After 13 years, Drake is releasing how far he’s come, and that’s all thanks to Uncle Steve.  For Christmas, Drake’s uncle gifted him a photo that includes his first royalty check from 2007, worth $304, along with a certificate from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN).

 

Drake posted a photo onto his Instagram story along with the caption, “My uncle found and gifted me my first earnings from music.  Came a long way from 3 bills in royalties.”

 

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Five years ago, Drake posted a throwback photo with his uncle and in the caption writes, “Without this man there is no me…Uncle Steve.”

 

 

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And check out this super cute photo Drake posted a few years back alongside his mom and uncle.

 

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Drake also rapped about Uncle Steve on Started From the Bottom (2013), “And my uncle calling me like where you at, I gave you the keys told you bring it right back.” 

 

 

 

And while accepting the Songwriter of the Year award at the 2011 BMI Urban Awards, he thanked his uncle, “And to my uncle who sat me down after Sylvia Rhone told me that I didn’t have what it took to make it in the music industry—to my uncle who sat me down and told me that I should keep on going because I have something special.”

 

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