'We were very poor, like broke' - How Drake rose to stardom and built a $200m net worth

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'We were very poor, like broke' - How Drake rose to stardom and built a $200m net worth

Aubrey Drake Graham aka Drake is a Canadian rapper born to an African American father and a White mother. However, his parents divorced when he was only five years old. Drake lived with his mother while his dad relocated to Memphis. Drake started making money at a very young age. At age 15, he made...

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