Others may say that Drake's work isn't influential, or that he isn't the most historical artist of our time. Drake is making history as the first artist with tracks debuting at No.1, No.2, and No.3 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts and having two albums spend 400 weeks on the Billboard 200. (NME) This has been the first time in history that this has been done with any artist. This is why Drake is making history as an influential artist, despite what others may say.
Aubrey (Drake) was born on October 24, 1986. Aubrey grew up on Weston Road, which he describes as a very poor part of Toronto. His parents divorced when he was young, and he would visit his father, who was a drummer (The Editors Of Encyclopaedia Britannica). His family was always musically engaged and this inspired him. He started his career off as an actor on Degrassi (The Editors Of Encyclopaedia Britannica). He wasn’t interested much in acting, he was more into music. Graham was given the role as basketball star Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi. Since his actual interest was music,he started rapping while on degrassi which led him to use his middle name as his stage name (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica).
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According to NME.Com, it says "Drake has become the first artist ever to have two albums spend 400 weeks each on the Billboard 200.” (Peters, Daniel.) This has been the only time an artist has had a huge success like this. The significance of this contribution is that Drake is a top-selling artist and has accomplished an achievement that is yet to be broken. He has also made another achievement that is significant to the music industry. The second achievement, according to PEOPLE Magazine, it says, Drake became the first ever artist to have three songs to land a spot on the Billboard Hot 100 after dropping Scary Hours 2 (Tomas