Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986, Toronto), better known by the mononym Drake, is a Canadian rapper, singer, music producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He first gained recognition as an actor in the teen television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. In 2007, in order to continue pursuing music, he left the project and released his debut mixtape, Room for Improvement. Before signing with Young Money Entertainment, he released two more mixtapes: Comeback Season and So Far Gone.

In 2010 he released his debut studio album titled Thank Me Later, which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart and later received platinum certification. He subsequently released two more studio albums, Take Care and Nothing Was the Same, which received 4x and 3x platinum certification respectively. Later, the album Take Care won at the 55th Grammy Awards in the category Best Rap Album. In 2015, influenced by trap music, he released two mixtapes: If You're Reading This It's Too Late and the collaborative project with Future, What a Time to Be Alive; the former went double platinum. In 2016 the Canadian released his fourth studio album Views, which set several music records. The lead single from the album, One Dance, topped several music charts in various countries around the world, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and others. The album is four times platinum.

Drake is one of the founders of the label OVO Sound. In addition, he has his own clothing line, a channel on Beats 1, and is also a global ambassador for the NBA team Toronto Raptors.