Aubrey Drake Graham was born on October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario. His father, Dennis Graham, is African American and a practising Catholic from Memphis, Tennessee, who worked as a drummer, performing alongside country musician Jerry Lee Lewis.[17][18] His mother, Sandra "Sandi" Graham (née Sher), is a Canadian of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage who worked as an English teacher and florist.[19][20][21][22][23] Dennis Graham performed at Club Bluenote in Toronto, where he met Sandra Sher, who was in attendance.[18] Drake is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, having American citizenship due to his American father.[24][25][26] In his youth, he attended a Jewish day school, and had a bar mitzvah.[27][28]