The original name of the artist is Abel Tesfaye, He is Canadian artist/performer.
His father left him and his family when he was very young, His mom and maternal grandmother raised him. His mom worked as a nurse and a caterer to support the family.
Weeknd was kicked out of his first school and He dropped the other school at the age of 17
The name "Weeknd" comes from his real life experience. One weekend he and his friend Lamar decided to drop out from school. He was just 17 when he packed his bag, put a mattress in his friend's shitty van and drove Off. He never came back after that weekend and that is how he got inspired to keep the name as "weeknd"
He started a YouTube channel with the name Weeknd which eventually got famous as he uploaded 3 songs.
- Weeknd owes his fame to Drake, as a grattitude he has given half of his album to Drake.
- Weeknd dated a model named Bella Hadid, they split up in 2016 due to mismatch in their schedules. It was gettig hard for both of them to take out time for each other.
- Weeknd was recently in news for dating Singer/Actress Selna Gomez, The reason they split up is still unclear but reports suggest that Selena broke up because of Justin Bieber.
9)Weeknd is also known for his fashion and style statement. A famous fashion brand H&M features special XO collection(The Weeknd collection)for those who love the Weeknd’s style statement.
- Drake’s ‘Crew Love’, ‘Shot for Me’ and ‘The Ride’ were all supposed to be on ‘Weeknd’s album’.
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