I grew up there,' he told Complex in 2011. 'Drake is me in my everyday life, Drake is who I am and Aubrey is more of a separate, sort of proper individual.'ĭrake often shares childhood photos on social has described his teacher mother as 'godlike,' but she became bedridden from various health issues: 'She smoked cigarettes and took her pain meds, deteriorating every day, essentially dying,' Drake recalled to GQ.ĭrake has also described growing up ' very poor, like broke,' despite spending some of his adolescence in the affluent neighborhood Forest Hill. I just really loved the name and I embraced it my whole life,' he told Hip Hop Canada.
My dad is a character so it could be anything.
'I am aware that I am not the first person but I would like to become the first one to be an icon.'ĭrake took his stage name from his middle name, which his father gave him. 'There are a lot of accolades on that side of the family too,' he added. 'On my mom's side, it's a white, Jewish, very structured and conservative family.' And my dad was a drummer for Jerry Lee Lewis,' Drake told Hip Hop Canada in 2006.
My grandmother, who passed away in Memphis, used to babysit Louie Armstrong. His father, Dennis Graham, is a Catholic African American his mother, Sandra, is white and Ashkenazi Jewish Canadian. Drake's father is from Memphis, Tennessee, while his mother is was raised by biracial parents who divorced when he was 5.
