Tesfaye attendedВ West Hill Collegiate InstituteВ andВ Birchmount Park Collegiate InstituteВ in Scarborough, Toronto, from which he did not graduate, leaving altogether in 2007., В after which Tesfaye also left home. Tesfaye claims he often shoplifted to supplement his use ofВ ecstasy,В oxycodone,В xanax,В cocaine,В psilocybin, andВ ketamine. Tesfaye states he began smokingВ marijuanaВ at age 11, and later moved on toВ harder drugs. Tesfaye self-describes his teenage years as the film ' KidsВ without theВ AIDS'. He wasn't abusive he wasn't an alcoholic he wasn't an asshole. I don't even know where he lived - I'd see him for, like, a night. Tesfaye stated this in an interview regarding his father, 'I saw him vaguely when I was six, and then again when I was 11 or 12, and he had a new family and kids. While living with his grandmother Tesfaye learnedВ Amharic, which he also spoke with his mother, В and attendedВ Ethiopian OrthodoxВ church services. Tesfaye's father abandoned the family when he was aВ toddler, В resulting in Tesfaye being cared for by his grandmother and mother. This was alongside attendingВ night schoolВ to learn English. Дuring Tesfaye's youth, В his mother worked several jobs in order to support the family, including jobs as aВ nurseВ andВ caterer. He is the only child of Makkonen and Samra Tesfaye, who wereВ EthiopianВ immigrants to Canada in the late 1980s. Tesfaye was born on 16 February 1990 inВ Toronto,В Ontario, and was raised in the district ofВ Scarborough, in the city's east end. 2.4 2016вЂ“present: StarboyВ and My Dear Melancholy.Tesfaye has won threeВ Grammy Awards, eight BillboardВ Music Awards, twoВ American Music Awards, nineВ Juno Awards, В and has been nominated for oneВ Academy Award. In 2015, Tesfaye became the first artist to simultaneously hold the top three positions on the BillboardВ Hot R&B SongsВ chart with 'Can't Feel My Face', 'Earned It', and 'The Hills'.

He has earned eight top-ten entries on the BillboardВ Hot 100: 'Love Me Harder' withВ Ariana Grande 'Earned It' 'I Feel It Coming' 'Pray for Me' withВ Kendrick Lamar 'Call Out My Name' and the number one singles 'The Hills', 'Can't Feel My Face', and 'Starboy'. 2 release ( Kiss LandВ in 2013) on the US BillboardВ 200. 1 releases ( Beauty Behind the MadnessВ in 2015, StarboyВ in 2016, and My Dear MelancholyВ in 2018) and a No. The mixtapes were later remastered and rereleased on the compilation album TrilogyВ (2012), after he signed withВ Republic RecordsВ and created his own record labelВ XO. Tesfaye anonymously uploaded several songs toВ YouTubeВ under the name 'The Weeknd' in 2010 and released the critically acclaimedВ mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of SilenceВ in 2011. Tesfaye has helped broadened R&B's musical palette to incorporateВ indieВ andВ electronicВ styles his work has been categorized with theВ alternative R&Btag. File:The Weeknd (with Justin Timberlake & David Blaine).pngДЄbel Makkonen TesfayeВ (born 16 February 1990), better known by his stage name The Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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