He lived on Weston Road in the city's working-class west end[1] until grade six, playing minor hockey with the Weston Red Wings.[36] He then moved to one of the city's affluent neighbourhoods, Forest Hill, in 2000.[37][38] When asked about the move, Drake replied, "[We had] a half of a house we could live in. The other people had the top half, we had the bottom half. I lived in the basement, my mom lived on the first floor.