While we have PER – Player Efficiency Rating – for basketball players, we had no valid indicator to accurately rate music stars. What we believe to be true about an artist success, is not always translated into numbers though. This was also the year of Drake‘s definitive breakthrough, with his Views album adding a new dimension to his career, by breaking out on a worldwide scale. From 2011 to 2015, the success of Drake remained consistent too.Īt the start of the 2016 season, the Toronto shooting Guard stepped up strongly, with a 34 point average over the first 7 games.

In the same way that DeRozan became big inside the NBA in 2010, going from 8 to 17 points per game, Drake went from a Gold EP in the US, to his first Platinum album Thank Me Later, in 2010.įrom 2011 to 2015 DeRozan kept growing slowly until reaching All-Star status. Ironically, Drake followed exactly the same path as the current star of the team, DeMar DeRozan.Ī mere four days before signing for the Young Money label, owned by Lil Wayne, DeMar DeRozan was drafted by the Raptors. The Canadian artist is well known for being basketball team Toronto Raptors, number one fan. He began independently releasing mixtapes, an EP and then ultimately signing with a major label, which happened in 2009, after the success of his mixtape So Far Gone earlier that year. Drake is one of those artist.Īfter having spent his younger years acting in the Canadian TV series Degrassi, Drake jumped into the typical route, that many rapper do.

There are some artists that are around for a while, without ever being a major selling force, who suddenly just happen to become one.

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