Drake, born Aubrey Drake Graham, is a multi-award winning, multi-platinum actor and recording artist. He first found fame as an actor on the television show “Degrassi: The Next Generation.” But he is such a recording artist with a talent for fusing Hip hop and R&B music that Drake is really starting to make his mark on him. Drake’s songs and classic Drake music videos such as “Best I Ever Had” and “Forever” featuring hip hop superstars Eminem, Kanye West and Lil Wayne have been played in constant rotation on MTV and its partner networks. , which makes Drake’s music videos some of the most prominent. popular from 2009-2010.
Drake’s hit song “Best I Ever Had” is labeled by Billboard as the hottest rap album of the year. The video was directed by rap superstar Kanye West and was filmed in Brooklyn, New York.
After releasing a mix tape titled “So Far Gone” which included tracks like “Best I ever Had”, it secured 2,000 downloads within two hours of becoming available. Drake was the subject of a fierce bidding war between most of the major record labels who were desperate to secure his services. Finally, after much deliberation, he signed with Cash Money Records, home to other hip hop artists, Lil Wayne, Birdman, etc. Nominations and success soon followed when Drake’s music video for “Best I Ever Had” was nominated for “Best New Video by a New Artist” by MTV. Watch out for Drake’s hit song “Forever,” the video for which was directed by superstar music video director Hype Williams, was shot in Miami Florida and features all of the aforementioned rap superstars, Eminem, Lil Wayne and Kanye West. Lebron James almost makes a guest appearance at the beginning.
The first official album entitled “Thank Me Later” with some of Drake’s best songs, was released in 2010. It included the already popular hits “Best I Ever Had” and “Forever”, plus more amazing Drake music videos. The first single is titled “Over”. You can also hear more of Drake’s music and watch more videos by checking out his collaborations with hip hop artist Birdman on the tracks “Money To Blow” and “4 My Town.” Also his two collaborations with Trey Songz, “Replacement Girl” and “Successful”, also had great Drake music videos. Drake’s hit song “Replacement Girl” featuring Trey Songz has a video directed by Sterling, who made Drake the first unsigned Canadian artist to have a video on BET.
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