Drake: Man Of The Moment

The beginning of Drakes career began in 2001 playing the role of Jimmy Brooks, a character on Degrassi: The Next Generation until the show cast new actors in early 2009. In February 2006, Drake released his first mixtape, room for improvement. It was made available via his website and official MySpace page. From the success of his first mixtape, he later began releasing more, capitalizing from the buzz.
In 2007, he released Comeback Season to much critical acclaim and praise. Which produced a single and a music video for Replacement Girl featuring Trey Songz. It also contained a freestyle over a song with Lil Wayne, a remix of the already popular song "Man of the Year" originally by Brisco and Flo-Rida. Also in 2007, Drake became the first unsigned Canadian rapper to have his music video featured on BET when his first single, "Replacement Girl" was featured as the "New Joint of the Day" on April 30, 2007.

On February 13, 2009, Drake released his third official mixtape, So Far Gone which recieved over 2000 downloads in the first 2 hours of release. On June 29, 2009 it was confirmed Drake signed a record deal with Young Money Entertainment.This followed what Billboard purported to be "one of the biggest bidding wars ever". He plans to release his official debut album, Thank Me Later, in 2010, and has confirmed collaborations with the likes of Kanye West, Jay-Z, Danny! and Lil Wayne which we can't wait for. And did we mention how hot Drake is?!