{"id":656461,"date":"2026-10-25T08:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T08:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/656461\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T08:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T08:14:16","slug":"drake-turns-40-shares-personal-childhood-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/656461\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Turns 40, Shares Personal Childhood Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDrake<\/a> is 40 years old. For his Oct. 24 birthday, he paid tribute to his younger self on social media with a sweet, personal glimpse at who he was as a kid.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI accept you for you,\u201d he wrote to himself on Instagram.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThere, he posted childhood pictures of himself on the eve before turning 40. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn one snapshot, he\u2019s seen sitting on the hood of a car hugging his copy of the book My Teacher Fried My Brains.<\/p>\n

\n\tOne-upping most 40th birthday parties, Drake entered his 40s by sharing the stage with the Backstreet Boys<\/a> to feature on one of his all-time favorite pop hits, \u201cI Want It That Way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u201cI Want It That Way\u201d superfan basked in the joy of the stepping in as a bonus Backstreet Boy Friday night (Oct. 23), unabashedly joining on vocals throughout the 1999 single, one of BSB\u2019s top five hits; the track peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year, and was inescapable on Top 40 radio and MTV\u2019s TRL countdown. Drake was 13 years old in 1999.<\/p>\n

\n\tBSB\u2019s Howie Dorough worked in a line from Drake\u2019s own \u201cHold On, We\u2019re Going Home\u201d at the bridge. Besides Howie, bandmates Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, AJ McClean and Kevin Richardson all showed up for the surprise birthday performance. The birthday party was reportedly hosted at New York City members-only club Casa Cipriani.<\/p>\n

\n\tDrake wrapped up the ballad, taking on the vocal outro. Watch him croon one of his favorite songs in a video shared on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTonight isn\u2019t about a tour, an album release, or a bunch of videos we shot,\u201d Drake said to party guests Saturday night. \u201cIt\u2019s about being alive, staying alive.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tHe once said that something about \u201cI Want It That Way\u201d made him feel like he was acknowledged for the first time, and felt like he had a shot at being cool for the first time. According to Drake, the Millennium track\u2019s \u201cone of the greatest songs of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n


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