The Drizzy Effect
By Tushar Jinaga Last name Ever, first name Greatest. Drake is the biggest name in hip hop right now. Billboard has announced that Drake will receive the prestigious “Artist of the Decade” award to honour his contribution to music in the 2010s. Drake has won 100 awards throughout this decade, including four Grammy awards, six AMAs, two Brit awards, and a record 27 BBMAs. He rewrote the rules of what it meant to be a rapper in the 2010s, and everyone followed. Here is how he did it. Aubrey Drake Graham was born on October 24, 1986. In 2001, he bagged a role in the Canadian teen drama “Degrassi.” At the time, he was already working on his music off-camera. Drake quit acting in 2008 to pursue music full time. In an interview with Complex in 2009, Drake revealed what got him into rapping. “How I got into rapping was, my dad was in jail for two years and he shared a cell with this dude who didn’t really have anyone to speak to.” “So, he used to share his phon...