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A Very Brief Look At Drake's Life
“Started from the bottom now we’re here” wasn’t an understatement. Drake’s career has skyrocketed since the last few years. Drake’s childhood was made up of many disappointments. He suffered through his parents divorce, he was bullied in school, and his father left his mom and him for. Once Drake got older, his life started to come back together and it started getting better for him and his mom both. In order to truly appreciate and understand Drake you need to know his background, his personal life and problems, and his present situations. Drake’s Drake’s life had been a roller coaster before he became a huge pop artist. His childhood, especially, was pretty rough. Having to suffer with his parents separating, his father leaving his mother …show more content…
Drake has shown that he loves to travel around the world with his friends and family a lot. He enjoys spending quality time with them when he can because he is always busy with his career. Even with his problems around him he always finds ways to get through them and getting away is how he copes with it. Drake has suffered through many problems, mainly on social media, with getting called out for fake rumors, and many other things that go on RYS DAN stated in their magazine article “Drake keeps his outside activity at a simmer because he doesn’t want all the paparazzi to interrupt his quality time with his friend and family.” In order to be able to do these kinds of things he has plan around his schedule for his career. Despite his love for traveling and exploring, Drake’s love for constructing music, singing, rapping, and performing is so much …show more content…
His music has positively impacted many people lives. His music speaks to his fans in real situations that he went through and he knows that they might be going through the same thing. Drake creates and amazing environment for his listeners and He his known for his unique blend of rap and melody. Renato Pagnani indicates ¨Drake's album, Views, sold more in one day than other artists albums do in weeks.¨ As a result to everything that has happened to Drake, he is one of the worlds biggest pop stars. To sum up Drake’s life, he literally “started from the bottom” and rose all the way to the top. Drake has impacted so many people with his music and

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