Is The Weeknd Ethiopian or Canadian?

Is The Weeknd Ethiopian or Canadian?

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye was born on February 16, 1990, in Toronto, Ontario. He is the only child of Ethiopian immigrants Makkonen Tesfaye and Samrawit Hailu, who separated shortly after his birth. He was brought up in the district of Scarborough by his mother and grandmother.

Is The Weeknd Canadian pop?

The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, is a Canadian pop and R&B singer-songwriter born in Toronto, Ontario in 1990.

Who found The Weeknd?

Drake initially introduced the then-little-known singer to his fanbase in 2010 by posting two of the fellow Canadian artist’s songs on his October’s Very Own blog.

What is The Weeknd’s native language?

Tesfaye’s mother and grandmother immigrated in the 1980s to Canada from Ethiopia, and his first language was Amharic.