Tuffclip on Instagram: "Drake, born Aubrey Drake Graham on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, first got known as an actor playing Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation before pivoting fully into music. His early mixtapes (So Far Gone especially) turned him into the face of a new sound that blended R&B melodies with rap, leading to his debut album Thank Me Later (2010) and a run of era-defining projects like Take Care, Nothing Was the Same, Views, and Scorpion. Across those albums he shifted m