He has cracked the Forbes 2010 list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings with $10 million as a newcomer. According to Forbes 2011, Drake has earned $11m in single calendar year.
Young rapper, Drake says he doesn't have any hobbies, but he likes to go to the theatre, listening to music. He has invested his ‘big money’ in some luxurious assets. After the success of the platinum album ‘Take care’, Drake moved to the $9 million bachelor Mansion. He hasn’t bought it. he is spending $45,000 for rent per month. This Giant mansion has massive 7,500 square feet area with 6 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, tennis court, volleyball court, a 5 horse stable and riding arena. He got the two expensive rides like Range Rover and Aston Martin. He also very attentive about his wardrobe and spends too much on it. He also supports many charity organizations. He appeared in many live charity concerts for kind purposes.
Drake is big fan of the intercollegiate athletic squads of the University Of Kentucky (UK) named ‘Kentucky Wildcats’. Due to his friendly relation with Coach John Calipari, he appeared at men’s basketball event at Rupp Arena in October, 2009. Drake has also performed at the live concert for the University of Kentucky. Drake has dated songstress Keshia Chante for five years. He was been with her, since he was 18. They broke up in 2009. Drake says that it is his great pleasure to call Keshia as his Ex-Girlfriend. Drake has also remixed one of his songs which include her name ‘Keshia’. Due to his mother illness, He postponed his entire Europe tour in July, 2010.