How did drizzy drake become know to the public?

Drake first rose to fame in 2006 when he played wheelchair-bound Jimmy Brooks on the Canadian teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation. He was part of the shows main cast for seven seasons and eventually left the show to pursue music. In 2007, he released his first mixtape, Room for Improvement, which was followed by Comeback Season in 2007 and So Far Gone in 2009. It was this mixtape that gained him recognition within the hip-hop industry and earned him a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment. It also featured his most popular songs like Best I Ever Had and Successful. His debut studio album, Thank Me Later, was released in 2010 and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. Since then, he has gone on to release a number of successful albums, including Take Care (2011), Nothing Was the Same (2013), If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015), Views (2016), Scorpion (2018), and Dark Lane Demo Tapes (2020). With these releases, Drake has become one of the most successful and influential hip-hop artists of all time.