Drake Research Paper

During his early years he dropped out of high school and was a drug dealer for some years. He was good friends with Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. They started making songs for their new album that was called “Boyz-N-The Hood”. In 1987 they made another album that was called “Straight Outta Compton” that album

Born in Duncan, Oklahoma, in 1958, Diffie had musical ambitions from a tender age. He has an early memory of his father listening to a record by country music giant George Jones and saying that nobody else could sing like that. “And I thought, ’I can,‘” Diffie recalled. “When I got a little older, I was one of those guys who knew every dad-gum song on the radio and would run people crazy singing them all,” he told Bob Allen

Steven Adam Markowitz, now known as Hoodie Allen was born on August 19th, 1988 and raised in a Jewish household along with his younger brother Daniel*DAMMMMNNNNN DANIEL*, on Long Island, NY. Hoodie attended the Long Island School for the Gifted from Pre-K to the 9th grade, then later attended John F. Kennedy High School, where he played football and then continued his football career at the University of Pennsylvania as a defensive back. After he finished college in 2010 with a degree in marketing and finance he started working at Google as an AdWords associate in their Standardized AdWords Reseller Training program. But while his Music career was taking off he felt like he was working 2 full time jobs and it was becoming very difficult

He starred as Jimmy Brooks, a teenage basketball player who became disabled after being shot by a fellow classmate. "My mother was very sick. We were very poor, like broke. The only money I had coming in was off of Canadian TV, which isn't that much money when you break it down. A season of Canadian television is under a teacher's salary, I'll tell you that much" -Drake (drakedaily.com). Ending his time on Degrassi in 2009, Drake appeared in a total of 138 episodes that aired. After receiving small parts in some movies including Conviction, Ice Age: Continental Drift and Charlie Bernett, Drake then decided to follow his heart and pursue his musical career.

But before that, he was in news too as he was the first rapper to win an amateur night at Harlem's Apollo Theater. Then he started releasing mixtapes. Some of the famous mixtapes which released in that time are ‘Lace Up’, ‘100 Words and Running’, and ‘Rage Pack’. He met with Sean Combs in 2011 and that changed his life.

Tupac Shakur was born on September 17, 1971, in Brooklyn New York. Tupac got into acting early in his life, landing his first role in an acting ensemble when he was 12 years old. Tupac also began writing many poems

Sean "Puffy" Combs has established himself as one of the biggest names in hip-hop (Heal). Combs a Harlem native whose father was killed when he was only 3 years old, rose from the mean streets to the top of the music business (AP wire, March 18). "It is true that he started from scratch, and I don't think that because he was arrested, people will stop buying his albums (AP wire, March 18). Before pursuing his career as a vocalist, Combs was a business-minded Howard University student and an intern at Andre Harrell's Uptown Records. Combs soon became the A&R representative for Uptown. He then began producing for soon to be mega-stars Mary J. Blige, Heavy D., and Jodeci to name a few. After being let go

Drake's new album called “Views” extremely caught my attention. This album had numerous exceptional songs that I could easily relate to. I connected to this album better than some of his other albums that were produced such as “So Far Gone” and “Room For Improvement” because this album had more diversity. For instance, in this album, he put a lot of his thoughts into it but he also put logic. “Views” was the fourth studio album by Drake and was also supported by five billboard singles: "Hotline Bling", "One Dance", "Pop Style", "Controlla" and "Too Good", which are some of my favorite tracks from this album. I absolutely love this album because it shows the struggles that Drake has faced emotionally and it gives us the ability to connect to

From all the facilities I have seen Drake´s are the best in my opinion. They have very comfortable practice rooms and extravagant performance halls. They even have one of the nicest jazz facilities in the state, The Patty and Fred Turner Jazz Center. All of these things would help put me on the path to my ideal career. Receiving the scholarship would help

Music can rock your world, enlighten your mind and change your perspective. When you think of rap music who comes first to mind? Without hesitation, it must be the self acclaimed best rapper alive, Lil Wayne. He alone can make such statements as “My picture should be in the dictionary next to the definition of definition” (Wayne, “Shoot Me Down”). Lil Wayne is a prominent force in the rap world. His debut Album in 1999, Tha Block is Hot went double platinum upon its release and even his lowest selling album is still certified as gold according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Rollingstone Magazine declares “Lil Wayne is one of the most popular — and prolific — recording artists in the world” (Kreps). Top this with

then got him signed to Island Def Jam Recordings.  He then released his first album, and went platinum

But despite what you may think, it wasn’t all good for the Canadian superstar. Yes he grew up in a very privilege neighborhood, but many things tainted his childhood such as the arrests of his father and the divorce of his parents at five years old, forcing him to essentially live two different lives. However, he was able to turn that all around when he got his big break into the small screen when he met with an agent that landed him a role that we’re all familiar with, basketball superstar turned painter turned rapper, Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation… You know Degrassi had a way of just making stuff up that didn’t make any sense. Drake went on to star on Degrassi for the next eight years.

Tupac then joined the rap group, Digital Underground, as a dancer. Shortly before the group received award-winning success, Tupac released his own album, "2Pacalypse Now," which was a great success. His hit single, "Brenda's Got A Baby," sky-rocketed his career. His remarkable talent got him a role in the motion picture "Juice." Eventually he released his second album, "Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z.," which was even a bigger hit and introduced his music to the pop charts.

Biggie was born as Christopher George Latore Wallace on May 21, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York, in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was the son of Valetta Wallace and Selwyn George Latore. Christopher had rough childhood. His father left when Christopher was two years, his mom had to work two jobs so she wasn’t really at home, and he was always surrounded by lots of drug dealers and addicts. As result biggie joined the life that surrounded him.

There is little question that he came from the streets, but this had been a growing comparison among the correlation of hip hop and the crack generation. “Not only did black teenagers in similar situations relate to what Eazy was talking about, but white suburban kids fantasized about being in his situation” (Eriewine).