Drake is a Canadian rapper and singer, born Aubrey Drake Graham on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada). He is the son of Dennis Graham, an African-American musician born in Memphis, Tennessee, and Sandi (Sher) Graham, a Canadian Jewish educator. Drake is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, the former derived from his father). He attended a Jewish day school and became a bar mitzvah). Drake has described himself as a black man because he is more immersed in black culture than any other, but he also considers being Jewish a cool twist that makes him unique.