Drake Sure Knows How to Celebrate His Jewish Momma
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Lior Zaltzman January 29, 2016
Rapper Drake really loves his Jewish momma.
Sandi Graham, a teacher, raised Drake (full name Aubrey Drake Graham) all by herself in Toronto after she divorced his father, drummer Dennis Graham. Drake says the divorce deeply impacted him: “I had to become a man very quickly and be the backbone for a woman who I love with all my heart, my mother.”
And while he admits he doesn’t call enough, the “Hotline Bling” rapper sure is a doting son.
He often mentions her in his songs and he always listens to his mother, just like a good Jewish boy: “retired teacher/but your words still got me evolving,” he raps about her in “You & the Six”.
So when it comes to celebrating momma Sandi, Drake spares no expenses. Just look at this amazing birthday cake he got her for her birthday this Thursday:
Mazel tov to Sandi! As the song says, you and the 6 raised him right!
It’s our birthday and we’re still celebrating!
We hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, we’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s independent Jewish news.
This week we celebrate 129 years of the Forward. We’re proud of our origins as a Yiddish print publication serving Jewish immigrants. And we’re just as proud of what we’ve become today: A trusted source of Jewish news and opinion, available digitally to anyone in the world without paywalls or subscriptions.
We’ve helped five generations of American Jews make sense of the news and the world around them — and we aren’t slowing down any time soon.
As a nonprofit newsroom, reader donations make it possible for us to do this work. Support independent, agenda-free Jewish journalism and our board will match your gift in honor of our birthday!
Support our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
