Guest Blogger: Abdullahi #2

Drake is a rapper born in Toronto, Ontario he is signed with YMCMB rapper “Lil Wayne” brought him up. Drake put Toronto (Tdot) on the map when he got famous, before Drake Toronto wasn’t really well known but now everyone knows about Toronto, Ontario. Drake was famous way before rapping he was an actor in the teen show called “Degrassi” where he played in a handicapped boy role in high school. In my opinion I think Drake is a very good rapper I like his music, he raps about all the emotionally struggle he went through between all his past girlfriends and lovers and such on. Drake just recently came out with a lovely album called Nothing Was the Same (NWTS) the album debut on September 20th, 2013. This album went platinum it was amazing, 14 tracks of music that simple greatness. Drake really did out do himself on this album he really went above and beyond, for an album to go platinum of the first week it comes out has to say some about the talent of the recording artist. The single “Started from the Bottom” by drake blew up so much, this song mad the world go chaotic everybody was making their own “started from the bottom” version. Upon its release, Nothing Was the same was met with generally positive reviews from music critics, including a score of 79 at Meteoritic based on 31 reviews. The album was also a commercial success, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 selling 658,000 copies in its first week of release. It also debuted within the top two positions in Canada and the United Kingdom. “The album isn't perfect, but it draws energy from that imperfection, further establishing a persona driven by Drake's still-developing conflict between assurance and hesitation”- Evan Rytlewski of The A.V. Club gave the album a B+