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By: Vanessa Santarossa Teacher: Mr. Spinelli Date: 10/03/15

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Drakes Biography Born October 24 1986 Lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Parents divorced when he was 5 years old Went to Forest Hill Collegiate Institute and Vaughan Road Academy He did not graduate until October of 2012 got his first role as a junior high schooler named Jimmy Brooks on teen drama TV series "Degrassi: The Next Generation". Also acted in: Soul Food Conviction Best Friend's Date The Borders Sophie Being Erica

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History Accomplishments Getting 170 nominations and winning 32 of them Becoming a actor Making it to the top of the industry by the age of 27

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Interesting facts Rap-A-Lot founder J. Princes son, Jas Prince, found Drakes music on MySpace and sent it to Lil Wayne. Drake used Marvin Gayes Here, My Dear album as a guide for Nothing Was the Same. When he started his career, he set a goal to make $25 million by the age of 25 -- and he did Toronto is divided into six municipalities, which inspired his new album title. Hence why Drake has been recently referring to Toronto as the 6 and why his next album is tentatively titled Views From the 6.

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Goals and Aspirations set a goal to make $25 million by the age of 25 To play president Obama in a movie next goal making $250-million before 30 He aspirations to be Marvin Gaye in the back of his head

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Contributions Toward Society His career helps others and contributes to society in many ways. He shows that you don't need to be the smartest person out there to be successful if you follow your heart, you'll most likely be successful puts his personal life into his music to show that just because he has fame and money hes just like the rest of us

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Summation Set goals and accomplished them Determined to finish things Puts his personal life into music to relate to us his fans