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First TV Appearance
Drake made his first TV appearance on a show called Degrassi: the Next generation, who his character is a basketball star who becomes disabled after being shot in school. -
Releases first mixtape
‘Room For Improvement’ which features Trey Songz as well as producers Pharrell & Boi-1da. -
Drake broke the record
This was for the first unsigned Canadian rapper. He releases his next mixtape ‘Comeback Season’ which features production by Kanye West, J Dilla & 9th Wonder. ‘Replacement Girl’, featuring Trey Songz -
Drake was invited by Lil Wayne
Drake and Wayne recorded a couple of songs during this time, including ‘Ransom’, the original version of ‘Forever’ & the remix to ‘Brand New’, BUT was not signed by Young Money Crew. -
Releases his third mixtape
The mixtape had over 2000 downloads in its first 2 hours. It was called ‘So Far Gone’ which included features from Lil Wayne, Bun B & Omarion -
2 tracks on The Billboard Hot 100 chart
‘Best I Ever Had’ & ‘Every Girl’ entering the top 10 at positions 3 & 10 -
500,000 copies sold in the U.S.
‘So Far Gone’ was re-released as a 7 track EP & debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200 -
Juno Awards
‘So Far Gone’ album won ‘Rap Recording of the Year’ at the 2010 Juno Awards. -
447,000 copies in it’s first week
Drake’s debut album ‘Thank Me Later’ was released & debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The Degrassi star was the first rapper to sell the most records for any Hip-Hop artist in one week -
Welcome to OVO
Drake held his first of many OVO fests in Toronto which featured artists such as Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Eminem, and Jay-Z
