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Drake: From Degrassi to the Top of the Charts

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Rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and producer Drake is a Canadian whose real name is Aubrey Drake Graham. The son of a Black father and a Jewish mother, Drake was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Canada. From 2001 through 2009, Drake first worked in the entertainment business as an actor, portraying Jimmy Brooks in … Read more

Dagestan : The Cultural Heartland of the South Caucasus

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Dagestan is a republic in the South Caucasus area of Russia, surrounded to the east by the Caspian Sea and to the north, west, and south by a number of other Russian republics. Dagestan, which has a long history spanning more than a thousand years, is a distinctive fusion of ancient cultures, faiths, and traditions. … Read more