“All my buddies within the rap sport say I’m smooth as a result of I’m in a wheelchair.”
Who else remembers when Drake, now well-known for his feuds with the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Metro Boomin, performed Jimmy on Degrassi: The Subsequent Technology?
The Canadian present truly kickstarted the star’s profession — again then he was generally known as Aubrey Graham.
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A storyline that basically gripped followers was when Jimmy obtained shot. What occurred on the present that landed the character in a wheelchair? This is what you could know.
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Why did Jimmy get shot on ‘Degrassi’?
The episode individuals are nonetheless speaking about all these years later was referred to as “Time Stands Nonetheless,” and first aired in October 2004.
A bullied scholar named Rick shoots Jimmy within the again. At first, the character blames himself, considering he was the primary perpetrator of the bullying, and deserves what occurred to him.
However later, Spinner admits to his pal that he was behind the incident that pushed the bullied scholar over the sting.
Though the storyline ended up being large for Drake’s profession, per Nylon, he had reservations about even doing it within the first place. Author James Hurst defined that the now-rapper nearly walked away from Degrassi except he agreed to alter the trajectory of the sequence.
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Drake did not need Jimmy to be in a wheelchair.
James informed Nylon that at one level, he obtained a letter from a Toronto legislation agency claiming that Drake did not need to proceed on Degrassi if Jimmy was going to be utilizing a wheelchair.
“It was an odd letter that stated, ‘Aubrey Graham won’t return to Degrassi Season 6 as Jimmy Brooks except his damage is healed, and he’s out of the wheelchair,’” James defined to the outlet.
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The explanation that Drake wasn’t keen on the storyline?
“All my buddies within the rap sport say I’m smooth as a result of I’m in a wheelchair,” Drake informed him, in accordance with James.
“Inform your folks within the rap sport that you just obtained shot. How a lot more durable are you able to get?” James claimed to have informed Drake.
And he agreed to maneuver ahead.
“He was so good and apologetic about all the pieces,” James stated, including Drake “immediately backed down.”
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“I used to be very obsessed with it,” James stated concerning the storyline. “I stated, ‘Aubrey, there’s some child someplace in a wheelchair, who’s fully ignored, who’s by no means on tv, by no means will get represented. I want you to symbolize this particular person. You’re the best child on the present, and you may say there’s nothing improper with being in a wheelchair.’”
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Followers are nonetheless speaking about Drake as Jimmy on ‘Degrassi.’
Though Drake hasn’t been on the TV present since 2009, followers are nonetheless speaking about his memorable flip as Jimmy on Degrassi.
One hilarious tweet attracts a comparability between previous and current when it comes to his beefs. “Drake began off his profession as Jimmy on Degrassi, he will get shot by the character RICK. Who else is has an issue with Drake… kendRICK.”
Many followers demand on social media that Drake return to appearing. So will that ever occur?
In 2017, he informed The Hollywood Reporter, “I’m certain I’ll cease [making music] sooner or later. When it begins to really feel like I’m making it up. Hopefully I’ll catch it earlier than I ever get there, proper? However proper now it seems like we simply began, so I don’t plan on stopping anytime quickly.”
“However I do plan on increasing — to take six months or a 12 months to myself and do some nice movies,” Drake continued. “Music’s at all times there …. Once I get again into appearing, I need to do issues that make folks go, ‘Wow, I didn’t anticipate that.’”