UDrake ungumrepha ophumelele kakhulu wesikhathi sethu. Enobuntu futhi enekhono, uDrake wawina imiklomelo eminingi ye-Grammy ngeqhaza lakhe ekuthuthukiseni i-hip-hop yesimanje.
Abaningi banesithakazelo ku-biography yakhe. Ngisazokwenza! Phela, uDrake ungumuntu wehlelo okwazile ukushintsha umqondo wamathuba e-rap.
Babunjani ubuntwana nobusha bukaDrake?
Inkanyezi ye-hip-hop yesikhathi esizayo yazalwa ngo-Okthoba 24, 1986 eToronto, emndenini wase-Afrika waseMelika. Uyise womfana wayengumshayi wezigubhu odumile. UDrake wayenezimpande zomculo, ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi wayenesithakazelo ekudaleni, cishe kusukela kumbeleko.
U-Aubrey Drake Graham - igama langempela le-rapper edumile. Kuyaziwa ukuthi uyise womfana wenze imizamo eminingi ukuze indodana yakhe ithole ithuba lokufunda umculo. Futhi nakuba ubaba eqala ukuzwa umculo omnandi e-Aubrey, umama wayenakekela imfundo engokomoya. Ngakho-ke, kuyaziwa ukuthi u-Aubrey omncane wayefunda esikoleni samaJuda, futhi waze wadlula emcimbini we-bar mitzvah.
Lapho u-Aubrey esemncane kakhulu, abazali bakhe banquma ukuhlukanisa. Kuyaziwa ukuthi eminyakeni embalwa ngemuva kwesehlukaniso, uyise kaDrake waya ejele. Wahambisa izidakamizwa ezinamandla. Kamuva, u-Aubrey wabona uyise kuphela lapho eneminyaka engu-18 ubudala.
Esikoleni samabanga aphansi, uDrake nonina babengahlali endaweni echume kakhulu. Ngemva kwesikhashana, bathuthela esifundeni esiphezulu sedolobha labo, lapho umfana ayekwazi ukuya emibuthanweni ehlukahlukene. Kuyaziwa ukuthi uDrake wayeyilungu leqembu le-hockey laseWeston Red Wings.
Lapho efunda e-Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, wabonisa isithakazelo ekuqambeni. Wabamba iqhaza ezinhlelweni zokulingisa esikoleni. Ngenxa yokuthi umfana wayemnyama, wayehlale ehlushwa ukuxhashazwa. Ngesizathu esifanayo, kwadingeka adlulisele kwesinye isikhungo semfundo izikhathi eziningana. Ekuqaleni kuka-2012, uDrake wathola imfundo ekhethekile.
Umsebenzi womculo wesihlabani se-hip-hop esizayo
Indlela yokudala ayizange iqale ngomculo. Iqiniso liwukuthi uDrake wayengumngane nomfana ogama lakhe lalihileleke ebhayisikobho. Ubaba womngane ka-Aubrey wasesikoleni wahlela isivivinyo somuntu omnyama. Ngemva kokuhlolwa, u-Aubrey wathola indima yakhe yokuqala. Ngokusekelwe kwifilimu, uDrake bekufanele adlale isihlabani se-basketball esihlulekile.
Njengoba uDrake evuma ngokwakhe, wayengenamdlandla wokuqopha ifilimu. Isifiso sakhe sokuvelela kanye nethalente lomculo lalimhlupha. Wayefuna ukwenza izingoma ezibhaliwe. Kodwa yayingekho enye indlela ngaleso sikhathi. Umama kaDrake wayegula kakhulu, futhi indodana encane yayiwukuphela kwendlela yokuthola imali.
U-Jay Z kanye nababili be-hip-hop u-Clipse bagqugquzele uDrake ukuthi ashiye umsebenzi wakhe wokulingisa futhi azinikele emculweni we-rap. Ngo-2006, umculi osemusha nongaziwa wakhulula i-mixtape ye-Room for Improvement.
I-disc yayihlanganisa izingoma ezingu-17. Abarepha baseMelika uTrey Songz noLupe Fiasco babambe iqhaza ekuqoshweni kwamaculo amaningana.
Ngemva kokukhululwa kwerekhodi, uDrake akazange akujabulele ukuthandwa, okwakumcasula. I-debut disc ithengiswe ngaphansi kwamakhophi ayi-6.
Kodwa lo rapper akagcinanga lapho. Waqhubeka nokuhamba, futhi ngokushesha kwaphuma elinye irekhodi.
I-Comeback Season iyi-mixtape yesibili yomrepha. Ngokusho kwabagxeki bomculo, leli cwecwe lenziwa ngobungcweti nangekhwalithi ephezulu.
Ingoma ethi "Replacement Girl" yasakazwa kumabonakude okokuqala. Lokhu kwenze ukuthi abathandi bomculo bakwazi ukufunda ngokuthola okufana noDrake. Isibalo sabalandeli sinyukile.
