Drake

Hip-hop artist Drake

Drake was born in Canada in 1986, and raised Jewish in a mixed race family. He came to fame playing wheelchair-bound Jimmy Brooks in seven seasons of the popular teen soap Degrassi: The Next Generation. In 2006, Drake began circulating mixtapes of his raps, and signed a record deal in 2009. His hit songs include “Take,” “Back To Back,” “One Dance” and “Controlla.”