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Raised by his mother and grandmother, who emigrated from Ethiopia in the wake of the "Red Terror" era after the death of Emperor Haile Selassie.
Spoke only Amharic until the age of 5.
Dropped out of high school at age 17.
Discovered by Drake's manager Oliver El-Khatib after posting songs to YouTube and Facebook.
His stage name is missing the final "e" because of a dispute with a Canadian band named The Weekend.
His debut album,
Trilogy
, released in 2012, is a compilation of three earlier mixtapes and some unreleased songs.
Opened for Justin Timberlake for a portion of his 20/20 Experience World Tour in 2013.
Had back-to-back number one singles with "The Hills" and "I Can't Feel My Face" in 2015.
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
February 16, 1990 (age 34)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Bio
Raised by his mother and grandmother, who emigrated from Ethiopia in the wake of the "Red Terror" era after the death of Emperor Haile Selassie.
Spoke only Amharic until the age of 5.
Dropped out of high school at age 17.
Discovered by Drake's manager Oliver El-Khatib after posting songs to YouTube and Facebook.
His stage name is missing the final "e" because of a dispute with a Canadian band named The Weekend.
His debut album,
Trilogy
, released in 2012, is a compilation of three earlier mixtapes and some unreleased songs.
Opened for Justin Timberlake for a portion of his 20/20 Experience World Tour in 2013.
Had back-to-back number one singles with "The Hills" and "I Can't Feel My Face" in 2015.
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