User:Andrew "dewdrop" Aitken

Breif history

Andrew is a Canadian artist and entrepreneur who currently works and resides in the Niagara region,

Early Childhood

He was born in Toronto, Ontario on December 3rd, 1985 at Wellesly hospital (which no longer exists) and quickly became the eldest of four boys for Andrew and Roxane Stuffels (his parents) He grew up in a district of the city called Regent Park which was pretty dangerous, run down and poverty stricken. He was a socially awkward child and didn't have many friends but he had three younger brothers (Kenneth, Daniel, and Matthew) and several cousins so there was never a shortage of people to play with. Andrew excelled in grade school (Regent Park Duke of York Public School) and was accepted into a gifted program and ended up graduating with honours and the award of excellence in the French subject. They moved to Fort Erie in the year of 1998 to try and have a better and safer life.

Musical History

His stage name is "dewdrop" but most know him just by Drew and if you go further back "hollywood", he has always had a love for music and as a child would pretend to be a DJ by recording cassette tape demos and pretend radio stations with his brother Kenny. Dewdrop has been a member of STAX union and the K-unit crew, His musical collaborations include some of the best hip hop and rap artists the Niagara region has to offer including; Ken Steel, Cory Haze, Stoff da Kidd, Wiggity Wack, T-oast, Bushman and DJ Elksaholic. . Allthough he has many songs released he has only officially released one mixtape called "dewdropped ya!" in 2008 but is rumoured to be working on a CD to come out in the spring of 2013

Written works

Andrew has always written stories and developed a love for writing as he grew but only recently started writing for more then just fun. Other then a story he wrote in 1993 called "Charlie the cloud" all of his written accomplishments have been made in the last three years, some include; Leaves of the Poet Tree, The Circle of Socialites, The storage warrior and two unreleased books (a diary style scrapbook for his daughter and a self written autobiography)

Athletic accomplishments

Andrew has a love for exploration and adventure and quoted in his autobiography that he wants to climb every mountain, swim in every body of water and walk every land before he dies, Andrew always liked hiking and has credited it to his mother when she would take them for day hikes down the Don Valley River trail and is currently training to hike the entire Bruce trail in one sitting. He has swam a few rivers, the biggest being Chalk River near Algonquin national park but enjoys swimming against the current of the Niagara river. Andrew has expressed his ambitions of climbing the highest mountains in the world but knows starting small is the key to achieving anything so he trains on the rocky and very rugged terrain of the Niagara Gorge, the Georgian Bluffs and mostly along the Niagara Escarpment. Andrew has climbed the Skylon tower in Niagara falls and the CN tower in Toronto and was also a competitor in the 2012 Tough Mudder competition.