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Chloe Atkins Mr. Vaughn Advanced English 2 26 February 2024 Drake's Secrets to Success Drake is the eighth-best rapper of all time while also being one of the top Canadian rappers. Drake played the role of Jimmy Brooks in the teen soap Degrassi: The Next Generation for seven years and earned a Young Artist Award in 2002 for best ensemble in a TV series. He also released his first mixtape, Room for Improvement, in 2006, achieving modest sales of approximately 6,000 copies, and joined Lil Wayne on…

on the foundation of song, dances, and rhythms they invented to cope with the New World realities. During the slavery era, enslaved African American became the musicians of choice for white and black celebrations because they were recognized as the best “musicians” around. Enslaved Africans also left their cultural markings on other aspects of American culture. African American involvement in the nation's music making has influenced every single genre of American music, helping to create a sound…

Keith Lionel Urban was born October 26, 1967 in Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand. Urban is the son of Bob and Marienne Urban who together ran a self-owned convenience store. On Urban’s father’s side, his grandfather was a piano teacher and his father played the drums. When Urban was young his family moved from New Zealand to Australia, and this is where Urban’s uncle gave him his first instrument, a ukulele. Both of Urban’s parents loved country music and this is where he developed his taste…