Ngo-2009, i-discography ye-rapper yagcwaliswa nge-disc So Far Gone. Izingoma ezithi Best I Ever Had nethi Successful ziphezulu kumashadi omculo. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi womabili amathrekhi aqinisekiswe igolide yi-RIAA. Ngemva konyaka kukhululwe irekhodi, wathola ama-Juno Awards.
Impi kaDrake
Kwabe sekuqala impi yangempela yesihlabani esakhulayo se-hip-hop. Abakhiqizi banikeza imibandela evumayo yokubambisana nezimali ezinkulu, uma nje uDrake esayine isivumelwano nabo. Ngaphandle kokucabanga kabili, uDrake usayine inkontileka neYoung Money Entertainment. Ngemva konyaka besebenza kahle, bakhiphe icwecwe elithi Thank Me Later. Iqoqo lezingoma lisatshalaliswe emhlabeni wonke.
Kuyaziwa ukuthi isonto ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu, ikhishwe ngokusakazwa kwamakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-500. Ngemva konyaka, uDrake wajabulisa "abalandeli" ngerekhodi elithi Take Care. I-albhamu ithole i-rapper ukuqokwa kwakhe kokuqala kwe-Grammy.
I-albhamu yesithathu kaDrake yesitudiyo, ekhishwe ngo-2013, yayinesihloko esithi Nothing Was the Same. Wathatha isikhundla sokuqala e-US Billboard 1. Ngawo lowo nyaka, uDrake wahamba uhambo olukhulu, lapho aqoqa khona cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-200.
UDrake wayefuna ukuthandwa emhlabeni wonke, wayengafuni ukwaneliseka ngokuncane. Ngo-2016, ukufeza izinhloso zakhe, i-disc Views yakhe yakhululwa. Irekhodi libe yi-disc edayiswa kakhulu emlandweni womsebenzi kaDrake.
Izingoma zakhe sezizwakala emashadini e-Australia, Germany, France nase-UK. Ingoma ethi One Dance, efakwe ku-albhamu, ihlonishwe njengeyilalelwe kakhulu.
Cishe abantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1 emhlabeni wonke balalele ingoma ye-One Dance, futhi ingxenye yesithathu bayidawunilode kugajethi yabo.
Ngonyaka odlule kukhishwe irekhodi elithi Scorpion. Amathrekhi ekhwalithi angu-25 uDrake anqume ukuwafaka kuleli cwecwe.
Ubude besikhathi bethrekhi bebungamahora angu-1,5. Ukweseka le albhamu, lo mrepha uhambe nokuvakasha.
Ngo-2019, uDrake waqokelwa omunye umklomelo we-Grammy. Kuyaziwa futhi ukuthi uyaqhubeka nokujikeleza umhlaba. Usanda kumemezela ukuthi usesebenzela i-albhamu entsha, ayethule emhlabeni wonke ekupheleni kuka-2019.
UDrake unekhasi elisemthethweni le-Instagram lapho efaka khona izindaba ezithakazelisayo nsuku zonke. Abalandeli balo mrepha odume umhlaba wonke kumele babekezele, njengoba i-albhamu entsha kaDrake izophuma maduze!
Umrepha uDrake namuhla
Ekuqaleni kukaMashi 2021, omunye wama-rapper aziwa kakhulu e-US wajabulisa abalandeli ngokukhishwa kwe-albhamu encane entsha. I-Disc Scary Amahora 2 - ilungiselela inhlabathi yokwethulwa kwe-LP yobude obugcwele. Iqoqo libe phezulu ngamathrekhi angu-3 kuphela. Amavesi ezivakashi ahlanganisa uLil Baby noRick Ross.
Ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba 2021, uDrake wehlise i-albhamu ethi Certified Lover Boy. Khumbula ukuthi lena yi-albhamu yesitudiyo yesithupha yomculi we-rap waseMelika. Irekhodi likhishwe yi-OVO Sound neRepublic Records. Ikhava ye-albhamu ibihlotshiswe ngabesifazane abakhulelwe abangu-12 abanezinwele ezihlukene nemibala yesikhumba.
NgoJanuwari 2022, lo rapper wayephakathi kwehlazo elimnandi. Wathela isoso eshisayo kwikhondomu. Ngakho-ke, uDrake wayefuna ukufundisa umlingani wakhe isifundo, owathi ngobuqili wayefuna ukukhulelwa kumrepha. Ngenxa yalokhu, intombazane iba nokusha, futhi ihlose ukummangalela. Yiqiniso, kulesi simo, uDrake ufana nesisulu, ngakho wamane wazishaya indiva "izimangalo" zomlingani odlulayo.
NgoJuni, i-LP entsha ye-rapper yakhululwa. Lo msebenzi wawubizwa ngokuthi Honestly, Nevermind. Khumbula ukuthi leli yiqoqo lesikhombisa lesitudiyo somculi. Umsindo omuhle kakhulu - imisebenzi yomculi uGordo. Eqoqweni, usebenze ezingomeni eziyisithupha. Emavesini ezivakashi ka-21 Savage.
