Drake born Aubrey Drake Graham is a multi award winning multi platinum recording artist and actor. He first found fame as an actor in the television programme “Degrassi: The Next Generation”. But it is as a recording artist with a flair for fusing Hip hop and Rnb music that Drake is really beginning to make his mark. Drakes songs and classic Drake music videos such as “Best I Ever Had” and “Forever” featuring Hip hop superstars Eminem, Kanye West and Lil Wayne have been played in constant rotation on MTV and its associated networks making Drakes music videos some of the most popular of 2009-2010. Check out the video below for Drakes hit song "Best I Ever Had" labelled by Billboard as the hottest rap record of the year. The video was directed by rap superstar Kanye West and was shot in Brooklyn New York. After releasing a mix tape entitled “So Far Gone” which featured tracks such as “Best I ever Had” and secured 2,000 downloads in two hours of being made available. Drake was the subject of a fierce bidding war amongst most of the big record labels who were all desperate to secure his services. Eventually after much deliberation he signed with Cash Money Records home to fellow Hip hop artists Lil Wayne, Birdman etc. Nominations and success soon followed as Drakes music video for “Best I Ever Had” was nominated for “Best New Video for a New Artist” by MTV. Check out the video below for Drakes hit song "Forever". The video directed by superstar music video director Hype Williams was shot in Miami Florida and features all the aforementioned rap superstars Eminem, Lil Wayne and Kanye West. Lebron James almost makes a guest appearance at the beginning. Drake’s first official album will be entitled “Thank Me Later” and is scheduled for release sometime in 2010. It is expected to include the already popular hits “Best I Ever Had” and “Forever” plus more amazing smash hit Drake music videos. The first single is entitled “Over” and big things are already expected of this release and the album in general. You can also hear more Drake music and view more Drake music videos by checking out his collaborations with Hip hop artist Birdman on the tracks “Money To Blow” and “4 My Town”. And also his two collaborations with Trey Songz “Replacement Girl” and “Successful” which also spawn two excellent Drake music videos too. Check out the video below for Drakes hit song "Replacement Girl" featuring Trey Songz. The video for this song directed by Sterling made Drake the first unsigned Canadian artist to ever have a video featured on BET.
